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YouTube becomes the exclusive home for Esports Championship Series’ Counter-Strike: GO matches

  • Posted byby Mike Minotti
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A big esports organization has left Twitch for YouTube.

FaceIt announced today that it has made a deal with YouTube to make the platform the exclusive place to watch its Esports Championship Series, which features Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition. This starts on March 25 with the ECS Promotion matches. You can watch those and future ECS events here. The shooter Counter-Strike: GO is one of the most popular titles in a competitive gaming market that will generate as much as $696 million in revenues this year, according to a market report from intelligence firm Newzoo.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.