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The Pokémon Company reveals Zacian V from 25th Anniversary Collection

The Pokémon Company has unveiled another card that will be joining the upcoming Pokémon OCG 25th Anniversary Collection. This week’s card is Zacian V with new unique art. The full art V card was showcased and has its description revealed on the Pokémon OCG official website. Image via The Pokémon Company “The trick ‘Storm Slash’ increases damage according to the number of super energies attached to Zacian V. Also, with the characteristic ‘Ken no Hokou’, you can attach one super energy to your favorite Pokémon from your deck, so you

Zeta Division to skip VCT APAC Last Chance Qualifier

Zeta Division, a Japanese VALORANT team, has declined to participate in the VCT APAC Last Chance Qualifier and thus won’t attend VCT Champions, the organization announced today. The decision comes after the all-Japanese squad had a tough run at VCT Masters Three Berlin, leaving the international competition in the group stage following two losses. They were the second team in the Japanese standings behind Crazy Raccoon, who qualified for VCT Champions following their participation in Berlin. Even though Zeta Division had a good shot at the APAC LCQ, the organization

Sweden relaxes travel restrictions for esports athletes, opening up avenue for PGL Major Stockholm

The next CS:GO Major might be going to Sweden after all, despite all the problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. All esports athletes have been granted the same travel exemptions as other sports in Sweden and they will be able to enter Sweden regardless of their country of origin if they provide a negative COVID-19 test, according to a report by Swedish newspaper Expressen. The news was celebrated by Ninjas in Pyjamas’ CEO Hicham Chahine, who had been working with the Swedish authorities to help PGL organize the first CS:GO

PGL in talks with two other European countries to run the 2021 CS:GO Major

PGL, the tournament organizer in charge of the Stockholm CS:GO Major, has confirmed that it’s looking for alternative locations to host the Valve-sponsored event. PGL is in touch with two other European countries who offered the company all the “necessary guarantees,” including “having all the players on-site and a large audience,” to run the Major in case it can’t be organized in Sweden due to COVID-19 regulations. There have been reports about the uncertainty of hosting the CS:GO Major in Sweden, especially after Valve had to move Dota 2‘s The

PGL says it’s running out of time to organize the CS:GO Major in Stockholm

CS:GO is about to have its first Valve-sponsored event since the StarLadder Berlin Major in September 2019 with the PGL Stockholm Major slated to take place between Oct. 23 to Nov. 11. But the PGL Major might not be held in Sweden, PGL’s CEO Silviu Stroie told the Swedish newspaper SportExpressen today. “There is no new development, we can decide any day now to move it from Sweden,” Stroie said in an email to SportExpressen, according to a machine translation. “We are still hopeful of getting the exemption we requested

XANTARES banned on Twitch

Turkish CS:GO star İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş has been banned for the second time on Twitch, he announced today. The ban comes one day after XANTARES helped BIG win Gamers Without Borders 2021, a CS:GO charity tournament, against FURIA. When he’s not playing professional matches or practicing, he’s often streaming PUGs or FPL games on his Twitch channel, which has 547,097 followers, according to SullyGnome’s statistics. He streamed for two hours and 17 minutes on Sunday, June 27 after the BIG vs. FURIA grand final. Twitch'den ban yedim arkadaşlar sebebini bilmiyorum