Amazon’s Twitch Launches Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Esports Championship Series

New eSports league from Twitch and FaceIt is co-owned by teams and players.

Twitch continues to invest resources into eSports. And for good reason. ESports videos account for over 20% of the streaming platform’s traffic, according to research firm Newzoo.

Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, has partnered with competitive gaming platform FaceIt to launch the Esports Championship Series (ECS). The first league under this new partnership launches today and focuses on Valve’s popular first-person shooter, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). It will be broadcast exclusively on FaceIt’s Twitch channel.