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Reflecting on a Year of Stories Told by Black Creators

Black Creator SpotlightA year of interviews with Black game developers. / Photo by DBLTAP2020 was a summer of rage. Three high-profile killings of Black people — Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd — led to a flood of protests demanding justice. I marched at some of those protests, but it was hard to escape the feeling of helplessness. We could chant for hours, some of us could get maced and arrested, and we could come back to do it all again. But the power to create real change lay

Eternal Fire unveils Turkish superteam headlined by woxic and XANTARES

After spending the last few weeks building up the hype, Özgür “woxic” Eker’s new CS:GO project has finally been revealed. The former mousesports and Cloud9 AWPer will join forces with Ismailcan “⁠XANTARES⁠” Dörtkardeş, Buğra “⁠Calyx⁠” Arkın, Issa “ISSAA” Murad, and Ömer “⁠imoRR⁠” Karataş under Eternal Fire, a new esports organization. The org has united four of the most popular Turkish CS:GO players with ISSAA, who played alongside woxic during his HellRaisers days. The new squad is planning to communicate in Turkish but will speak English in the short term as ISSAA takes Turkish lessons

How to complete Prime Icon Moments Yashin SBC in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added a squad-building challenge (SBC) for Prime Icon Moments Lev Yashin to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team on May 24. This item is available through the SBC menu in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team.  The Prime Icon Moments Yashin card was originally released on Feb. 19 but it only got an SBC this month along with 94-rated Carlos Alberto and 92-rated Gerrard. The 95-rated Prime Icon Moments Yashin has high goalkeeper and general skills, such as 98-rated Reflexes, 97-rated Diving, 98-rated Dribbling, and 97-rated Pace. He also has a three-star weak foot and only one-star skill

‘It’s Trash’: Glow Up Games CXO Latoya Peterson on the State of Diversity in Games

Latoya Peterson is tired of the games industry ignoring Black women, and now she's ready to do something about it. | Photo courtesy of Glow Up GamesThe video game industry is as prone to systemic oppression as any other. Developers of color, and perhaps particularly Black developers, face an uphill battle for employment, let alone creative expression. With this series of features, DBLTAP hopes to highlight the creations of Black developers working to tell their own stories through games in this monthly series. Check out our previous entries here.Issa Dee

CS:GO Roster Updates log

CS:GO 12/04/2021 11:00 Sharil “memeranglaut” Abdul Rahman Everybody is shuffling as teams start moving their chess pieces around to gain the upper hand in their journey to Stockholm Major 2021 With the upcoming Flashpoint Season 3 becoming a Major for CS:GO in Europe and DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 looming, teams are now changing around their roster to collect points so they can get enough points to qualify for the Major at the end of the year. Plus the new substitution rule from Valve where 20% of the points earned at the

OG announces flameZ as new fifth member of its CSGO roster

Josse Van Dessel • Apr 09, 22:24OG has announced Shahar "flameZ" Shushan as the fifth and final member of its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, as the Israeli joins from Team Endpoint. flameZ will fill the gap left by Issa "ISSAA" Murad's departure last month. flameZ is considered as one of the rising talents in CSGO, with the 17-year-old making a name for himself at Team Endpoint over the past few months. With flameZ in the lineup, Endpoint managed to qualify for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.  The addition of flameZ

OG Completes Its CS:GO Roster With flameZ Signing

Shahar “flameZ” Shushan replaces Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad for the tournament. Four days prior to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021, OG has announced that Israeli rifler Shahar "flameZ'' Shushan will replace Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad. flameZ who used to play for the British esports organization Endpoint and had a fairly successful track record. He had been competing with Endpoint for seven months. During his time here, the team notably qualified for ESL Pro League Season 13. Undoubtedly, he was a major factor when their global ranking improved significantly. He has now managed

CSGO Roster Change: OG sign flameZ

- Advertisement - OG CSGO on Twitter have announced the addition of Shahar “flameZ” Shushan to their CSGO division.  As earlier reported by TalkEsport and cybersport.pl, the 17-year-old prodigy from Israel has finally joined the ranks of OG. Shahar would be replacing Issa “⁠ISSAA⁠” Murad on the roster with whom the team chose to mutually part ways, after the team’s unsatisfactory run at the ongoing ESL Pro League S13, with just two wins in the bag out of five alongside a trophy-less display since the team’s assembly in December 2019. 

Blast Premier Spring Showdown match-ups determined, Extra Salt’s Europe Debut

- Advertisement - Blast on Twitter have revealed the list of match-ups for their upcoming Premier Spring Showdown Tournament.  The #BLASTPremier Spring Showdown is a test of power for all teams involved with a single elimination bracket format with BO3's the entire way through ?After 6 days of competition, 16 teams will have dwindled down to just 2 who will qualify for the Spring Final in June ? pic.twitter.com/9GzdDmvZRu— BLAST Premier ? (@BLASTPremier) April 7, 2021 This tournament would feature the teams who were unable to get past the Groups

OG to consider flameZ as their potential fifth

- Advertisement - The 17-year-old prodigy from Israel might soon join the ranks of OG CSGO. According to a report from cybersport.pl, OG might sign Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan as the 5th player for their CSGO division.  flameZ who currently plays under the banner of Endpoint has been shortlisted by the European Mixture, OG led by Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen. Under Endpoint, flameZ has set himself up as formidable firepower which eventually helped the British side pick victories against Fnatic and Evil Geniuses in the Group D of the ESL Pro League S13.