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Balloon World Cup 2021 peaked at over 632K viewers on Twitch

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The Balloon World Cup, hosted by popular streamer Ibai and pro soccer player Gerard Piqué, saw an explosion of viewership and attention for the informal balloon-centered sport. Nearly everyone has had some experience with Balloon Keep-up; if you’ve ever tried to keep a balloon suspended in the air using your hands or feet, you have participated in the sport. The event organized by FC Barcelona took place in front of a live audience in Tarragona, Spain on Oct. 14. On Twitch, the event amassed over eight million total views and

FIFA and EA Sports to End Exclusivity Partnership After Three Decades

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FIFABy Max Mallow | 4:20 PM EDTPhoto by EA SportsFIFA announced its plans to end a three-decade-long exclusivity partnership with EA Sports in a shocking move."FIFA will adopt a new commercial positioning in gaming and eSports to ensure that it is best placed to make decisions that benefit all football stakeholders. FIFA is bullish and excited about the future in gaming and eSports for football, and it is clear that this needs to be a space that is occupied by more than one party controlling all rights," FIFA said in

FL1T, almazer and liTTle leave forZe

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Evgeny "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev and Almaz "⁠almazer⁠" Asadullin have today been removed from forZe's active roster, it was announced via Twitter, the former being moved to inactive status and the latter listed for transfer. The announcement stated that coach Anatoliy "⁠liTTle⁠" Yashin would also be leaving the team. The news comes off the back of a mixed year for the Russian squad, who have seen highs such as winning Spring Sweet Spring back in May and their unexpected ESL Pro League showing, but they recently failed to qualify for the Stockholm

FPX part ways with Devilwalk, peca

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FunPlus Phoenix announced on Monday that they parted ways with coach Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg under mutual agreement, which followed shortly after General Manager Petar "⁠peca⁠" Marković revealed on Twitter that his time with the organization has come to an end. The managerial changes follow a couple of underwhelming months for FunPlus Phoenix. Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala and co. missed out on a spot at the CS:GO Major in Stockholm, failed to qualify for premier events such as IEM Cologne and ESL Pro League, and crashed out of the top 30 of

Xyp9x re-signs with Astralis until 2025: “I can now use all my energy and focus to get the team back where we belong”

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Astralis have announced that Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth has signed a new contract with the organization, extending his current deal with the team until 2025. He is the second Astralis player to ink an extension with the organization recently, joining Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander in the Danish powerhouse's long-term vision after the in-game leader signed a new three-year deal lasting until mid-2024. Xyp9x has been a part of Astralis since its inception in 2016 The news comes as a surprising turn of events after Xyp9x revealed that his future with Astralis was

Anonymo complete roster with rallen and snatchie

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With two star signings, the team is looking to challenge AGO for the title of the best Polish team. Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz and Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki have found a new home in Anonymo, joining the organization two weeks after exiting AGO. The rifle-AWP duo was key to AGO's success in 2021, averaging a 1.16 and 1.13 rating respectively, but decided against extending their contracts with "The Hawks" in order to explore their options. Anonymo have now completed their lineup, having benched Kamil "⁠KEi⁠" Pietkun and Wiktor "⁠mynio⁠" Kruk during the

Spacestation wins, established teams stumble in biggest matches of ALGS pro league debut

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Spacestation Gaming won day two of the North American ALGS pro league on Sunday, outperforming bigger teams like TSM, G2, and Cloud9, and leaving them tied with Sentinels on the ALGS leaderboard. Spacestation, a Utah-based organization, previously left the Apex scene in early 2020, but returned in 2021 when they signed Joseph “Frexs” Sanchez, Jay “Claraphi” Stanley, and Angello “Xenial” Cadenas. That squad placed 5th at the ALGS Championship, taking home a bit more than $35,000. Claraphi left in the summer of 2021 and Mark “Dropped” Thees, a former player

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

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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'

AGO qualify for ESL Pro League after strong ESEA Premier season

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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