Several days remain till StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm release and we are happy to announce you the 1st big LAN-tournament in this discipline in CIS - "Ritmix OGIC 3: StarCraft 2 HotS". This event will take place in Hotel "Azimut", March 16th-17th, St.Petersburg, Russia.

All matches will be played one by one on specially prepared for StarCraft scene for more people will be able to watch these games. The next players were invited: FXO.HappyZerg, FXO.LoWeLy, cSc.Turuk and our team representatives Empire.Siw and Empire.Brat_OK.

2 slots in grid will be raffled by opened LAN-qualification, March 16th - "Ritmix OGIC 3: StarCraft 2 HotS Qualifier".

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StarSeries is going full blast! Our team has lost last two matches however the opponents were the leaders of the tournament grid. It was clear that Team Empire didn't have enough time to work at the team-work and that the last roster's changes have influenced on it too. However the new story is created today! Lets be honest - AL in their current status - is the team that we have to win. And if we look at tournament grid all games are like the grand final games because all chances to go to Chine are melting away. Watch the game today at 6:00 p.m. MSK!

Match streamers are  EmpireTV.Versuta and EmpireTV.4ce.

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Hanover/CeBIT, February 28, 2013 – Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of hard drives, and its partner Tronic 5/Schenker Notebooks have a special surprise in store for visitors of this year’s CeBIT: Pro-Gamer Kas, who attained international renown through several tournament streams, will play a public StarCraft II match against team Tronic 5 on March 7, 3.20 p.m. at Tronic 5/Schenker Notebooks’ booth (Hall 23, booth A17).

With well-known StarCraft II player Kas Seagate and Tronic 5/Schenker Notebooks invited one of the leading CIS players. Born in the Ukraine, Kas has been a member of the Empire Gaming Team since 2010 and has won more than 50 tournaments since. Both the third place at 2012’s ASUS RoG GD Invitational and the bronze medal at the Intel Extreme Masters Kiev of the same year marked the peak of his career to date.

In addition, Kas will be available for a signing session after the match – 2000 autograph cards have been printed so no one will have to go empty handed. This also presents the opportunity to win one of three Seagate Momentus XT hard disks with 750 GB storage capacity each.

We hasten to let you know that qualifications to the new tournament Eizo Cup are finished. The matches of the final stage will begin today. All teams who passed qualifications will meet with the invited teams and Team Empire is one of them! And the 1st competitor will be the Bulgarian squad Kozichka. Prize pool as much as 1,750 EUR! The tournament starts today at 9:00 p.m. MSK. Lets support our team!

EmpireTV.Versuta and EmpireTV.4ce will be broadcasting this event.

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Group stage draws to an end. The last group in this stage is on the agenda and it starts right now at 7:00 p.m. MSK! We'll se the confrontations of principle for the right to pass on.

Today our player Empire.Siw plays with AXIOM.Ryung and WW.SortOf! Match format - Bo5. According to group results only two players will be able to pass on. Group is very strong however we know Siw's stubbornness and that's why we believe in him.

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Today we have to inform you a very unusual news for Dota2 community.
Today's morning at 4:00 a.m. MSK Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatikov reported us about his decision to leave Empire.Dota2 squad. After that he said "good bye" and left the squad's conference.

Though the news was very shocked and the whole details of this decision are known only to Gleb we regard his choice with favour. Such strong and proffesional player's cessation of squad right in a middle of team leagues where our team is taking part can make some problems for gaming-shape of a whole squad. And such a harsh taking a decision has shocked myself. But...

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The qualification for the another one interesting tournament by French team against All authority named aAa Pro Challenge #2 will be held tomorrow, January 7th. 16 best European players will meet to fight for the prize pool 1250 EUR.

The format of European qualifications is more than unusual - Bo7 series between invited PROgamers. Each winner will take part in the fight for the main prize. Who will be the 1st European representative at this tournament? We'll find it out tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. MSK.

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The last EU qualification will be held today Empire.BeastyQT vs Liquid`Snute [bo7]. Don't miss it up!

The abundance Dota2 tournaments in a calendar is a great news for all fans of this discipline. Yesterday we had a chance to watch for our team game within the bounds of TPL. And Today Team Empire will play against Mousesports within the bounds of StarLadder Season 5! 8:30 p.m. MSK. Don't miss it up!

This event streamers EmpireTV.Versuta and EmpireTV.4ce.

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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm being on beta-test stage is gaining momentum. That's why IGNProLeague 6 organizators have decided not to stand off and besides StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty they will conduct the championship in HotS. The prize pool was divided respectively: WoL - 75,000$ and HotS - 25,000$. The solid sum, isn't it?

Everyone can take part in IPL 6 Heart of the Swarm qualification. Don't miss this chance and try your strength in top tournament in your favourite game!

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The best moments of Team Empire vs  3DMAX which was held within the bounds of RaidCall Dota2 League. The movie is full of action, a great amount of frags and bright emotions! Let's see: