Intel Extreme Masters 2022 Tour Enters its Final Stages; $950,000 Up For Grabs

Intel Farthermost Masters (IEM), the longest running global pro gaming tour in the world, has returned to Katowice, Poland. The event is taking place at the iconic Spodek Arena, and is offering a total prize money of $950,000 this year.

Globe champions will be crowned for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:Become) and StarCraft II. While the former has a prize-pool of $500,000, the latter offers $400,000 in all. According to Intel, the consequence will too feature "a women's CS:Get invitational, likewise equally the VR Challenger League Grand Finals".

At last twelvemonth's IEM Katowice, 173,000 fans packed Spodek Arena, while 46 million tuned in online – making it the most-watched circulate in ESL'southward history

The group stages of the CS:Go began with 16 teams on February 28, but 12 teams have already been eliminated, and the semi finalists have already been decided. FaZe Clan and Team Liquid qualified for the semifinals, where they are scheduled to meet Astralis and Fnatic respectively. While FaZe Clan trounce Cloud9 in the quarters, Team Liquid put it beyond Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The eventual winners will get a whopping $250,000, which isn't half bad for a weeks' worth of piece of work. Especially, when work ways playing video games. Simply if you thought that was lucrative, expect till you hear this. As role of its M Slam Series, Intel is also offering a $1 million bonus prize to the first 'CS:GO' team that wins four of the last x 'CS:Become' ESL and Dreamhack events.

In case you're interested, you can stream the official webcast of the consequence live on Twitch by clicking thru this link.

Source: https://beebom.com/intel-extreme-masters-2018-final-stages/

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