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mithR: “Everyone wants revenge against NIP from Cologne”

Off the back of their success in Group C, mousesports came out on top of a three-way tie with fnatic and FaZe where the latter of the three missed out on a playoff appearance. After starting the group 0-2 with losses to FaZe and Natus Vincere, the international squad turned things around and managed to finish second in the group. mousesports are set to face NIP in the opening game of the round of 12, where they must defeat the Swedish team in order to progress. The two teams last

Pokéthon raises more than $25,000 for Direct Relief

In just three days, the Pokémon community managed to raise more than $25,000 for Direct Relief’s fund for Health Equity through the latest installment of the Pokéthon charity event, which ran from Sept. 3 to 5.  The Pokéthon is a group of more than 24 streamers, content creators, and personalities with strong ties to the Pokémon franchise, all participating in an event featuring live music, speedruns, competitions, and mini-games to raise money for charity each year.  This year’s marked the fourth event produced by the Full Restore group. Full Restore

Liquid save NIP from elimination as EPL group stage concludes

Group D at ESL Pro League Season 14 has come to an end following the final set of matches. NIP took down Gambit in the final round to clinch their third win and were only left to hope Liquid would eliminate the Brazilians for them, which the North American side did after a tightly-contested series. The Swedes seemed to have a lock on the final playoffs spot when Liquid won the first map against FURIA 16-4 in the all-important match, but it ended up being far from a comfortable victory

Rockstar’s parent company hits GTA modders with lawsuit

Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive Software, has filed a formal complaint against reverse-engineering modders who Take-Two claims infringed on its game’s copyright. In the complaint, Take-Two interactive takes aim at several of the developers of two projects called “re3” and “reVC,” which stand for reverse-engineered GTA 3 and reverse-engineered GTA: Vice City, respectively. The suit takes aim at five individuals who Take-Two claims have developed derivative software code that allowed players to get their hands on the two games on any platform, even those the company hasn’t published the game

How to Get Falinks in Pokémon GO

PokémonPhoto courtesy of Niantic LabsPlayers can obtain Falinks through the Ultra Unlock 2021: Sword and Shield event in Pokémon GO. Falinks is a single stage evolution Pokémon, which is a relief to players as unlocking Falinks is a bit tricky and time consuming. Falinks being a single stage evolution assures that once a player has unlocked them, they don't need to worry about any additional steps towards evolving their new Pokémon. An important note to make is that Falinks can only be found in specified locations, and will not be

Bad News Bears handed third defeat at EPL by Astralis

Bad News Bears have been dealt their third consecutive 0-2 series loss at ESL Pro League and now find themselves all but outside of contention for the playoffs at the bottom of the group with just two matches left. The result will come as a relief to Astralis after they fell in a disappointing 0-2 loss to underdogs ENCE on Tuesday, with the Danes now sitting at a 2-1 record ahead of encounters against group favorites Vitality and Heroic. It was largely off the back of Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's impressive

Gade on replacing XANTARES on BIG: ‘I wouldn’t say there is a drop in firepower’

After a successful two-and-a-half-year stint with BIG, star rifler İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş stepped down earlier this month and decided to assemble a Turkish CS:GO project called Eternal Fire alongside other famous Turkish players, such as Özgür “woxic” Eker and Buğra “Calyx” Arkın. BIG knew XANTARES was going to leave the team during the summer player break and added Nicklas Gade, a 26-year-old pro who had only played on Danish teams, most notably North and OpTic Gaming. The signing surprised plenty of pundits in the community, but people started to understand

Team Aster donates i-League 2021 winnings to support Henan flood disaster relief

Team Aster has been one of the top Dota 2 teams in China all year, winning one of the regional league seasons for the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit and qualifying for The International 10 thanks to their strong performances.  Aster and the other top Chinese teams spent the last several months competing on and off in the i-League 2021, an event with more than $185,000 on the line. And though they entered the playoffs as a middle-of-the-pack team, Aster dominated the remainder of the event, going 2-1 against PSG.LGD and

Elden Ring System Requirements: Can You Play It?

Top GamesPhoto by FromSoftwareElden Ring's System Requirements are something plenty of PC gamers are concerned with, especially after its grand reveal at Summer Game Fest 2021. With plenty of gamers eager to pre-order the game, and wait until its 2022 release date, some are thinking prudently about whether their PC can handle it. So, can your PC handle Elden Ring? Here are the predicted system requirements for Elden Ring.[embedded content]Because the game doesn't have a Steam page yet, the official recommendations from FromSoftware haven't been revealed. Right now, it's just

Cardano DeFi Project Spores Raises $2.3 Million in Funding Round

It was a tough week price-wise in the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization lost around $100 billion as every single coin from the top 20 is in the red. Some lost more than others, but we’ll get to that later. Kicking it off with Bitcoin. It had a relatively calm week, and even though it’s down about 3% over the period, it’s still not as bad as a lot of the altcoins. BTC was trading at around $34,000 last Friday, and apart from a brief positive spike on Monday, it