Nintendo has announced at this year’s Gamescom that it will partner up with the ESL to bring official online Splatoon tournaments to the European region.

This initiative will begin sometime in early September and will last for a period of six months.

No other details were shared on these tournaments, such as prize pools and official tournaments to other regions such as North America.

It will be interesting to see how successful these tournaments will be, and whether or not this could pave the way for official LANs.