The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge tour begins at the Montreal Olympic Stadium in Canada today, and many of the world’s top Arena teams will be competing. The prize pool? $30,000! And $15,000 of that goes to the winners. It pays to PvP.

Live streaming with English commentary will be shown on the official Montreal coverage page throughout the weekend. Streaming begins today at 5 p.m. EST (11 p.m. CET). Ten World of Warcraft team will complete in the event, which also has a Counter-Strike 1.6 competition. The winners of the BlizzCon tournament, Europe's Nihilum Plasma, will be competing in Montreal.

For information on all the teams, check out the event page.