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North American fan favorites Cloud9 yesterday announced a new round of funding for their organization, and the list of investors has quite a few familiar faces. Daniel Fiden of FunPlus Ventures is leading the investment, which includes 21 members in total. The group includes: •Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian •NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana •San …
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Blizzard Entertainment Event Summary Over the last ten weeks, 32 of the world’s best StarCraft II players have waged battle in the epic Korean league known as the GSL. As the weeks progressed, 32 became 16, 16 became eight, and the eight became our last two contestants: soO and Stats. Both of these players are …
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Ninjas in Pyjamas have been added to the guest list for the CS_Summit event in LA next month, meaning we now know every team that will be in attendance. NiP will join: Optic Gaming, Cloud9, Team EnvyUs, Gambit Esports, Team Liquid, Godsent, and SK Gaming. The sides will be competing for the lion’s share of …
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Team Dignitas announced their new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster last night, and it includes a few familiar faces. The new lineup includes a return to Team Dignitas for former player Ruben “Rubino” Villarroel, who left the organization in January this year, when he and fellow teammates signed for North, the esports team backed by FC …
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Fnatic head coach Nico “NicoThePico” Korsgaard has left the organization. The team has been struggling to keep up with the top teams in the European League of Legends Championship Series, and currently they find themselves hovering just inside the playoff spots in the league, with four wins and six defeats. Team manager Finlay “Quaye” Stewart …
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Former teammates have reunited along with new members to form ‘Laser Kittenz’. The newest organization to enter the Overwatch scene ahead of the impending Overwatch League. Former Misfits general manager Ali “Alicus” Saba will be heading up the team as owner and CEO. The lineup features former Reunited members Finley “kyb” Adisi, and Sergi “Winghaven” …
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The final qualifiers for Year 2: Season 1 of the Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League took place last weekend. Over 24 teams across Europe, North America, and Brazil were battling to earn one of the ten coveted spots in the new format of the Pro League. We can now reveal which teams will compete during …
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The North American Last Chance Qualifier came to a close and now the best Halo teams in the world are decided. After fighting through the qualifiers, 12 teams will head to the Halo World Championship 2017 Finals from March 24-26 in Burbank, California for the chance to battle for a share of the $1,000,000 prize …
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Intel® Extreme Masters (IEM), the longest-running global pro gaming circuit in the world, celebrated the climactic finale of its 11th season as it returned to Katowice, Poland for the 2017 World Championship. The world’s best teams, including champions from IEM Oakland 2016 and IEM Gyeonggi 2016, faced off on the main stage of the Spodek …
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Intel Extreme Masters is going down under! On May 6-7, IEM will host its first ever event on the Australian continent, with eight CS:GO teams battling it out for AUD260,000 at the Qudos Bank Arena. One of these competing teams will come from the Australia & New Zealand Qualifier and will have the opportunity to …
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2017 will be a busy year for StarCraft II with everyone fighting for a slot at the WCS Global Finals. Of the 16 players that will eventually qualify for the US$500,000 final, eight will come from the various DreamHack stops during the WCS Circuit: Austin, Summer, Valencia, and Montreal. Each of the WCS Circuit stops …
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Just hours before the start of the Call of Duty World League event in Dallas, Millenium have announced their signing of the Infused lineup. The British lineup is currently sat in 2nd place in the European Call of Duty Pro points standings, and look set to secure themselves a spot in the Global Pro League.… Read the rest
Optic Gaming have removed CS:GO coach Luis “Peacemaker” Tadeu from the organization. Peacemaker had been on a trial period since February, however the team decided he wasn’t the right fit for them after poor results over that time period. Peacemaker joined Optic after leaving NRG Esports late last year. He arrived along with former Cloud9 …
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Optic Gaming owner, Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez, addressed the rumours that have been circulating around his Counter-Strike:Global Offensive. Reports had been circulating that players Will “RUSH” Wierzba and Oscar “Mixwell” Canellas would be leaving. Though it wasn’t all clean sailing. H3CZ confirmed in his update that the two players had been looking to leave the team, …
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Krakow, Poland is the destination for the 11th Valve Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major, tournament. The event will take place between July 16-23 and will be hosted at the TAURON Arena, which has played host to esports in the past, when the League of Legends European League Championship Series Summer split finals played out at the …
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