March

Sprout part ways with kressy

The 25-year-old player exits the team after nine months, with further updates to the team expected soon. The German organization Sprout has announced the exit of Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević from their lineup following the conclusion of the RMR cycle and ESEA Premier Season 38. Sprout peaked at No. 21 in the world ranking in March, a few months into kressy's tenure, but the team struggled after the summer break as they dropped out of the top 30, failing to make a mark in premier tournaments such as the IEM Cologne

Party Astronauts win ESEA Premier S38 over Extra Salt to qualify for ESL Pro League

After a full-length best-of-five grand final, Party Astronauts have defeated Extra Salt 3-2 (16-6 Inferno, 7-16 Overpass, 16-11 Ancient, 22-20 Nuke) to win ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, booking themselves a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15. The result breaks the 0-4 head-to-head record for Party Astronauts against Extra Salt, and adds to a disappointing string of results for the South African-North American combine, who missed out on a spot at the PGL Major Stockholm after they were eliminated from IEM Fall NA. It also marks Party Astronauts'

3D Cloud Startup Echo3D Raises $4M in Seed Round Led by Konvoy…

NEW YORK (PRWEB) October 18, 2021 echo3D, a cloud platform that is revolutionizing the way 3D, AR and VR content is stored and streamed, has secured an investment of $4 million led by Konvoy Ventures, with participation from Space Capital LP, Remagine Ventures, and angel investors Datadog, GitHub, and Facebook. The announcement comes on the heels of echo3D’s latest milestone of registering 11,000 users worldwide since 2020. Founded in March 2018, echo3D, formerly known as echoAR, focuses on building tools and infrastructure to help developers create lighter and faster 3D

AGO qualify for ESL Pro League after strong ESEA Premier season

AGO swept their contrymen from Anonymo 3-0 in the grand final of ESEA Premier Season 38 (default win, 19-17 Dust2, 16-6 Nuke) to close out the season and claim the main prize: $20,000 and a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15 which takes place in March - April of 2022. "The Hawks" completed a strong season (5W - 2L in groups) with an impressive playoffs run — dropping just one map across four series —, despite losing two key players in Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki and Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz after

Marci from Dota: Dragon’s Blood will be the game’s next hero, releases this Fall

Marci from the Dota 2 animated series Dota: Dragon’s Blood is joining the fray as the next playable hero later this year.  Valve showed the reveal teaser during the penultimate day of The International 10, a day where Davion, the Dragon Knight—and the show’s main character—was played live on stage.  [embedded content] Marci is the loyal servant and bodyguard of Princess of the Moon, Mirana. She is mute but very skilled in battle, able to handle herself in almost any situation thanks to her mastery of hand-to-hand combat. She was

Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Caster Michael “KiXSTAr” Stockley Passes Away at 24

Top GamesPhoto courtesy of UbisoftMichael "KiXSTAr" Stockley passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 11, it was announced by his family on Wednesday. The announcement was distributed on Twitter by his casting partner Parker "INTERRO" Mackay.A statement from the family of Michael "KiXSTAr" Stockley (March 9, 1997 - October 11, 2021) pic.twitter.com/wcxeK38wQn— Parker Mackay (@INTERRO) October 13, 2021KiXSTAr was one of the most beloved and talented members of the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League talent team. Last year, he was awarded the Esports Colour Caster of the Year award at the

Call of the Netherdeep is Critical Role’s official D&D adventure—and it’s coming next March

Critical Role, the group that livestreams Dungeons & Dragons on Twitch, announced today that its first fifth-edition adventure, Call of the Netherdeep, will be released on March 15, 2022, in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast. The book is already available for pre-order via D&D and Amazon, priced at $49.95. Matthew Mercer, the host and dungeon master of Critical Role since it was founded in 2015, co-designed the adventure along with D&D principal story architect Chris Perkins. It will be a seven-chapter book set in the world of Critical Role’s