ESL has announced that it will create a Hall of Fame to honour those who have contributed the most to a wide range of esports games.

The first induction ceremony will be for Counter-Strike only and will take place as part of ESL One Cologne, scheduled for July 8-10, but in the future the Hall will include players from other titles, including Dota, League of Legends, Starcraft and a fighting game.

For a player to be inducted, he or she will need to have had "a career that is worthy of being inducted" and will have to be retired "for at least a year", ESL's Creative Producer, Ken "Hot_Bid" Chen, said in an interview with Yahoo Esports.



First induction ceremony will take place at ESL One Cologne

The nomination and the voting process will feature a panel of experts including "writers, commentators and experts" within each scene, Chen explained.

For now, the Hall of Fame will be restricted to the induction ceremonies, but ESL plans on creating a physical space where fans will be able to "go through the history of Esports" as if they were at a museum.