Blizzard signs three-year deal with ESL, Dreamhack

Modern Times Group today announced that its esports subsidiaries ESL and DreamHack have signed a three-year deal with Blizzard Entertainment to run ESL Pro Tours for StarCraft II and Warcraft III: Reforged.
With Warcraft III: Reforged not slated to release until later this month, the ESL Pro Tour will become the first major championship series for the game. But for StarCraft II, the ESL Pro Tour will replace the StarCraft II World Championship Series, which has run for seven years with a grand final tournament held at the annual BlizzCon conference.
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