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The Intel Extreme Masters are very happy to welcome Razer as the new official broadcasting sponsor for the current Season 2011/2012. The worldwide famous producer of high end gaming hardware focused at gamers will enter a co-operation with ESL TV. Together they will bring the remaining five events of the current season live and in HD.

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The Russian team Moscow Five will not be able to attend the Global Challenge New York because one of their players will not be able to obtain a Visa. Out of the possible replacements, WinFakt was the first team who accepted to fill the open spot.

The Global Challenge New York takes place from the 13-16th of October at the New York ComicCon. Below you can find the groups for StarCraft, Counter-Strike and League of Legends. Some spots are still open at this point in time and will be filled in the near future.

The British StarCraft 2 player DeMusliM had to cancel his participation at the Global Challenge Guangzhou yesterday because he was unable to obtain a visa.

The tournament groups for the third Intel Extreme Masters stop of the season, the Global Challenge New York, will be unveiled Monday night on ESL TV.

BenQ is one of the biggest manufacturers of LED-Monitors and known for its cutting-edge technology. After cooperating with the Intel Extreme Masters for the first time at gamescom 2011, we now welcome BenQ on board as the new official Intel Extreme Masters global supplier.

The groups for the Global Challenge Guangzhou are now final after the players invited from Korea have been confirmed and several Chinese players and mOOnGlaDe had to be replaced.

Who's going to face each other at our second Global Challenge?

After a week of delay it is time to find out which European League of Legends teams will win a slot for the Global Challenge New York.

The second out of three American StarCraft 2 qualifiers has been finished and Attero, Gatored and Edge won the three slots for New York.

At 8PM Eastern Standard Time on the 14th of September the second American StarCraft 2 qualifier for the Global Challenge will start.

The Counter-Strike:Global Offensive developers announced on Twitter that they will be coming to the Global Challenge New York.

The first three out of eight slots for American players were handed out last night.

XlorD faced HasuObs on Sunday to determine who would replace MaNa from Poland and secure a spot at the Global Challenge Guangzhou in October.

Just minutes ago the European Counter-Strike final qualifier for the Global Challenge New York finished.

The Global Challenge Guangzhou will take place without MaNa. The young Polish player had to cancel his participation due to other commitments.

Problems with the Riot Server that is used to broadcast games with a spectator are shifting the final qualifier back by a week.

eSahara could not field a full team against SK Gaming while ALTERNATE had no chance against WinFakt and lost with a clear 2:0.

Who will represent America in New York?

The American qualifier winner Temporary is unable to attend the event in China. Team WinFakt from Finland will be the replacement after no other team from the United States was available.

The matches SK - eSahara and WinFakt - ALTERNATE will be replayed on Thursday evening.

For the Global Challenge New York the Intel Extreme Masters are searching for an Asian Counter-Strike team to participate in the tournament.

HighRollersGaming member vedimak receives a 2 year ban from all ESL competitions.

Elfittaja and Strelok manage consecutive qualifications.

EU qualification enters 2nd round before finishing next weekend

The long American qualification tournament has come to an end.

The Ukranian Terran continues his impressive Intel Extreme Masters performance.