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BLAST Premier Fall Final to take place in front of live audience at an arena

CS:GO tournament organizer BLAST Premier revealed today that it will host the Fall Final tournament at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena from November 23-28 with 12,000 seats available for fans. It will be the tournament organizer’s first arena event with a live audience since February 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic started to affect several esports events around the globe. The BLAST Premier Fall Final will feature some of the best CS:GO teams in the world and will offer $425,000 in prize pool and a spot in the World Final in December.

BLAST Premier Fall Final to take place as an arena event in Copenhagen

The BLAST Premier Fall Final will see Counter-Strike once again being played on stage and in front of fans as the event is set to take place in Copenhagen's Royal Arena in November, the organizer announced on Monday. The tournament will be BLAST's first one in an arena setting in nearly 20 months and their inaugural arena event since moving away from the Pro Series format of competition to the Premier circuit at the start of 2020. The BLAST Premier Fall Final is scheduled after the PGL Stockholm Major, which

The Forgotten City Is Way More Than Just a Skyrim Mod (Hands-on Preview)

Ever since Modern Storyteller revealed that The Forgotten City, the award-winning Skyrim mod, would be remade into a standalone title back in 2018, I’ve been very interested in the game’s progress. Like many others, I’ve always been a huge fan of Skyrim, as its vast world, characters, and storytelling still stands as some of the best in gaming even a decade later. And even though I never dived into its deep modding community, I was still aware of how popular The Forgotten City mod was, as it boasted a unique

How to fix ‘Unable to Establish Secure Connection to Host’ Error in Call of Duty Warzone

Whenever a new content patch rolls out, the number of players logging into Warzone increases drastically. Not only do old players come back to try out the new patch but the marketing efforts during the release of the patch also draw in new players. Under heavy load, the servers start cracking under pressure causing players to receive errors. The “Unable to Establish Secure Connection to Host” is one of the many server-related errors that players can run into whenever the servers are having a bad time. Considering it prevents players from logging

WePlay Esports detail health and security protocols for staff and players ahead of second DPC Major

Ahead of the second Major of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit, tournament organizer WePlay Esports has shared some behind-the-scenes details about how it is handling health and security for the WePlay AniMajor.  These protocols apply to all WePlay staff, players, and talent participating or helping with the event in Kyiv to help keep everyone safe.  Every single member of the WePlay staff who is in contact with players or talents has passed a PCR test, received a negative result, wears a mask at all times, and respects social distancing guidelines.—

Tekken Online Challenge 2021 announced for June, will include 14 regions and potential offline events

Following a brief teaser surrounding a Tekken 7 announcement, Bandai Namco has officially announced the Tekken Online Challenge 2021. This will be the official Tekken competition for 2021 and will take place as an online event across 14 different regions, starting on June 1.  Throughout the tournament series, Bandai Namco will be partnering with various independent tournament organizers, letting them apply to be an “Online Dojo” that can award points based on specific metrics. More details about this feature will be shared in the near future.  [embedded content] The main

Twitch puts ads back on Amouranth’s channel

Popular hot tub streamer Amouranth put Twitch on blast early this week for removing advertisements from her channel. And today, the platform has reverted that decision. Twitch disabled Amouranth’s ability to run advertisements on Monday, May 17 without telling her despite the streamer being a partner in good standing with the platform. After Amouranth spoke out about the issue on her stream and other social media platforms, Twitch responded today in a blog post, admitting that its failure to communicate was a “mistake.” “We recently suspended advertising on some channels