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eSports News 08/09

Read on for the latest showdowns and victories in this week’s eSports News, including an epic StarCraft II comeback in the Gosu Cup grand final, and the opening of the TG-Intel StarCraft II Open Season 1 league.

StarCraft II

There were some fantastic games played in the recently concluded NVIDIA StarCraft II Gosu Cup. After a tremendous comeback from a 0-3 deficit, Canadian Chris “HuK” Loranger’s Protoss army defeated Frenchman Adelscott’s   Protoss forces in the thrilling final.  To check out the replays head over to the GosuGamers website. In other news, Mymym.com has summarised the weekend cups: ZOTAC and Go4SC2. Also, the opening season of the Global StarCraft II League, with a prize pool of $170,000, is well underway. Taking place in Seoul, this phenomenal tournament has the best of the best from the StarCraft II world competing. The action has been fast and furious, with some of the tournament favourites already knocked out and a few underdogs progressing. To find out more about the event and to watch all the games live, with English commentary from Tasteless and Artosis, check the tournament calendar at GOMTV.net.

Warcraft III

The Samsung Euro Championship saw Danish Night Elf player Thomas “ThomasG” Glinski face off against German Orc player Heinrich “Sokol” Rennert in the final. In a tense match ThomasG ultimately emerged victorious, claiming the title of “WCG SEC Champion 2010”. In addition, the MSI Beat It tournament has come to a close, with Chinese Human player Xiang “TH000” Huang winning the final against South Korean star Jang “Moon” JaeHo.