Yes, you read right! The old man in red with the flying sledge is coming. And he picked up a lot of stuff in Sweden. The best of all: he lost a bunch of it right here at the ESL. But: almost nothing is for free, you have to fight for it.

Additonally, we have to announce the winners of the last 2on2-Cup. Let's see, who can pimp his account with some brand new Premiumkeys:

After years of the ESL's home being in NGZ's Coburg datacenter, we will move out on December 16th. For the whole day our IT will be on duty, working hard for you in order to limit the downtime to just one day. With a heavy heart we say farewell to NGZ, as ESL will move to its new home in a city on the Rhine.

The ESL Pro Series Finals of the German Season 13 is right up ahead of us, taking place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Fear not, here comes to English information for all the non Germans! Participants, prize money, venue information, schedule and more.

The Most Matches Competition (MMC) continues into it's third month with more games. See inside to find out which ladders can get you free premium for just playing and who won last month!

Christmas is near. Time for family and friends, time for reflection. That's all nonsense you say? Admittedly, many players probably do not know the word reflection. But within the next days, weeks and month, many will find the time to think about what they have done for sure.

In cooperation with the ESL the Hamburg Media School is conducting a survey on eSports in Europe. They want to find out, for example, what you like about eSports, what games you play and how often and with whom you practice.

Just one more night to go till the biggest LAN-Party on earth ones again rocks Jönköping, Sweden. mousesports, a dutch team as well as some fans and an ESL TV crew will be there to bring you the LAN feeling home. Enjoy the brand new page of Pack4DreamHack and the upcoming videos, blogs and more!

Over the next days ESL TV will bring the best of Dreamhack Winter 2008 live from Sweden to your PC. See the clash of the best teams and players from all arround the world at the biggest LAN party on earth! Join the ESL TV stream and see some of the biggest international stars in eSports. The Livestreams will show you exciting matches commentated by Joe Miller and James Harding till Sunday!

Half-Life is the game behind many of gaming and eSports best games: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat and many more. It might sound weird that some people have not played such an epic game, but it's a fact! Valve is going to help - 98 US-Cents for the good old Half-Life.

Something that has long been missing in the forums of the European section are boards to chat about more than the ESL. That has changed today with the creation of the new community forums to talk about everything from Gaming to TV, Movies, Sports, Music and Politics.

Next year, the innovative strategy game Battleforge from Electronic Arts will be released. You now have a chance to get a first glance at the upcoming hit RTS and give it a test. We have 2,000 beta keys to give away!

Runes of Magic is a free MMORPG dedicated to be the next big thing. To impede the rise of Demon Lord, you fight enormous creatures and face various challenging quests in the first chapter. Take your chance to grab a beta key and experience the versatile features before the game is actually been released!

The EPS Qualifications are under way for the past few weeks; Counter-Strike and Warcraft III attendees made their way through the different National qualification tourneys.

Eight CS teams plus eight Warcraft III players gained a slot in the first Scandinavian EPS season already. But that by far not the complete attendance list!