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device: “Anyone in es3tag’s situation would say yes; it was a unique opportunity for him”

In an interview conducted ahead of Astralis' opening match of BLAST Premier Fall Series Group C against MIBR, device talked about reuniting the five-man lineup that won three consecutive Majors as Xyp9x looks to step back into the team after taking some time off due to medical reasons. device aims to finish the year on a high note Quizzed on es3tag's departure to Cloud9, device said that he thinks his compatriot made the "best move for his career", noting that it made sense financially but also from the perspective that

Natus Vincere defeat Gambit to set up IEM New York CIS semi-final bout against Virtus.pro

Natus Vincere and Gambit faced off in the first IEM New York CIS quarter-final match after the former’s rocky group stage performances landed them in third place of Group A following losses to Virtus.pro and forZe. Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and company didn’t fret in their first playoff match, however, defeating the recently promoted Gambit squad, Group B's second seed, in a two-map series on Train (16-12) and Overpass (16-11). This quarter-final victory sets Natus Vincere up against a red-hot Virtus.pro, a team they lost to in the group stage and

The Rise of the Reaper: A Grim tale

Grim’s journey to become North America’s hottest commodity recently reached a crescendo when he was signed by Liquid, a deserved upgrade for the 19-year-old after he had consistently demonstrated incredible form as a part of Triumph since the start of 2020. One would think that the rifler had only recently broken into the upper echelon as he made waves against top level competition, but his path has been one marred with setbacks that have led to his route to the top being prolonged. Gaining a reputation as a star fragger

Fuser Is A Music Mashup Game That Makes You Feel Like A Creative Prodigy

It's been about a decade since rhythm games had any major spotlight, but they never really went away. Beat Saber was probably the closest we go to having another resurgence--the VR space now has a bunch of great rhythm-focussed titles if you're willing to splurge on the expensive hardware (a familiar feeling for genre fans, no doubt). Elsewhere, Japan and Korea still exist, and as a result, so do insane beat-matching games for the inhuman among us.I've noticed a little trend of rhythm games coming out this year that lean

PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X: How do they compare?

It’s finally happened: both Sony and Microsoft have shown their hand. We now know what both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X look like, what’s inside of them, and what kind of games they’ll have. So now’s as good at time as any to start properly comparing them, yeah? Both companies almost seem to be inviting the contrast, as they’re doing things very similarly and yet differently at the same time. While we’re still missing some details on both consoles — namely, the goddamned price, come on you two

Kahoot raises $28M for its user-generated educational gaming platform, now valued at $1.4B

As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future and have shifted learning to their living rooms. Now, Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot — the popular platform with 1.3 billion active users and over 100 million games (most created by users themselves) — has raised a new round of funding of $28 million to keep up with demand. The Oslo-based startup, which started to list some of its shares on Oslo’s Merkur Market in October