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shroud to co-stream final IEM Cologne playoff matches

ESL has announced that Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek has been granted co-streaming privileges for the semi-finals and grand final of IEM Cologne, the possibility of which the former professional player first teased on Thursday. The 27-year-old played one of his final events under Cloud9 at ESL One Cologne 2017, where the North American team reached the grand final before being swept by SK 3-0. shroud has been a consistent force in driving viewership for professional VALORANT tournaments, often times boasting over 100,000 concurrent viewers on his own channel. The strategy has

Team Heretics Makes Drastic Valorant Roster Moves

ValorantTeam Heretics hopes new faces will bring about better play going into Stage 3 of the Valorant Champions Tour / Photo by Riot GamesAhead of Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3, several esports organizations made moves to improve their squads and give them a chance to win, with one notable exception in Europe. Spain's Team Heretics did make major changes, perhaps the most out of any team, nearly replacing their entire roster from the ground up, in the hopes that the major moves would pay dividends. The restructure began with the

Hood: Outlaws and Legends Review – Stealing with Style

Hood: Outlaws and Legends is a new multiplayer game from Sumo Newcastle and Focus Home Interactive that clearly wants to do something a little different with the genre of which it is a part. Thankfully, given the game’s steady sense of progression, a decent amount of flexibility, and just enough overall depth, Hood: Outlaws and Legends can easily turn a quick dry run into a lengthy, and delightfully engaging multi-hour session. At least that’s what has happened to me every time I fired it up so far. Each time I’ve

Should Sony and Insomniac Make Sunset Overdrive 2 for PS5?

With Insomniac now officially being tied down by Sony and given that they will be making games for PlayStation exclusively for the foreseeable future, it’s interesting to think about what would be the best way to utilize them in this role. Of course, another Ratchet and Clank and/or Spider-Man game is generally a given. Games for those franchises will always sell well. However, there are a lot of other potentially fun areas to direct Insomniac’s talent in the coming years that could pay back dividends in terms of success for

Supercell likes Metacore’s games so much it just gave it another $180M credit line

Metacore, a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing “relationship” with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company. Back in September 2020, Metacore raised $17.7 million in equity from Supercell and another $11.8 million line of credit, sometimes also called a debt round. That amazing relationship appears to be ongoing. Because Metacore has now raised yet another debt round from Supercell, but this time for €150 million ($180 million). These guys really like each other. The simple reason for this is two words: Merge Mansion. This game

Extra Salt edge out forZe to reach FunSpark ULTI grand final

Extra Salt have gone from strength to strength in FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final, their second tournament on European soil, taking down BIG, Dignitas, and now forZe in BO3 series. Their most recent victory, inspired by Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm's consistent contributions, sees them advance to the grand final of the event where they will have a one-map advantage. The team led by Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou didn't have an easy task dispatching the other surprise of the tournament, forZe, who previously took down Virtus.pro and Complexity. Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov's side did

Code S RO8 Preview: Dream vs Bunny, Rogue vs Zest

by GhostForGoodThe GSL S1 Ro16 group stage has concluded, leaving eight top players to fight it out for 2021 Code S glory. In the upper-half of the draw, we have an exciting TvT between Bunny and Dream, followed up by a Rogue vs. Zest quarter-final—a repeat of their 2019 Code S Ro8 battle.Quarterfinal Match #1: Dream vs BunnyStart time: Monday, Apr 19 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00)In my opinion, Bunny and Dream have been the most impressive players of the tournament so far. Bunny overcame the odds to defeat Stats in Code

Perkz, Cloud9 top Team Liquid in Mid-Season Showdown finals

Christian Vejvad • Apr 12, 04:35Cloud9 is the 2021 Mid-Season Showdown champion after taking down Team Liquid in a five-game thriller.  After a competitive split in North America, the final was a rematch between the LCS Lock-In winner Team Liquid and first seed from the regular split Cloud9. For Team Liquid, the final was a bit different as jungler Lucas “Santorin” Larsen had to sit out due to health issues. This meant another game for Jonathan "Armao" Armao, who helped Team Liquid defeat TSM in the lower-bracket final prior to

WTL 2021 Summer – Week 2 Recap and Week 3 Preview

by: TheOneAboveUWeek 2 of the WTL 2021 Summer Regular Season presented fans with two ace matches including one huge upset as Team Liquid managed to topple the giants from Dragon Phoenix Gaming, securing an important victory against a highly rated title contender and setting themselves up well for the playoff race. The other ace match occurred at the end of an intense battle between reigning champions KaiZi Gaming and newly formed Shopify Rebellion, showing the newcomers' great potential. That said, not all matches were so heavily fought over—the second week

Code A Season 1 – Day 3 Preview (2021)

by GhostForGoodJust one more day of Code A remains, where four players will battle for the last two tickets to GSL Code S. In the first match, the underdog Bunny will face the illustrious Stats, who comes off a championship run at StayAt HomeStory Cup 3. The second match features The Big Boy PartinG going up against Dark, pitting two Code S-worthy players against each other at an unfortunate juncture.Match #1: Stats vs BunnyFresh from winning the StayAt HomeStory Cup #3, Stats will be heading into Code A looking to