Moscow 5 wins League of Legends Intel Extreme Masters at Gamescom
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The Intel Extreme Masters took place in Cologne during last week’s Gamescom, with eight teams duking it out to see who’ll take home the big prize and also secure themselves a slot in the grand finals of the League of Legends Season 2 Championships, which have a prize pool of over 2 million dollars. Moscow 5 managed the feat, securing their dominance over the League of Legends competitive scene, and also protecting their IEM title, after winning it in Hanover last year.
The opening few bouts of the seventh Intel Extreme Masters will be taking place in Cologne for this year’s Gamescom, before touring around Europe, stopping off in four different cities before ending up at CeBIT 2013 in Hanover in Germany. The tournament showcases both Starcraft 2 and League of Legends, and Intel is estimating that almost 2 million visitors are going to spectate the event live, while a further 20 million will watching on www.esl.tv. That’s a lot of people. Which kind of validates the $2.8 million they’ve put up over the previous six seasons. 
