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ENCE punch their ticket to the Legends Stage after defeating BIG

ENCE are the latest team to qualify for the Legends Stage of the PGL Major Stockholm after defeating BIG 2-1. The European mix came into the series with a 2-1 record in the Challenger Stage featuring a win against GODSENT and a loss to FaZe on the opening day as well as a victory against MOUZ on Wednesday. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's team was able to bounce back after a disappointing collapse on Dust2 and bring the fire into the next two maps. Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha propelled his team to a

Entropiq, Virtus Pro advance to PGL Stockholm Major Legends Stage

CIS teams Entropiq and Virtus Pro are through to PGL Stockholm Major Legends Stage following today’s victories over Heroic and Team Spirit, respectively, in the Challengers Stage’s 2-1 pool matches. Entropiq lost their map pick, Ancient (16-10), to Heroic, tied the game in a nail-biting encounter on Nuke (16-14), and steamrolled the Danish team on the final map, Mirage (16-4), to complete the reverse sweep and secure top 16 in the $2 million tournament. The CIS team’s AWPer Aleksey “El1an” Gusev and rifler Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov finished among the highest-rated

Pokémon Sword and Shield Gym Challenge online competition announced

Pokémon Sword and Shield players will have a new online tournament event to participate in next month. The Pokémon Company announced November’s Gym Challenge online tournament event today. This event will be a single battle tournament, with Pokémon restricted to just those used by gym leaders in the Galar region. 『ポケモン ソード・シールド』の公式インターネット大会「ジムチャレンジ」のエントリーが、11月12日(金)8時59分まで受け付け中!ガラル地方のジムリーダーが使用するポケモンだけが参加可能なシングルバトル!「バトルスタジアム」から「インターネット大会」を選んで参加してね!#ポケモン剣盾 pic.twitter.com/lkTcwWoCJ0— ポケモン公式ツイッター (@Pokemon_cojp) October 28, 2021 Gigantamax Pokémon will also be allowed during this tournament, but they will again be limited to those that gym leaders own. These include Machamp, Gengar, Lapras, Drednaw, Coalossal, Flapple, Appletun, Sandaconda, Centiskorch,

Pokémon GO Dev Diaries Episode 1 Recap: Community Days

PokémonImage provided by Niantic.On Oct. 21, Niantic published a video on the official Pokemon GO YouTube channel, marking the beginning of a new web series: Developer Diaries. Here’s what the first episode covered.In the video, Niantic Director of Global Product Marketing Micheal Steranka took fans behind-the-scenes for one of Pokemon GO’s most exciting events: Community Day. One day is chosen every month, and for six hours straight, a single Pokemon will take over the wild as their encounter rates dramatically skyrocket. Players have a chance here to stock up on

Warzone Leaker Says New Pacific Map is Not Set in World War II

Call of DutyA new leak suggests that Warzone's upcoming Pacific island map will not match the WWII setting of Call of Duty: Vanguard. / Photo courtesy of ActivisionThroughout the course of Warzone's 12-season lifespan, its community has seen its flagship battle royale map, Verdansk, go from modern day to 1984 depending on which Call of Duty title was in the limelight.When it was first announced that Warzone would be receiving a new map in November to not only replace Verdansk, but also signal the beginning of full integration between Call

Photos: Players take to shared stage area on day two in Stockholm

Take a look at some of the photos captured by HLTV.org's photographers in Sweden on the second day of the Challengers Stage. PGL Major Stockholm's second day of the Challenger Stage saw teams playing on the main stream move out of their practice rooms and take to the shared stage area, where Josip "brcho" Brtan and Radoslaw "MAKKU" Makuch were able to capture the emotions of players as they looked to advance to the Legends Stage, or fought to stave off elimination. The pair photographed moments of FaZe's match against

PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage round 4 matchups set

The second day of the Challengers Stage in Stockholm has come to a close, leaving twelve teams standing after FaZe and Copenhagen Flames advanced to the Legends Stage, and GODSENT and Sharks were eliminated. The fourth round of matchups have now been determined, with teams set to exclusively play in best-of-three matches for the remainder of this Swiss stage as they will have everything to fight for, either to advance or to avoid elimination. Virtus.pro will look to secure a Legends spot as they kick off day three Kicking off

paiN outlast Sharks; march on in Stockholm

In an all-Brazilian matchup between two teams tied with an 0-2 record, paiN came out on top after a long and messy BO3 series. Sharks edged out their pick Vertigo after a second-half comeback and overtime, while paiN did the same on Ancient where their opponents failed to capitalize on a 15-9 advantage. On the decider, Nuke, paiN looked miles ahead and swept their countrymen to stay alive in Stockholm. paiN lost their two previous games at the event in close fashion, going down to 16-14 against both Virtus.pro and

roeJ: “Whatever happens now, we can be nothing but proud of what we have accomplished”

This time last month, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone believing that Copenhagen Flames would be making an appearance in the PGL Major's Legends Stage, but such has been the incredible story of the Danish squad who have taken the world by surprise. With a flawless run in the IEM Fall group stage, featuring wins over names such as G2 and BIG, the team found themselves just one step away from a place in the Challengers stage and went on to lock in their spot with a narrow

Astralis send GODSENT packing and avoid early elimination from PGL Major

Astralis took down GODSENT 2-0 in the first elimination match at the PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage, winning Nuke 16-3 and Vertigo 16-11. With the star duo Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen performing much better than on the first day, the Danes didn't look in danger throughout the series. Thanks to defeats to Entropiq and Copenhagen Flames on day 1, Astralis are now in the 1-2 bracket and will have to win two BO3s back-to-back in order to join the likes of Natus Vincere and Liquid in the