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Cloud9 CEO Dismisses TenZ Buyout Rumors as High as $5 Million

- Advertisement - According to a recent report by George Geddes, Sentinels and Cloud9 are already in talks for an extended loan deal for star player Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo. The deal would also reportedly include a $5 million buyout option to keep TenZ. However, Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne confirmed to Rush B Media that the numbers are fake and no deal has been made on the buyout of TenZ as of yet. For @RushBMediaGG, I reached out to @JackEtienne regarding the TenZ report by DailyEsports concerning the buyout figures of

Sources: Sentinels negotiating extended loan deal for TenZ

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include additional information provided by Cloud9’s CEO Jack Etienne. North American organization Sentinels is negotiating with Cloud9 to retain Tyson “TenZ” Ngo on an extended loan deal, according to sources close to Daily Esports.  This move would allow TenZ to play for Sentinels in the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour events, while Jay “Sinatraa” Won remains on the bench as the investigation into his relationship with former girlfriend Cleo Hernandez remains ongoing.  Sentinels would have an option to buy TenZ if the deal

How to make a crappy CS:GO team in seven easy steps

Hey future GMs, here’s a bunch of handy tips to run your org out of the esport in no time! Follow these easy steps and your team will be pristine meme potential before you know it. There is no such thing as bad publicity and any buyout can be justified – as long as wins on the server are optional, you’ll be the best in the business before you know it!Don’t clear out the deadwoodAn easy way to capsize your team before even getting started is to acquiesce to the

NiKo: “I was done with being the IGL even before I decided to leave FaZe; I just couldn’t take it anymore”

On Wednesday, in possibly the most anticipated move of the year, dubbed "the biggest signing in CS:GO history", G2 announced the completion of the high-profile transfer of NiKo from FaZe after nearly two months of talks between the two organizations. The team will make their debut Monday as they will take on FURIA in Group C of the BLAST Premier Fall Series, which also contains Astralis and MIBR. NiKo talks pressure in the last months with FaZe and how it led to his decision to team up with huNter- In

How has Corsair Gaming posted such impressive pre-IPO numbers?

After the last few weeks of IPOs, you’d be forgiven if you missed Corsair Gaming’s own public offering. The company is not our usual fare. Here at TechCrunch, we care a lot of about startups, usually technology startups, which often collect capital from private sources on their way to either the bin, an IPO or a buyout. Corsair is some of those things. It is a private company that builds technology products and it has raised some money while private. But from there it’s a slim list. The company was founded in 1994,

Developer Behind PS4-Exclusive The Order: 1886 Sells To Facebook, Will Focus On VR Games

It's a big day for Facebook as it relates to video games. In addition to Microsoft partnering with Facebook for livestreaming games after closing Mixer, the social network has now acquired a major developer.Facebook announced that it has acquired Ready at Dawn, the studio known for its work on the God of War franchise. The studio developed God of War: Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta for PSP, in addition to the God of War: Origins Collection for PS3. On top of the God of War franchise, Ready at