"I am a gamer myself and watching the way gaming is capturing the world’s attention right now, much in the same way dance music has in the last few years, really excites me. There so much advancement in the gaming industry right now and I love how all these communities and gaming exhibitions are coming alive all around the world.



I’ve been touring so much these past few years that I’ve not really had much of a chance to go and experience for myself so when IEM Katowice invited me, I jumped at the chance to appear", he tells us when we're asking about the acceptance of the offer.

"I play online but only amongst dj buddies, friends and fans. One of the very few drawbacks of touring so much is it can be difficult to plug in and game online in communities because I know how addictive it can be, and well, I am already addicted to making music. I really don’t have another hours in the day to be committed to gaming, in the way I would love to, and being the studio as much as I am.



But when I do play, I love to play competitive gaming, especially Mario Kart 3 on the Wii. I’m actually in the top leaderboard of the world, not many people know this but I occasionally post my event key on Twitter so my fans can join me", he tells us.

Is it only us or could he be the French player kioShiMas' brother? | Photo: Urban Rebel PR

"I’ve of course heard of CS:GO, Dota although I’m not familiar with any specific players, which is one of the reasons I’m keen to get involved with this event and experience the ‘live’ environment of gaming for myself. It’s going to be a cool event! When I announced the gig I had a few big eSport players reach out to me to meet up with them for some drinks, so I’m definitely going to hook up with them", he tells us when we ask about what he knows about esports.

"I think "Spaceman" in the Carnage remix would make a great record for the fragmovie"

- Hardwell on which of his songs that would be the most ultimate for a frag movie

I think "Spaceman" in the Carnage remix would make a great record for the fragmovie. It’s featured in numerous (after)movies and I think it would give a fragmovie the kind of energy and pace necessary to accompany those cool plays and highlight reel pieces! The track is building up to a drop which makes it perfect, he finishes.

Yesterday, one of the largest tournament organizers, ESL, announced that one of the most famous and successful DJ and producer, Robbert van de Corput, also known as Hardwell, will perform at IEM Katowice this weekend. The performance will start prior to the finals of the event this Sunday.What was the reason behind the decision to accept the offer to play at a huge esports event? We got the chance to ask him a couple of questions about it.According to Hardwell himself, gaming is nothing new for him. It's more about the lack of time to play and to balance it with his primary work; play and producing music.He has some knowledge about CS:GO but isn't that familiar with any specific players, which seems to be one of the reasons why he wants to play at the event:Last but not least, we were really curious about which song he thought is the most ultimate for a fragmovie. He seemed to be really sure about what to answer: