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Virtus.pro win Pinnacle Fall Series 1, secure LAN Sweet LAN spot

Virtus.pro emerged victorious from the first Pinnacle Fall Series tournament on Wednesday, besting Copenhagen Flames, FaZe, and SKADE in series on the way to the title as one of the teams directly invited to the playoffs stage. The Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali-led side left the other favorites, FaZe, BIG and Spirit, behind after they eliminated Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team themselves in the semi-finals, while BIG and Spirit fell to SKADE in the Bulgarian team's surprise run to the grand final. Virtus.pro picked up a smaller title at Pinnacle Fall Series 1

CS:GO Dreams and Nightmares Collection Release Date

CSGODreams and Nightmares contest Promotional Artwork / Credit to ValveWhen is the Counter Strike: Global Offensive Dreams and Nightmares collection release date?For the upcoming weapon skins collection, Valve has decided to turn to the creatives of the community. The Dreams and Nightmares Workshop Contest began in July and will be running through Oct. 21. Ten winners will be awarded $100,000 and have their design released in the game as a skin. In total, two covert, three classified, five restricted and seven military spec weapon skins will be added to the

TFT Reckoning Set 5.5 OCE Regional Finals: Scores, standings, and schedule

The Teamfight Tactics Oceania Reckoning Series for Set 5.5 reached its ultimate climax with the Regional Finals, the final qualifying event for the World Championship later this year. One tactician from this strong region will make their way to the World Championship after winning the Regional Finals. A total of 16 players earned their spots at the Regional Finals after a wave of qualifying tournaments. The Regional Finals took place over two days, between Sept. 4 and 5, when players battled it out for their share of $6,000 AUD in

NIP bounce back from opening loss to beat Entropiq 2-0

NIP shook off the disappointment of their opening loss to Liquid by quickly dispatching Entropiq 2-0 on Dust2 and Ancient. The Russian squad will be rueing their inability to take their own map pick of Dust2, the 16-14 score line a testament to the fact that they had chances to take the map win. Speaking in the winners' interview, Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser was keen to put the Liquid loss behind him: "We just choked yesterday, nothing more to it. We played very very bad." When asked about his expectations for

Gambit start ESL Pro League with a 2-0 victory over TeamOne

Gambit secured a win in their first match of ESL Pro League, defeating TeamOne 2-0 on Mirage and Ancient. It was not all plain sailing for the Russian squad as the Brazilians made them work hard for the first map of Mirage, with malbsMd and Pedro "⁠Maluk3⁠" Campos in particular impressing. If not for Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov putting up solid numbers and some important clutch work by Abay "⁠Hobbit⁠" Khasenov, it may have been a closer series. Hobbit identified some rustiness from the player break as an important factor in

NBA 2K22 Gameplay: What to Expect

Top GamesNBA 2K22 is set to feature a rebuilt shot contest and blocking system, defensive logic improvements, new dribbling animations and more. / Photo courtesy of 2KNBA 2K22 gameplay director Mike "Beluba" Wang released a dev blog Tuesday detailing plenty of enhancements coming next week with the release of the virtual basketball franchise's next title.After weeks of going over cover athletes, player ratings, new features and more leading up the upcoming title's launch, 2K has finally given out details about what the next NBA 2K title's gameplay will entail.#NBA2K22 GAMEPLAY

NBA 2K22 Shot Meter Explained

Top GamesPhoto courtesy of 2K Games NBA 2K22 shot meter is changing a bit alongside plenty of other features in 2K22. 2K Games isn't just adding a new addition to the series, but rather, trying to update and improve on multiple systems. One of them is the shot meter. Things like dribbling, post play and defense are all changing. #NBA2K22 GAMEPLAY NEWS ‼️? Rebuilt shot contest & blocking ? New defensive positioning logic? New hedge defender logic? New shot meter? New badges? More badge points? Badge Loadouts? 50 signature size-ups?

DWG KIA take home 2021 LCK Summer Finals after 3-1 victory against T1

DAMWON Gaming took home the 2021 LCK Summer Finals in a 3-1 victory against T1 today. The result marks the team’s third consecutive LCK championship win, after last year’s LCK Summer playoffs and the 2021 Spring finals—with the 2020 League of Legends World Championship between the two. Only one other organization had won three LCK titles in a row. T1 themselves did it twice when they won Spring and Summer of 2016 and Spring 2017, as well as Spring and Summer of 2019 (as SKT) and Spring 2020. DWG KIA

ESIC bans former Heroic coach HUNDEN for 2 years

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) handed out a two-year suspension today to the former head coach of Heroic’s CS:GO team, Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen, following an investigation into claims that he shared sensitive information from Heroic’s strategy folder with an opposing team ahead of IEM Cologne in July. The ban means HUNDEN can’t take part in any events organized by ESIC members, which includes major tournament organizers such as ESL, DreamHack, and BLAST. The ESIC’s investigation included examining Google Drive access records, interviews with Heroic and the opposing team’s management, and

OG defeat Sinners to march to playoffs in ESL Pro League

Sinners battled hard against group leaders OG but could not find the winning formula, taking Nuke after a double-overtime game before OG reverse swept the series with victories on Inferno and Mirage. With this win the European squad put themselves through to the knockout stage, with advancement straight into the quarter-final still left to play for. Sinners are all but eliminated with this loss, needing a very unlikely scenario to unfold to have a chance of progressing. Regardless, this tournament has been a valiant effort from Sebastian "⁠beastik⁠" Daňo and