Twitter joins Esports supporters as it announces live stream for ELEAGUE’s finals

Twitter has partnered with Eleague, the esports organisation, to live stream one of its main events.

The finals of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, held at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, will be broadcast live on Twitter for the first time.

Christina Alejandre, general manager of Eleague, called Twitter the “native social platform for esports”.

“This partnership provides our passionate fans with an additional opportunity to consume Eleague content as we reach the pinnacle of our first season.”

Organisers hope that this will help make top esports tournaments, in this instance CS: GO, more accessible to a wider audience. Attempts are being made to widen esports’ appeal to more casual gamers, as Newsbeat found out earlier this year.

Numbers and stats from the tournament will also be tweeted throughout the semi-final on July 29, and the final on July 30.