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PGL Stockholm Major talent lineup revealed

PGL has unveiled the broadcast team that will bring fans the action at the Stockholm Major, the first CS:GO Major in over two years. Fans will see a lot of familiar faces, including some people who haven’t been working at CS:GO events too much lately. Richard Lewis will be the host of a Valve-sponsored event for the first time since the ELEAGUE Boston Major in January 2018. Daniel “ddk” Kapadia, who’s been more involved in VALORANT tournaments, will be casting CS:GO for the first time since cs_summit 7 in January.

Florida Mayhem drops 6 players heading into 2022 OWL season

One team in the Overwatch League is known for “bringing the Mayhem” and they certainly didn’t disappoint during this rosterpocalypse season.  Today, the Florida Mayhem announced that six of its players would be released from their contracts. This includes main tank Son “OGE” Min-seok, off-tank Lee “Gargoyle” Beom-jun, main support Kim “Slime” Sung-jin, flex support Kang “Gangnamjin” Nam-jin, and DPS players Lee “BQB” Sang-beom and Baek “Checkmate” Seung-hun.   Only DPS Kim “Yaki” Jun-ki remains on the roster after these releases. Head coach Kim “KuKi” Dae-kuk also appears to be sticking

Main phase of ESEA Premier Season 38 finishes, 8-team playoff bracket set

The 38th season of ESEA Premier: Europe in CS:GO is reaching its conclusion, as the tournament’s main phase has just finished. Four teams from Group A and four from Group B have advanced to the playoffs, which begin on Oct. 12 after IEM Fall Europe concludes. The best squad in Group A turned out to be Team BLINK, which managed to fall short only once in this stage, losing to Sprout in August. Sprout also survived the group stage, moving forward as the fourth seed. The second and third best

The unsung heroes: Support players to watch at Worlds 2021

When it comes to the most impactful roles in League of Legends, most players immediately look towards the jungle, which has been vital to solo queue success since the beginning of the 2021 season. But in the team-focused landscape of professional play, another role takes precedent in shot-calling, teamfighting, and overall map awareness: support. Support players in professional League have stood out as some of the most important and impactful players throughout 2021. Yet this impact is predominantly driven through the small pool of meta picks—Thresh, Leona, Nautilus, and Rell—that

Overwatch game director hints at new heroes next OWL season, confirms all 32 heroes will return in the sequel

All 32 characters will return to the fight in the next Overwatch League season, according to Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller—and fans may even see new faces when the competition’s next season starts. During today’s Overwatch League grand finals broadcast, Keller revealed all 32 heroes from Overwatch will return in the OWL’s 2022 season, which will run in an early build of Overwatch 2. He also hinted at the possibility of “a few more” new faces. “Our plan is that we will have all of those heroes, all 32

Coldzera delivers in Complexity debut, defeats former team FaZe in BLAST Premier Fall Groups

Coldzera had a great showing against his former team in his first CS:GO series as a stand-in for Complexity, defeating FaZe Clan in two maps to open Group C play at BLAST Premier Fall today. Starting out on Nuke, coldzera had a quiet first half to kick off his tenure on Complexity, but a stellar showing from poizon on the AWP gained the team a slim 8-7 lead after their T-side. Jks’ stellar 4k to end the first half fueled a blistering start to the Complexity CT half, as the

Complexity beat FaZe in coldzera’s debut at BLAST

Complexity have advanced to the Group C upper bracket final after besting FaZe in a two-map series, cruising through Nuke before surviving an onslaught on Ancient, where the teams fought into overtime before Complexity were able to edge out a win. "Ancient was one of the maps we started out practicing because we knew that people thought it was one of our weaker maps," blameF explained in a post-match interview following the win. "We made sure we put in some proper time on that one because we haven't had enough

Alan Wake Remastered Gets New Trailer Comparing Xbox Series X Graphics Against Original Game

Today Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment released a new trailer of the upcoming Alan Wake Remastered. The trailer showcases a comparison between the new graphics running on Xbox Series X with the original game running on Xbox 360. You can watch it below, and read a summary of what was improved. [embedded content] “So what’s new in Alan Wake Remastered? For starters, the game runs in 4K at 60fps on Xbox Series X, and in 1080p at 60fps on Series S. You can expect to see re-worked cutscenes with improved facial

All reveals from the Sept. 23 Nintendo Direct: Bayonetta 3, new Kirby game, and more

A few times a year, Nintendo puts on a showcase of all of the games that are soon to come to the Nintendo Switch. This Direct was packed with tons of games that are coming out in the near future, and updates for existing games. The cast and release date of the Super Mario Bros. movie were also revealed in this Nintendo Direct. Bayonetta 3 (2022) Originally announced in 2017, Bayonetta 3 finally got an update and a release window. The game is releasing in 2022, so players waiting to