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What would a Niko-less FaZe look like?

Most of the chatter about the brotherly union in the Kovač family revolves around how one would realign the G2 squad to make space for one of the best individual riflers – however, trying to game out the next chapter for FaZe Clan is arguably an even more exciting proposition…FaZe’s era that never wasIt has to be said that FaZe Clan were this close to breaking CS:GO at one point. A team of five superstars with limited tactical cohesion was never supposed to work and, indeed, never worked before in

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Review – Wow, Cool Robot!

Despite what the box and blurbs might tell you, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim isn't really a game about piloting giant robots. I mean, sure, you do fight off massive swarms of building-sized creatures hellbent on total destruction in an alternate-universe 1980s Japan at some points. But these seemingly model-kit-ready metal combat suits are just a plot device, a cog in the story. In actuality, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is a character drama: a twisting, turning sci-fi epic jumping through time and dimensions as it follows the lives of its numerous

soO: Putting Down the Boulder (for Now)

by Mizenhauer“Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.”—Brian Flanagan“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”―Frank HerbertIt’s the end of an era. soO has played his final season in Code S before starting his military service. Whether or not soO returns in the future, this moment was always going to be more of a gut punch than your average farewell tour. After all, no individual is inextricably linked to GSL’s flagship competition than its six time runner up.Maru challenged for that honor when he

oSee on rejecting offer to stay in Cloud9: “floppy and I felt like it was too big of a risk as we enjoy playing with our current roster”

Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm and the rest of his Cloud9 teammates were recently informed that they would be released by their organisation, who revealed on September 6 their plans to restructure their entire CS:GO division. With Cloud9 set to sign a majority-European roster, beginning with the additions of Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer as general manager, Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović as coach, and Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin as in-game leader, we caught up with oSee to discuss his thoughts on the time the roster has spent under the organisation. oSee explained why he and floppy

Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Set to Bring CS:GO Back to LAN

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition is coming back to LAN play. The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge 2020, set to take place in Cologne, Germany, from  Dec. 15-20, will see eight teams from three continents compete for the largest share of the $500K USD prize pool. With the COVID-19 pandemic all but taking away LAN events for H2 2020, the IEM Global Challenge will be tournament organizer ESL’s first LAN competition in just over six months. ”We are planning for teams to compete from within a single location, all having access

Out Now: ‘Songbringer’, ‘Rowdy City Wrestling’, ‘SWORDSHOT’, ‘Paladin’s Story’, ‘Scythe: Digital Edition’, ‘Soul Chase’, ‘Sokodice’, ‘The Unfinished Swan’, ‘Auto Brawl Chess’ and More

TouchArcade Rating:Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store

Turning Stone Named #1 Best Overall Gaming Resort in New York in…

Turning Stone Resort Casino ONEIDA INDIAN NATION HOMELANDS, N.Y. (PRWEB) September 16, 2020 Turning Stone Resort Casino has earned a record high of 27 Best of Gaming Awards for 2020 by Casino Player Magazine, a leading authority in the casino gaming industry, which includes the highest honor of being named the #1 Best Overall Gaming Resort in New York. The magazine’s annual Best of Gaming award-winners are hand-selected by casino visitors themselves. Turning Stone was recognized across the board for its outstanding games, luxury accommodations, exciting sports book, exceptional golf,

GTC Fall: Week 4 Recap & Week 5 Preview

by: TheOneAboveUThe fourth week of GTC Fall delivered one of the greatest weeks of play ever, with arch-nemeses DPG and KaiZi giving us another Dark vs. INnoVation ace showdown, Alpha X proving they still got their groove in a critical match, Team LP almost achieving the impossible against a struggling Jin Air, and Invictus Gaming scoring a big win for the Chinese fans.Week 5 is upon us and provides BSG and Jin Air a chance to recover from Week 4's setbacks, while Alpha X have an up-hill battle to fight

Twitch Versus Provides Tournament Organizers With New Toolset

Twitch announced Wednesday the creation of a suite of competition tools to benefit tournament organizers, players, and fans that goes by the name Twitch Versus. The end-to-end suite of competition tools has been designed to allow organizers using the Twitch platform to create, manage, and stream competitions with their communities in one integrated environment. The closed beta version of these tools launches today. With competition budgets of all sizes, the needs from one tournament organizer to the next often vary in scope and size. Twitch Versus is looking to “empower

Tencent Holdings COO Mark Ren Highlights Four Key Trends at Tencent Esports Global Summit

Tencent Holdings is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, but its gaming business is undisputed as the top revenue generator in the empire. According to Tencent’s latest financial report for Q2 2020, the company recorded total game revenues of ¥46.9B RMB ($6.8B USD), representing 40.8% of Tencent’s total revenues in Q2 2020. In Tencent’s executive structure, there are two employees with the highest salary and directly report to Tencent President Martin Lau. One is Allen Zhang, who’s in charge of the businesses of Chinese social media WeChat,