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Liquid take first NA Major spot after win over paiN

With their dominant victory over paiN in round four of IEM Fall North America's group stage, Liquid have secured themselves a spot at the Major, as they can no longer place below second in their group. For any team that had points coming into the tournament, simply placing in the top five of the event will qualify them for the Major. Liquid came into IEM Fall with 1840 RMR (Regional Major Ranking) points, and will secure themselves a Legends spot going into PGL Stockholm. Stewie2K will have another shot at

EG awarded forfeit win over Triumph in IEM Fall North America

Evil Geniuses have been given a forfeit victory over Triumph in Group B of IEM Fall North America after Jack "⁠xCeeD⁠" Holiman slept through the starting time of the match. For Evil Geniuses, the free win is a crucial boon as their previously held a 1-1 record, while for Triumph, the loss comes as a travesty given they managed an upset win over TeamOne on day one, ending with a 1-1 record of their own. Due to Brendan "⁠Bwills⁠" Williams moving, Triumph were already making use of their registered substitute,

Florida Mutineers unveils roster ahead of 2022 Call of Duty League season

The Florida Mutineers has finalized its lineup heading into the 2022 Call of Duty League season. The team is bringing back Skyz, Havok, and Owakening for another season while adding CDL newcomer Davpadie to round out the roster ahead of the CoD Vanguard season, Florida officially announced today. Yeez will start the season on the bench as a substitute after the team signed him in July. Davpadie was most recently a member of Team Canada in the CoD Challengers season, helping the squad place fourth in the North America Challengers

Cloud9 battle Unicorns of Love in last game of Worlds 2021 play-in group stage

This article is written in partnership with DJ Esports. All odds presented are at the time of publication and are subject to change. The 2021 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage concludes on Oct. 7. Two Group B powerhouses, Cloud9 of the LCS and Unicorns of Love of the LCL, will go head-to-head in a matchup with major implications. This will be the final game of the play-in group stage and most of the main stage qualification matches can change based on this result. North America’s staple team are

Liquid, FURIA lead after IEM Fall NA opening day

Day one of IEM Fall North America has come to an end, giving us an early look at how the group standings are shaping up for the final NA Regional Major Ranking event where everything is on the line for the 12 competing teams. Liquid and FURIA were the only teams to go undefeated on the first day of play, sitting atop their respective groups following rather clear-cut wins in their opening matches. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and company recovered from an early deficit against Bad News Bears before easing past

Three Pokémon TCG Celebrations products delayed due to ‘uncertain shipping conditions’

Pokémon TCG is set to launch its latest and arguably most anticipated set later this week but unfortunately, some of the Celebrations products have suffered delays in North America. First reported by PokeBeach who cited notices sent out by some distributors in North America, three Celebrations products will be delayed due to “uncertain shipping conditions.” The three items are the Pikachu V-Union Collection, Lance’s Charizard V Collection, and Dark Sylveon Collection. All three of these products include Celebrations packs alongside a regular and jumbo size of their respective promo card.

Jankos, IWillDominate, and Sneaky make their Worlds 2021 predictions

The 2021 League of Legends World Championship is underway and that also means it’s prediction time. You can already choose the team that you think will triumph at Worlds 2021 on Riot’s pick’em.  But fans aren’t the only ones making predictions. Former and current pro players do so as well. Most recently, three popular personalities from the League scene—Jankos, IWillDominate, and Sneaky—gave their predictions for this year’s best and worst teams and regions. [embedded content] The trio easily agreed that both LNG Esports and Hanwha Life Esports should be the

stanislaw on taking a break: “It was definitely necessary; I was not anywhere near a good mental space”

It has been a difficult couple of months for Evil Geniuses. After returning from the player break, they learned that they would be playing at ESL Pro League Season 14 without Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz after the Canadian decided to take some time off the server, stating that he wasn't feeling mentally ready to travel and compete. With coach Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele stepping in, the team went out last at the event without a single victory in the group stage, and things were only about to get worse. Before BLAST Premier

BenchWarmers win ALGS Preseason Qualifier 3

Preseason Qualifier Three in North America went off with a bang last night. One of NA’s most high-profile free agent Apex Legends teams, BenchWarmers, took home the finals victory and an invite to the upcoming ALGS Pro League along with it. The four Preseason Qualifiers before the beginning of the Pro League have been filled with a grab bag of names thus far. There are players who have been around the Apex pro scene for a while but haven’t quite found success as of yet. There are players signed to orgs

Call of Duty: Mobile BR Worlds Invitational unveiled with $100,000 prize pool

Activision has revealed the first-ever Call of Duty: Mobile Battle Royale (BR) World Invitational featuring a $100,000 prize pool. It will happen on Oct. 9 and 10 across four regions around the world. The invitational is a part of the second-anniversary celebrations in CoD: Mobile, and it will be played on the newly-released Blackout map. Oct. 1 marked two years since the global release of the first-person shooter game. The event has been split into four regions: APAC, Europe, Latin America, and North America. CoD: Mobile streamers from each region