Europe

World’s first religious relics to be made into NFTs – unique digital assets

St Francis of Xavier to be celebrated on his feast day of December 3rd On Wednesday, December 1st, Artentik, the digital marketplace for SCML, is dropping the world’s first religious relics in the form of Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) for the 500 year old social enterprise organisation and keeper of the Museum and Church of São Roque in Lisbon and houses one of the most important religious collections in Catholic Europe. Artentik is SCML’s curated platform to share digital twins of its treasures and encourage living artists to also sell t,heir works

Tekken 7 Legendary Edition launching on Nov. 12, won’t include all DLC content

Development for Tekken 7 has slowed to a crawl after the release of Lidia Sobieska in March, which ended the game’s fourth season of DLC. Now, Bandai Namco is releasing an “ultimate” version of the game, which will bundle the base game with some of the DLC content released since Tekken 7 originally launched in June 2017 on consoles. Tekken 7 Legendary Edition is set to launch on Nov. 12 for around $35, based on the European listings, and will include the entire base roster of 36 fighters, eight previous

Pikmin Bloom is now available in the US, Canada, and the rest of the Americas

Niantic and Nintendo’s latest AR title Pikmin Bloom continued its global rollout today. The game is now available for users in the U.S., Canada, and all of the Americas. Pikmin Bloom is another attempt at bringing further immersion to a Nintendo property, similar to how Pokémon Go works. But the goals and gameplay within this game are different. During your time playing Pikmin Bloom, you’ll collect and grow seedlings into Pikmin. These Pikmin can then be sent out on adventures to retrieve items, such as collectibles or fruit. Fruit can

Astralis – Spirit headlines final Challengers Stage matchups

Following MOUZ eliminating Renegades in the final game on day three in Stockholm, the matchups for the fifth round of the Challengers Stage have been set. In the final BO3 series which will see three teams eliminated and three progress to the Legends stage, BIG will take on MOUZ, Heroic will face Movistar Riders, and Astralis will play Spirit. One win away from the Legends Stage The initial game on Friday will see Heroic clash with Movistar Riders. The highest-ranked team still fighting for a Legends slot, Heroic, will have

ropz shines as MOUZ eliminate Renegades from PGL Major Stockholm

MOUZ are through to the final round of the Challengers Stage in Stockholm, reverse-sweeping Renegades to remain alive in the tournament and set up a match against BIG for a spot in the Legends Stage. Despite getting off to a blazing start on Mirage, MOUZ were unable to close out the map after faltering on the T side, but managed to recover with victories on Inferno and Vertigo to take the series over the line. As a result, Renegades are out of contention, ending their tournament run with a 1-3

Movistar Riders scrape by TYLOO to remain alive in PGL Stockholm Major

Movistar Riders’ all-Spanish CS:GO team get to fight another day in the PGL Stockholm Major Challengers Stage after narrowly defeating TYLOO 2-1 today in the 1-2 pool match. The series was incredibly close, even though Movistar Riders were clearly the favorites prior to the encounter. The Spaniards kicked off the best-of-three elimination match with a 16-14 win on Inferno. TYLOO won Mirage 16-7 to tie the series. And the decisive map couldn’t have been more perfect for the spectators since both teams brawled it out on Vertigo. When Movistar Riders

Dycha shines, ENCE beat BIG to qualify for Legends Stage at PGL Stockholm Major

ENCE have become the fifth team to qualify for the second stage of this year’s CS:GO Major. The European squad took down BIG today in a lengthy, three-map thriller. ENCE came into the PGL Stockholm Major hot after finishing second at IEM Fall 2021: Europe and qualifying for IEM Winter this month. Thus, many pundits expected them to swiftly go through the Challengers Stage of the event. After today’s victory against BIG, the European side have reached that goal. But it wasn’t as easy as some thought it’d be since

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

G2 jungler Jankos explains why Europe fell short at Worlds 2021: ‘We have about 18 games in a split. [LCK teams] can play up to f*****g 60, 70 games’

Earlier this week, G2 Esports jungler Jankos sounded off on the pitfalls of the LEC and why professional League of Legends in Europe pales in comparison to other regions across the globe.  Jankos mentioned how players from Europe were being sold and bought out by North American teams during the offseason process. Last year, European natives like Perkz, Alphari, and others were picked up by North American squads ahead of the regular season.  [embedded content] “Half of our players [are] being sold to NA every single split because EU teams

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