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Virtus Pro and Astralis collide, FaZe face Gambit in IEM Cologne quarterfinals

There won’t be a crowd, but the playoffs of IEM Cologne will ideally produce some of the most exciting CS:GO action seen in over a year. Six teams remain in the first CS:GO LAN event since March 2020, fighting for a $1-million prize pool and the honor of hoisting the new Cologne trophy for the first time. On the eve of playoffs, we’re taking a brief look at how we got to this moment over the past two weeks, how the quarterfinalists match up against each other, and what awaits

Twistzz says FaZe handles pressure a lot better than other CS:GO teams

FaZe Clan have surprised just about everybody in the CS:GO community with their campaign at IEM Cologne 2021 so far. The international team was playing so poorly in online tournaments that no one really expected them to perform well at the first premier CS:GO LAN since IEM Katowice in March 2020. All of the sudden, though, everything clicked for Finn “karrigan” Andersen’s troops and they’ve made it into the playoffs, taking down great squads such as Team Spirit, Vitality, and Heroic in the main event and breezing past Evil Geniuses

Latest Warzone Glitch Lets Players Drop into the Gulag Out of Turn

Call of DutyCall of Duty (COD): Warzone players have discovered a way to parachute into the gulag several rounds before they're allowed—resulting in temporary inv / NTrippy, ActivisionCall of Duty (COD): Warzone players have discovered a way to parachute into the gulag several rounds before they're allowed—resulting in temporary invincibility. Yet another game-breaking glitch has been discovered in Warzone thanks to YouTuber NTrippy, a Canadian content creator and Twitch streamer. In a minute-long video posted to his YouTube channel on Friday, July 9, NTrippy was able to show off just

Star IGL Canadian returns to Rainbow Six Siege

Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski is coming back to competitive Rainbow Six Siege. This move comes after he initially retired on March 13 but returned to Spacestation for the 2021 Six Invitational following the org’s inability to get its stand-in player, Luke, a passport. The most decorated IGL in Siege history elaborated on his decision in a TwitLonger posted today. “After coming back home from SI, I had two main objectives in mind,” Canadian said. “First, was to take the time to truly think about my situation and make sure if I

How Bad News Bears emerged from the ashes of Chaos to keep NA’s dream alive

In a region that has had its playerbase ravaged during the online era due to a multitude of factors, only a few names below the upper echelon have shone through to represent North American Counter-Strike. If one had looked at teams at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there were plenty of promising rosters - Swole Patrol, Orgless, Chaos, New England Whalers, and Triumph, to name a few. But following the release of VALORANT, the cuts to the ESL Pro League team slots, and a lack of organisational interest and

Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada to Host $10,000 Fortnite…

TORONTO (PRWEB) July 01, 2021 Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada (CLFC) is proud to announce its upcoming Brains and Brawn campaign. The campaign will feature a two-week livestream fundraiser along with a two-day online Fortnite tournament with total prizing of $10,000. CLFC is a Registered Canadian Charity whose mission is to advance the study, treatment, and prevention of the effects of brain trauma in Canadian athletes, military personnel and other at-risk groups. “Teaching young people about brain health and performance, by leveraging the powerful engaging medium of video games, can have

Huynh released from Gen.G’s VALORANT team, becomes free agent

Danny Huynh is no longer contracted to Gen.G’s VALORANT team, the 26-year-old Canadian player announced today. Huynh, a former CS:GO pro, was a part of the FRENCH CANADIANS roster that was picked up by Gen.G in May 2020 when the North American organization entered VALORANT’s professional scene. He helped the team win tournaments like the T1x Nerd Street Games Invitational, Pittsburgh Knights Tournament Series, and Pulse Invitational between May and July in the early stages of the competitive scene in North America. But the team couldn’t replicate the same results

Stanislaw explains why EG parted ways with zews, talks about the team’s struggles

Evil Geniuses surprised plenty of people in the CS:GO community with their form at IEM Summer 2021, where they defeated Team Spirit and Heroic, a top-five team in the world, and made it into the playoffs just days after Brazilian head coach Wilton “zews” Prado left the organization over a difference of opinion regarding the team’s direction. The North Americans were defeated by OG and Gambit moving forward in IEM Summer, but making it into the playoffs may have helped relieve some pressure since the team was coming off a

stanislaw: “I’m proud to say that we didn’t give up, and I think our belief at this moment is the highest it’s been in the past year”

Evil Geniuses entered IEM Summer as one of the weakest teams on paper, ranked 38th in the world at the time, but they managed to pull off a single-map opening victory against Spirit and a massive upset against world No.3 Heroic to secure a spot in the tournament's playoffs in what turned out to be a redeeming showing following a string of last-place finishes. stanislaw's troops weren't able to find any more victories, losing out to the eventual finalists, OG and Gambit, but the playoff appearance at a tournament of

Deck-Building Sci-fi Roguelike Griftlands Gets Epic Launch Trailer for Consoles and PC

Who would’ve thought that card games would become such a phenomenon in the modern gaming zeitgeist, eh? Yes, if you’re anything like me, you might have a big ol’ soft spot for deck-building roguelikes like Slay The Spire, Cross Blitz, Monster Train or Rise Of The Slime. And now, you can add one more to the burgeoning card-battling sub-genre: Griftlands. Developed by Canadian outfit Klei Entertainment – a well-established studio with a rich history creating an eclectic variety of indie hits like Don’t Starve, N+, Mark Of The Ninja and