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ESL Pro Tour schedule revealed for 2022

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ESL has put out its CS:GO event calendar for the rest of 2021 and for 2022, which will see changes to the structure of the ESL Pro Tour circuit, including an expansion of the ESL Pro League (EPL), one of the most prestigious CS:GO tournaments. Starting in 2022, every tournament of the ESL Pro Tour circuit will be under ESL’s umbrella. DreamHack Open events have been renamed to ESL Challenger. The ESEA Premier, currently the league that gives access to EPL, has been renamed to ESL Challenger League. The DreamHack

ESL announce Pro Tour changes and 2022 calendar; Rio Major under consideration

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ESL has revealed the tournament calendar for the remainder of 2021 and for 2022 and announced significant changes to the ESL Pro Tour structure, mainly revolving around the expansion of ESL Pro League and the way teams qualify for the event. The organizers have also shared that the IEM Rio Major is under consideration with Valve for 2022 after the plans for the 2020 Rio Major were scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic. From 2022 on, every tournament in the Pro Tour structure has been brought under the ESL brand, with

NAVI win Intel Grand Slam Season 3

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Natus Vincere have closed out another season of the Intel Grand Slam, securing the $1 million cheque after defeating Vitality in the ESL Pro League Season 14 grand final. Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and company have thus become the third team to be awarded Intel’s gold bars following Astralis and Liquid, the winners of the first two seasons. The feat has taken Natus Vincere nearly a year-and-a-half since they got the first of four victories at IEM Katowice 2020, the last pre-pandemic LAN event, and was won half online and half

DreamHack Atlanta postponed until 2022 due to COVID

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DreamHack Atlanta, previously scheduled to run from Nov. 12 to 14 as an in-person event, will be postponed to 2022 as a result of the current world health situation, which has deteriorated with the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant. DreamHack is a worldwide gaming convention where the attendees can experience professional and amateur esports tournaments, participate in the bring your own computer (BYOC) LAN party, and take part in several activities, including expos and live music. The festivals have been deeply affected by the coronavirus pandemic and its esports tournaments

OG find impressive form, Sinners crack top 20 in August team ranking

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This month's ranking will likely see some of the least movement out of any edition of the HLTV Global Team Ranking, due to the fact that this edition comes after the player break. We have little new information to base any changes in ranking on. The majority of the new data that we do have comes from the ESL Pro League group stage, and being one of the most important events of the year, it vastly outweighs anything else that has taken place since we returned. We saw surprises and

Sources: Worlds 2021 to take place at Iceland’s Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena from Oct. 5 to Nov. 6

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The 2021 League of Legends World Championship will take place from Oct. 5 to Nov. 6 in Reykjavík, Iceland, at the Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena, the same venue that previously hosted Riot Games’ VALORANT Masters and Mid-Season Invitational events, sources familiar with the plans told Dot Esports. The event will be broken down into five stages, the same as the previous format of the annual event. The play-in stage will take place from Oct. 5 to 9 with the group stage running from Oct. 11 to 18. The playoffs will

Golden: “I want to be back in the server”

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Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim returned to fnatic in September of 2019 after spending a year in Cloud9 and was a crucial component in the Swedish team's victories at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 and ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe, but as the coronavirus pandemic went on he and his teammates took a hit, slowly dipping in the rankings throughout the latter half of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. The poor results ended up in the 27-year-old's benching, as well as that of Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell, going into the summer break.

Sony Reverses Horizon Forbidden West PlayStation4/5 Console Upgrade Decision

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Top GamesSony has reversed its controversial decision to bar dual entitlement for Horizon Forbidden West between the PlayStation 4 and 5. / GuerrillaSony has reversed its controversial decision to bar dual entitlement for Horizon Forbidden West between the PlayStation 4 and 5.The abrupt policy rescinding allegedly stemmed from the massive fan backlash once the decision was announced earlier this year. Because of circumstances outside of everyone’s control—i.e.: the novel coronavirus global pandemic—the title was delayed out of the developer’s initial sights. Therefore, despite originally being included under the free dual

Where is the 2021 League of Legends World Championship being held?

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Riot made the decision on Aug. 24 to pivot the 2021 Legend of Legends World Championship from China to Europe. A multi-city tour from Shanghai in the group stage to Shenzhen in the finals was planned, and even a stadium had been chalked out for the end-of-year event.  On Nov. 6, the 60,000-seat Universiade Sports Centre was to host the final, joining the ranks of other iconic venues that have hosted Worlds in the past, including the Incheon Munhak Stadium in 2018, the Beijing National Stadium in 2017, and New

ESL Pro League S14 Group D preview

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ESL Pro League Season 14's Group D is set to begin this Wednesday, September 1. It is the final of four groups in this season of EPL, with six teams playing in a round-robin format and competing for three spots in the twelve-team playoffs. Alongside partner teams NIP and Liquid, the group features two world ranking invites Gambit and FURIA and ESEA Premier teams Entropiq and TeamOne. In this preview, we will cover each team within Group D and break down the main storylines for them coming into this event.