The ESL Women’s Sydney Open CS:GO tournament has been announced. The event will take place at IEM Sydney 2018 and feature a $10,000 AUD prize pool.

ESL welcomed mousesports as the fourth team invited to IEM Sydney 2018. They will join Renegades, FaZe Clan, and SK Gaming to the $250,000 event.

Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will return to Katowice on March 2-4. Sixteen teams will battle for a share of the $500,000 prize pool.

OpTic Gaming qualified for IEM Oakland XII winning the NA qualifier. They defeated Renegades 2 to 1 in the finals.

Team EnVyUs took part in the European battle for IEM Oakland XII, and qualified for the LAN event after defeating mousesports 2-0 in the finals.

ESL revealed the teams that will take part in the EU and NA closed qualifiers for IEM Oakland.

Intel Extreme Masters updated its rulebook. Teams with a valid reason can now participate in qualifiers held outside their home region.