ESforce Holding’s events company partners with FACEIT to co-launch the Epic Pro League.

Competition will encompass CS:GO and Dota 2 leagues for players from Russia, the CIS, and the Baltic states.

Epic Pro League will be a stepping stone to qualify for competitions such as the FACEIT Pro League, EPICENTER, and the Adrenaline Cyber League.

Epic Esports Events is partnering with FACEIT to co-launch a new regional esports initiative. The Epic Pro League is a multi-division series, designed to draw up-and-coming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 talent from Russia, the wider CIS region, and the Baltic states.

Players will be assigned to one of three open divisions based on their personal level on the FACEIT platform, and can be promoted to higher divisions based on each season’s results. Professional players from top teams in the region will receive direct invitations to the top division, and can then participate in qualifiers for the FACEIT Pro League (FPL)—a competition series that has helped several CS:GO players join top-tier professional teams.

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Team competitions will also be run as part of the Epic Pro League, awarding winning squads slots in several professional leagues and invitations to closed regional qualifiers for EPICENTER and Adrenaline Cyber League events.

Epic Esports Events is part of ESforce Holding , a Russian company that houses several other properties including Virtus.pro , a controlling stake in SK Gaming , and publications Cybersport.ru and Cybersport.com. The company sold all of its shares to Russian internet company Mail.Ru in January 2018, in an acquisition with a value totalling $100M.

FACEIT, alongside its own platform and the FPL, runs the Esports Championship Series (ECS). This CS:GO tournament series is broadcast exclusively on YouTube, and invites competing teams to become co-owners of the property, sharing in a percentage of all generated revenue (the revenue sharing expanded from 10% to 30% in 2018). FACEIT will also be hosting the UK’s first ever CS:GO Major in London this September.