London and Dallas – July 2016 – FACEIT, the world’s leading competitive gaming platform, in conjunction with QuakeCon, and supported by Intel, will host some of the best Quake players from around the world in an epic series of tournaments for $50,000 in cash prizes. Players from Europe, Australia, North America and South America will compete in the QUAKE LIVE, 1v1, Duel Masters Championship and the QuakeWorld, 2v2, TDM Open, sponsored by Intel.

QuakeCon 2016 will take place from August 4 through August 7 in the Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. Players in each tournament will be competing for a total of $25,000 prize pool.

FACEIT Media will be teaming up with id Software, to bring you the best games live on www.Twitch.TV/QuakeCon and will feature the classic casting and hosting talents of Daniel “ddk” Kapadia, Xavier “Zoot” Dhorne, and Alex “Jehar”, and will be joined by several on-site guests over the duration of the event. Tune into our second stream for more Quake action at www.Twitch.TV/QuakeCon2.

“Quake is ingrained in our culture here at FACEIT” Said Michele Attisani, CBO and Co-Founder of FACEIT “We are proud to support QuakeCon yet again this year, an event which brings one of the iconic titles behind all FPS games to the community in classic style”

QuakeCon starts on August 4 and sign up for the tournaments begins the same day so come along and try your chances to become a legend.

For more information on QuakeCon please visit http://www.quakecon.org/ or to watch the streams follow www.Twitch.TV/QuakeCon and www.Twitch.TV/QuakeCon2.

FACEIT is the leading competitive platform for online multiplayer games, with more than 4 million users logging in a total of over 12 million online game sessions each month. FACEIT allows players to easily play in tournaments and leagues for virtual and real-world prizes through automated tournament management and matchmaking technology. For developers, FACEIT’s advanced software development kit (SDK) allows game creators to easily integrate user-friendly matchmaking and tournaments into their titles to allow gamers to take part in competitive online games at all skill levels. esports organizers, players and communities use FACEIT to create and manage online competitions. For more information on FACEIT, please visit www.faceit.com.