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ATK add Cyrix, bLazE steps down

Another American will join up with the South Africa-majority lineup. Following McKinley "⁠Cyrix⁠" Hollison's announcement of joining ATK, the South African side has announced that Josh "⁠bLazE⁠" Saunders is stepping down from the lineup and that the young American will join the active lineup. Cyrix most recently played with ONET4P, who made the playoffs of ESEA Premier in their first season and also beat Triumph in the recent SteelSeries Prime Cup. At the end of the ESEA season both Cyrix and Sean "⁠Subarashii⁠" Tuttle decided to step down from the

MIBR signs JOTA

MIBR has expanded its CS:GO roster with the addition of former Bravos player Jhonatan “⁠JOTA⁠” Willian, the organization announced today. JOTA will be a part of the starting lineup since Marcelo “chelo” Cespedes is still recovering from a car accident he suffered in September. The team was using academy player Breno “⁠brnz4n⁠” Poletto to replace chelo, but he has to go back to Brazil to finish his last year of high school. The addition of JOTA sees him reunite with Adriano “⁠WOOD7⁠” Cerato and Matheus “⁠Tuurtle⁠” Anhaia, who were a

Party Astronauts win ESEA Premier S38 over Extra Salt to qualify for ESL Pro League

After a full-length best-of-five grand final, Party Astronauts have defeated Extra Salt 3-2 (16-6 Inferno, 7-16 Overpass, 16-11 Ancient, 22-20 Nuke) to win ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, booking themselves a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15. The result breaks the 0-4 head-to-head record for Party Astronauts against Extra Salt, and adds to a disappointing string of results for the South African-North American combine, who missed out on a spot at the PGL Major Stockholm after they were eliminated from IEM Fall NA. It also marks Party Astronauts'

PSG.LGD complete two intense comebacks, defeat Team Secret to reach the grand finals at The International 10

PSG.LGD took down Team Secret 2-0 and secured their spot at the grand finals for Dota 2’s The International 10 today. When two juggernauts clash, the battlefield is supposed to turn into a spectacle. LGD, however, looked highly composed and played the fringes, which worked to their advantage in both games as they swept Team Secret in a 2-0 performance.  LGD played to their advantage and didn’t give the European team much in the way of openings to exploit, marking Secret’s first loss in the upper bracket of The International

All Division Rivals rewards in FIFA 22

The next step in the FIFA franchise is finally here, and players are slowly streaming into FIFA 22 from last year’s title. This means that players will once again need to assemble their squad from scratch. After assembling your team with players from packs and the market, it’s only natural for players to improve their skill versus other players and the Division Rivals is the perfect mode to do that. Based on your rank, you’ll get to play against players from similar skill tiers, meaning the matches will be more

Out of Twitch’s 100 top-earning streamers, only 3 are women

Twitch’s confirmed Oct. 6 data leak included the purported payout information of Twitch’s highest earners. In screenshots now widely shared on Twitter, the list of Twitch royalty is overwhelmingly male.  At the top of the list is the professional role-playing collective CriticalRole, a group composed of a number of popular voice actors. The rest of the top 100 streamers on the list are entirely male except for three female streamers. Moroccan-Canadian variety streamer Pokimane sits at No. 39 on the list, while American ASMR streamer Amouranth is No. 48 and

Everything you need to know about Prestige Points and skins in League of Legends

The 2021 season is reaching its end. While some players are focused on the battle for the Summoners’ Cup, others will be grinding some more League of Legends for the last chance to get this year’s Prestige skins. The latest addition to the collection is the Nightbringer Kayn Prestige Edition, available in the LoL Worlds 2021 Pass Bundle for 2650 Riot Points. That’s not the only way to get the Shadow Reaper’s golden skin, however: players can also unlock it with 2000 tokens from the Worlds event. While the first

Nova Esports take home over $600K after winning the PEL Season 3

Defending PUBG Mobile world champions Nova Esports have been crowned the winners of the Peacekeeper Elite League (PEL) season three. The PEL is played on Peacekeeper Elite, the Chinese remake of PUBG Mobile.  Nova Esports didn’t have the most impressive start to the PEL finals and could only score 26 points in the first day. This saw the team place 13th after five matches. They made a comeback on the second day, though, and got two first-place and a second-place finish, along with a staggering 39 kills. On the back

What is Rebirth Resurgence Extreme in Warzone?

Call of DutyImage courtesy of ActivisionPlayers logging into Warzone might have noticed the return of Rebirth Resurgence Extreme. But for newer players, what exactly is it? Rebirth Resurgence Extreme is a game mode that has recently made its way back into the Warzone playlists. The game mode first appeared in Season Two of Warzone, letting players hop into a match with 99 other players, on a fairly small map called Rebirth Island. A small map and a truckload of players resulted in one thing - chaos. Now the game mode

ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe group stage comes to an end, playoff bracket set

ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, which started on August 18, has come to its first big crux, the end of the group stage, with only eight of the sixteen teams alive in the playoffs. Out of the remainder, two have secured their presence in Premier next season, four are waiting to fight for their lives in relegations and two have already been relegated to ESEA Advanced Season 39. Read more ESL reveal Pro League Conference details The top two teams in the playoffs will reap the biggest rewards of the