Europe’s largest computer-games league launched the 13th season of the ESL Pro Series esports Bundesliga at Games Convention in Leipzig on 22 August 2008. With €165,000 in prize money, it is Germany’s highest-paying professional computer-games league.
The computer-games Bundesliga now comes to Munich’s Tonhalle on 12 September with the Intel Friday Night Game.
During the full-evening show, two teams will compete live before an audience in each of FIFA 2008, Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source. Valuable points towards the German electronic-sports championship and €165,000 in prize money are at stake.
The third Intel Friday Night Game, expected to attract 1,500 visitors in Munich, is only one stop on a nationwide tour. Ten events in Germany’s largest cities give thousands of esports enthusiasts an opportunity to support their heroes in person. The tour culminates in the finals in December 2008.
Further information about ESL and esports is available at http://www.esl.eu/de and http://www.turtle-entertainment.de.
** Intel Friday Night Game in Munich: **
When: Friday, 12 September 2008, from 7 p.m.
Where: Tonhalle Munich, Grafinger Strasse 6, 81671 Munich
http://www.tonhalle-muenchen.de/TONHALLE/
Admission: €3, or €1 for premium members
Age checks: minimum age 16
Dates and events in the 13th season:
Intel Friday Night Game #1 — 22 August 2008, Leipzig, Games Convention
Intel Friday Night Game #2 — 5 September 2008, Oberhausen, Luise-Albertz-Halle
Intel Friday Night Game #3 — 12 September 2008, Munich, Tonhalle
Intel Friday Night Game #4 — 19 September 2008, Bremen, Maritim Hotel
Intel Friday Night Game #5 — 10 October 2008, Cologne, Tanzbrunnen
Intel Friday Night Game #6 — 17 October 2008, Stuttgart, Liederhalle
Intel Friday Night Game #7 — 24 October 2008, Hamburg, CCH
Intel Friday Night Game #8 — 31 October 2008, Berlin, Postbahnhof
Intel Friday Night Game #9 — 14 November 2008, Hanover, Star Event Center
Intel Friday Night Game #10 — 28 November 2008, Bochum, RuhrCongress
ESL Pro Series Finals XIII — 5–8 December 2008, Cologne, Expo XXI
