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Studio Acquisitions Are “a Natural and Healthy Part of Our Industry” – Phil Spencer

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Acquisitions of developers (and at times even publishers) have been part of the games industry for a long time, as is the case in any other industry of course, but the last few years in particular have seen a flurry of activity on that front. Sony recently confirmed the purchase of Housemarque (and may have leaked an imminent Bluepoint Games acquisition), EA has acquired Codemasters, Embracer Group’s spending spree is refusing to end, and of course, Microsoft has picked up a large number of companies as well, most notably with

TeamOne defeat Extra Salt to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 14

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TeamOne have earned a spot in ESL Pro League Season 14 after securing a grand final victory over Extra Salt in ESEA Premier Season 37, converting their upper bracket map advantage into a 3-1 series victory (1-0 default, 16-13 Mirage, 10-16 Ancient, 16-8 Inferno). To reach the grand final, the Brazilian roster worked their way past ChocoCheck and Triumph before surprising Extra Salt in the upper bracket final, where they secured a 2-1 victory. Extra Salt claimed redemption as they took down paiN in the consolidation final to earn a

AGO eliminate forZe from ESEA Premier to set up grand final match against Sinners

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AGO have knocked forZe out of ESEA Season 37 Premier Europe after winning a three-map series on Nuke (16-11), Mirage (8-16) and Ancient (19-15), to secure a spot in the tournament’s grand final. This marks the second time Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz and company spoiled forZe’s run, as they were the ones to knock the Russians down to the lower bracket before eliminating them in the consolidation final. Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas played a big part in denying forZe revenge on his team in the last match before the grand final, ending

Sinners reach ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe grand final over AGO

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Sinners have cleared the ESEA Premier Season 37 upper bracket after defeating AGO 2-0 on Ancient (16-10) and Vertigo (16-9) in the upper bracket final, thus securing a spot in the grand final with a one-map advantage in the ESL Pro League qualifying match. Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar and company’s playoff run started with victories against BLINK and BIG before they took out the Polish squad led by Damian "⁠Furlan⁠" Kislowski, although AGO aren’t out of contention in the double-elimination bracket as their defeat at the hands of Sinners is their

StarLadder CIS RMR groups and schedule revealed

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The StarLadder CIS RMR event, taking place on June 27-July 4, will kick off with a best-of-three round-robin group stage, in which the 10 competing teams have been divided into two groups. The tournament will then move to a double-elimination bracket where the top teams in each group will fight to make it to the best-of-five grand final, while the two third-placed teams in each group will play a fifth-place decider match. sh1ro and co. will face NAVI in the group stage The top two teams in the world ranking

Triumph, Third Impact qualify for DreamHack Open June North America

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Triumph and Third Impact have advanced through the closed qualifier for DreamHack Open June North America, earning the last two spots in the main event which will run from June 29 - July 3. The eight-team, double-elimination closed qualifier bracket saw Triumph - who were playing with Omar "⁠3ARK00Z⁠" Elyyan in place of Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir - progress through without dropping a map, beating Triton, Mythic, and X13 to book a spot in the main event. cynic and company are through to the main event Third Impact, who fell in

G2 eliminate NIP; advance to BLAST Premier consolidation final

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G2 are through to the consolidation final of the BLAST Premier Spring Final after besting NIP 2-1 in the lower bracket. The European side claimed revenge against Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser and company after being eliminated by them in Flashpoint 3, and are now faced with a header against Natus Vincere for a spot in the grand final - a match which marks the first time the two teams will meet since they removed Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev from their rosters. The series started off in less than

Team Ranking: May 2021

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Last month was all about the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments. These Major qualifying events, held globally, were responsible for some of the biggest changes in the top 30, including mousesports jumping to sixth, their highest ranking in exactly a year, and Akuma entering the top 20 on the back of a controversial third-place finish in EPIC League CIS. Despite the RMR setback, NAVI moved up to second thanks to their DH Masters Spring triumph But the RMRs were far from being the sole top-tier tournaments that were held in

BLAST Premier Spring Final opening match-ups announced

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BLAST has confirmed the clashes for the first round of the BLAST Premier Spring Final, scheduled for June 15-20. Eight teams will compete in this double-elimination tournament for the first prize of $225,000 plus a spot at the World Final in December. Without surprise, current world No.1 Gambit are the top seed in the tournament. The IEM Katowice 2021 champions, who won the EPIC League CIS last weekend following a 3-1 victory over Virtus.pro in the final, will go up against the struggling Evil Geniuses, who crashed out of cs_summit

Hobbit shines as Gambit beat Virtus.pro to win EPIC League CIS

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Gambit came from behind to beat Virtus.pro 3-1 and win EPIC League CIS, the first Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament of the year in the region. With this victory, the IEM Katowice champions moved up to second place in the CIS RMR standings with 1600 points, 180 fewer than leaders Spirit, who carried 600 points from last year's RMR circuit. After scraping through the Swiss stage with a 3-2 record, Gambit kicked their game into a higher gear in the double-elimination playoffs, beating Entropiq in three maps before making light