Two of esports’ biggest tournament and league operators, ESL and FACEIT, have been acquired for reportedly a combined value of US$1.5 billion by Savvy Gaming Group, which is backed by the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund.

The Asian super team capped off its first tournament of 2022 with a new trophy after taking down Checkmate in an action-packed best-of-three series that went back and forth the whole time.

We caught up with Anthony “ImpressioN” Lim ahead of eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 to talk about what Team NKT has accomplished since its recent bootcamp, his memories of three previous eXTREMESLAND LAN competitions he attended, and his faith in the team’s future as one of Asia’s top contenders. 

We sat down with Unudelger “controlez” Baasanjargal to learn more about him and ARAVT, a team that recently made waves by securing the final and only slot in the eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 Playoffs. 

With ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 set to kick off on Saturday, CSGO2ASIA.com presents a complete viewer’s guide for the tournament.

The Mongolian organization brought in the duo from Renewal, with Sodbileg “cool4st” Batbaatar and Chinguun “hasteka” Bayarmaa exiting the door. 

Following the launch of its diversity campaign, #GGFORALL, ESL has announced the ESEA Women Cash Cups, allowing all-female teams across Asia the opportunity to compete twice a month for a share of US$1,000 per season. 

CAL’s 39th season was not only the last season of 2021, it was also the last season for the time being with ZOWIE as our official partner. For five months, starting in September 2021, ZOWIE’s support has meant that CAL players have competed for awesome hardware leaderboard prizes. In total, 10 top-notch ZOWIE gaming monitors and multiple ZOWIE EC3-C gaming mice have been won by our best performers over the last five months.

ARAVT became on Sunday the team to qualify for the main event of ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 after defeating China’s NSN Gaming 2-0 in the grand final.

CatEvil qualified for the ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 after conquering Steppenwolf Gaming 2-0 in the Chinese online qualifier’s grand final (Nuke 16-7, Ancient 16-5). 

Enkhmanlai “worldpeace” Batbayar has taken charge of D13 Esports once again, it was announced in mid-December. He will resume his former post as a coach, which he held from 2020 to 2021.

ESEA has announced the details of its upcoming seasonal league. Registration for the league is currently open on the ESEA website and will remain so until January 24, with matches set to begin the following week, on January 31.

ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND will return for its sixth edition starting from December 18-January 16 and featuring a prize pool of ~US$31,000 (CN¥200,000).

ViCi Gaming clinched their third trophy of the year in the JBL Quantum Cup 2021 with a victory over Checkmate in the grand final.

The ESL-organized JBL Quantum Cup 2021 features four of the strongest Asian teams to date. Checkmate and ViCi Gaming qualified via the open qualifier, while TYLOO and Team NKT were invited straight to the event.

ESL has announced the addition of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to its ESL Challenger League roadmap starting next year. The initiative will increase the prize pool to US$20,000 per season, and elevate the region by providing a clear…

season throughout most of our CAL Divisions, with the exception of SEA Division 3 which once again didn’t see any games played (starting to sound like a broken record here). With that said, we had the most games played in CAL this year in November by quite a huge margin, which can be attributed to the well-received launch of our India Divisions.

The Mongolian star has decided to test his mettle in the Riot Games first-person shooter.