Intel Extreme Masters Heads Back to Katowice
The Intel Extreme Masters are currently taking place in Cologne, with a ton of League teams fighting it out. It’s actually been quite entertaining so far, with some decent enough games and the as ever brilliant IEM analysts and casters. If you looking for something to do on this boring Saturday afternoon you could do worse than take a look at the stream.
Anyway the real reason why we are here is that the ESL has announced they are bringing the Intel Extreme Masters back to Katowice, Poland for the IEM World Championships. The event will take place between March 12-15 with all the main eSports action taking place in the Spodek Arena. However due to the success of previous events in Katowice a brand new technology expo has been added to the event, which will take place in the Katowice International Congress Center located just across the road from the arena.
George Woo, Global Sponsorships Manager at Intel had this to say about the event.
“It is fantastic to see that over the years we have turned esports from being a part of a larger exhibition into something that defines an entire convention where the best pro gamers are celebrated like superstars,”
“How far Intel Extreme Masters has come is amazing.”
Then Krzysztof Pikiewicz, Managing Director at ESL Poland basically said, “oh my god how cool is it that we are doing this”. What he actually said is below.
“It is a testament to the place that esports holds in today’s youth culture that we have managed to build an entire expo around a video games tournament,” “The fans clearly wanted the event to be a festival for esports, video games and technology and that is what we are giving them.”
Make sure to stay tuned to God is a Geek for more eSports content coming very soon (like in 10 minutes.)
