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NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier postponed until further notice

The North American VALORANT Champions Tour Last Chance Qualifier has officially been postponed amid concerns over playing conditions and COVID tests, Riot Games announced today. “Given the events of the past few days, out of an abundance of caution and with the health and safety of all involved being top of mind, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the event until further notice,” Riot said. This announcement comes after two days of canceled games and questions about how matches will be played by teams who have had positive

Back 4 Blood Karlee Guide: Best Weapons and Cards

Top Games"Something smells bad and for once it isn't us." / Photo courtesy of Turtle Rock StudiosLooking to play as Karlee in Back 4 Blood? Here's how you can maximize her potential.Karlee is one of the most mysterious Cleaners of the bunch, tending to keep to herself more within the group after initially surviving on the outskirts of Fort Hope since the Collapse. With the Ridden threat on the rise, Karlee decided to put her introverted ideals aside to fight alongside the Cleaners.One of the four Cleaners players can unlock down the

TFT Set 5.5 Patch 11.20: Top 3 Comps

League of LegendsPhoto Courtesy of Riot GamesTFT Set 5.5 Patch 11.20 saw the rise and fall of numerous compositions, with a couple staying steady. The game drastically changed with the competitive scene dying down as Worlds ended. The TFT team decided to spice up the last few weeks of Set 5.5 by introducing a second radiant armory, giving us an extra special way to strengthen our teams. With that, here are the top 3 compositions in Patch 11.20.TFT patch 11.20 continues to tighten the balance, but also adds fun twists

How much does ImperialHal make?

Pro Apex Legends player Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen consistently ranks among the most popular streamers in the genre on Twitch. When a leak last week revealed the payouts of Twitch streamers, ImperialHal came in at No. 100 on the list of the highest-paid figures on the site. From August 2019 to October 2021, ImperialHal cleared $886,999.17 in Twitch payouts alone. Screengrab via KnowSomething That figure, while impressive on its own, doesn’t include a wide array of other revenue streams. ImperialHal also receives donations from viewers, his TSM salary, revenue from other

Call of Duty: Vanguard Zombies Receives Teaser

Call of DutyA teaser for Thursday's full Zombies trailer was released Wednesday. / Photo courtesy of ActivisionActivision has shared a teaser for Call of Duty: Vanguard's Zombies mode, briefly previewing the mode's story and promising a full trailer Thursday.The teaser is only 15 seconds long, but it packs a fair amount of content into that runtime. It opens on a zombie arm reaching up through the ground in front of mysterious burning glyphs. It then cuts to what looks like a German officer shedding his cape as zombies rise around

Team Spirit crush Fnatic to book top-half finish at The International 10

Team Spirit staved off elimination and secured a top-half finish at The International 10 in today’s clean 2-0 sweep over Fnatic. While the teams looked even on paper, Spirit were in top form. The young Dota 2 roster showed no mercy while holding Fnatic to single-digit kills in both games. Spirit’s off laner Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov’s stock continues to rise at TI10. In a stellar game one on his signature Mars, along with lane partner Miroslaw “Mira” Kolpakov’s Io, the 19-year-old dominated the lane with ease. He proceeded to make

100 Thieves send XSET to lower bracket in VCT Last Chance Qualifier

100 Thieves and XSET fought tooth and nail in an intense three-game series, but 100T ultimately won and sent their opponents to the lower bracket.  The VALORANT Champions Tour North America Last Chance Qualifer is in full swing as eight teams fight for the final spot in the Champions event. 100T and XSET defeated Gen.G and Luminosity, respectively, in their first matches before facing each other in the upper semifinals. XSET started the series with a 13-9 win on Split, where Zekken led the server with 27 kills. 100T won

NIP crack top 3 ranking for the first time in 5 years

With their stellar performance at IEM Fall EU, NIP have seen themselves climb into the top 3 in the world rankings, displacing Vitality. It is the first time in almost five years that the organization finds itself at such heady heights, having last appeared at No. 3 shortly after an IEM Oakland 2016 victory. Their rise comes off the back of an 11 game winning streak for Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser and co., which culminated in their victory over ENCE in the race to the IEM Fall EU title, the organisation's

T1 and EDG fight for Group B supremacy at Worlds 2021

 This article is written in partnership with DJ Esports. All odds presented are at the time of publication and are subject to change. The second day of the group stage at Worlds 2021 will start off with one of the most anticipated matchups of the tournament. The LCK’s T1 will face off against the LPL’s EDward Gaming in an important Group B match. While neither of these squads is the top-rated League of Legends team from their region at Worlds, both could end up making a run deep into the

The Roar of European Lions: how MAD Lions can rise to the occasion at Worlds 2021

This article is sponsored by DJ Esports. The League of Legends World Championship 2021 is taking place in Iceland, and 22 teams from around the world will play against each other to determine who takes home the Summoner’s Cup. MAD Lions have come to represent the LEC as the region’s first seed. Over the latest season, MAD achieved good results in the spring and summer double crowns. They are coming to the World Championships as Europe’s top contender. In 2020, they finished in second place in the regular season of