CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the eSports community celebrates tournament successes from last week’s GamesCom in Germany, eStars in Korea and as player’s ramp up for MLG Raleigh this weekend, SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of premium quality gaming peripherals, as well as sponsor and supporter of eSports, is proud to announce a new record in competitive gaming. Throughout the course of just one weekend, SteelSeries sponsored teams took home new titles and more than $1.3 million dollars in winnings, making it the biggest weekend to date in professional gaming history.
“This summer of competitive gaming has set new standards, not only for the successes of our sponsored teams and how they’ve earned top placements and prize money, but in the level of players that are competing as well as the amount fans that are paying attention to the sport,” said Kim Rom, SteelSeries CMO. “We’re incredibly excited to see that tournament prize pools, spectators at live events, viewers on eSports-related streams and the sheer number of competitive gamers at both pro and amateur levels are experiencing exponential growth levels. Winning is Everything.”
The breakdown of SteelSeries’ top placing teams during the August 19th-21st weekend:
GamesCom: Cologne, Germany
Tournament: The International
Game:
DotA 2
1st - Natus Vincere ($1,000,000)
2nd - EHOME ($250,000)
Tournament: Intel Extreme Masters Season 6
Game: StarCraft II
1st
– Team Evil Geniuses: EG.PuMa ($6,500)
2nd – SK Gaming: SK.MC
($3,300)
Tournament: Intel Extreme Masters Season 6
Game: League of Legends
3rd
- Fnatic ($3,400)
eStars 2011: Seoul, Korea
Game: Counter-Strike
2nd - SK
Gaming ($11,000)
3rd - Natus Vincere ($9,200)
SteelSeries’ top placing sponsored teams and players include: Team Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, SK Gaming, Tyloo, eHome, Natus Vincere, and Grubby, check them out here. Be sure to follow players this weekend competing at MLG Raleigh; SteelSeries will have more news coming out of this weekend’s tournament find out what they are by following us on Facebook.
About SteelSeries
SteelSeries is a leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals, including headsets, keyboards, mice, software and gaming surfaces. For the past decade, SteelSeries has been on the forefront of competitive gaming gear thanks to continued innovation and product development in cooperation with leading professional gaming teams. SteelSeries also helps to support the growth of competitive gaming tournaments and electronic sports leagues through professional team sponsorships, partnerships, and community support all over the world. For more information, please visit http://steelseries.com.