ESL has revealed the talent lineup for the CS:GO tournament at IEM Gamescom.
Five teams from Europe and one from North America will pit their wits from August 5-8 at Intel Extreme Masters Gamescom, the first event of the current IEM season to feature Counter-Strike.
A total of $85,000 will be on offer in this tournament, which will use a last-man standing format in which every team is assigned four lives, which will be deducted one by one after a defeat. Match winners then get to choose which two teams will play next.
Joe Miller (on the right) to cast CS:GO again
Breaking down all the action during the four days of the event will be a stellar panel including Joe Miller, Joona "natu" Leppänen and Anders Blume. Below you can find the full talent panel for IEM Gamescom:
O. J. Borg - Stage Host
William "Chobra" Cho - Desk Host
- Joe Miller - (caster)
- Leigh "Deman" Smith - (caster)
Anders "Anders" Blume - (caster)
Joona "natu" Leppänen - (caster)- Lauren "Pansy" Scott - (caster)
- Alex "Machine" Richardson - (caster)
- Jason Kaplan - (caster)
Janko "YNk" Paunović - (observer)
Simon "pAn" Schumacher - (observer)
Janko 'YNk' Paunović 
Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 92 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 
Joona 'natu' Leppänen 
Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC