The ESL Stage is coming to PAX Arena
Announcement posted by ESL Gaming 19 Oct 2017
ESL is headed to PAX Australia this year to bring the ESL Stage to the PAX Arena. Across the PAX weekend, ESL will host tournaments for Injustice 2, Paladins, SMITE, and Rainbow 6: Siege.
Injustice 2 will be featured at the ESL Stage, with an open, double elimination tournament being played over 2 days. Friday will see the qualifying rounds of the tournament played from 2PM through to 6PM, and the top 8 contestants will take to the ESL Stage on Sunday afternoon at the same time to play off in an intense finals series. More information on signups & prizepool will be released soon.
SMITE will be returning to PAX as the top 4 teams in the SMITE OPL compete for their share of $35,000 and a ticket to HRX 2018 in January. Legacy Esports, Scylla Esports, Dark Sided and Sin Gaming will fight from 6PM Friday for a spot in the Grand Finals, to be played at 6PM on Saturday.
Paladins Global Series Oceania will be played live on the ESL Stage, with Oceania’s best four teams in Kanga Esports, Outlaws, Amigo5, and Rune Platebody, competing for $15,000 and a ticket to HRX 2018 from 10AM Saturday.
Ubisoft will be heading to the ESL Stage this year, with Rainbow 6: Siege action from 10AM on Sunday. Kicking off with an all-star showmatch, PAX-goers will then get the chance to play with the pros, before an ANZ professional exhibition match wraps up the Rainbow 6 action.
“If you've been following Australian esports over the past 12 months, it'll come as no surprise that showcasing top-level competitive gaming is becoming a larger part of PAX”, said PAX AUSTRALIA Content Manager Luke Lancaster, “we're proud to be partnering with ESL to bring the highest calibre of play to PAX Arena, because we're positive the rampant growth of an incredibly talented local scene doesn't stop here."
Paul Sharpe, Director for Enterprise and Small Business, Samsung Electronics Australia, said: “It’s incredibly exciting for Samsung to work with ESL to showcase our latest range of CFG70 quantum dot gaming monitors and provide an exhilarating platform for gaming at PAX this year. We look forward to an incredible show and taking part in such an exciting event.”
“We encourage anyone at PAX to head down to check out the Samsung monitors in action and speak with our team who will be on the stand,” Sharpe added. The Samsung CFG70 monitor was launched in Australia earlier this year and is designed to meet the demands of performance gamers. The ultra-high contrast quantum dot VA panel technology can help minimize light leakage across the entire screen and corners and delivers a 3000:1 contrast ratio.
As well as competitive action, the ESL Stage will host a free-play area with both console and PC titles throughout all three days of PAX.
If you can’t make it to PAX, all of the action from the ESL Stage will be streamed live on www.twitch.tv/paxarena from 10AM each day.
The full schedule for the ESL Stage @ PAX Australia can be found on the PAX website: http://aus.paxsite.com/schedule
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ESL Australia, the local division of global electronic sports league tournament organiser ESL, is Australia and New Zealand’s leading esports tournament organiser. ESL Australia features a studio home base in Sydney, Australia, the first ever purpose built esports studio capable of hosting offline events and a live audience. For more information on ESL Australia, current tournaments and more, visit: http://pro.eslgaming.com/anz
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