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Fnatic and Hanwha Life Esports’ promising faceoff at Worlds

This article is sponsored by DJ Esports. Hanwha Life Esports and Fnatic square off tomorrow as part of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. The two have faced each other before, and the bout may have set the tone for tomorrow’s matchup. Screengrab via DJ Esports In the first match between these teams, Fnatic took control early and dictated the pace. They restricted Willer’s development almost entirely in the early stage by invading the jungle, but their defeat in the first few teamfights wiped out any lead they had

Astralis breeze past Fiend to lock in semi-finals spot at IEM

Astralis are through to the IEM Fall semi-finals after defeating Fiend in a series that was marred with technical issues and saw the Danes secure a comfortable 2-0 victory on the way to the next playoffs round. There, Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and company will face the winner of the last quarter-final series between G2 and ENCE on Saturday at 20:15 . The win sees Astralis remain in contention for a Legends spot. Assuming they will make no changes to the roster (such as bringing back Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander), they can

HLTV Confirmed with guest Devilwalk: talking NAVI’s Intel Grand Slam, BLAST Fall, and FPX

What caused Vitality's resurgence, how did Liquid manage to lose a 1v5 at match point, and is Natus Vincere's Intel Grand Slam more prestigious than a Major win? These questions, and many more, will be debated about and answered on the upcoming HLTV Confirmed show featuring Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg. Devilwalk spent over two years with the team's different iteration The Swedish coach will also talk about his team, FunPlus Phoenix, who have been on a long hiatus from official matches after missing out on IEM Cologne and ESL Pro League,

FalleN stars as Liquid beat fnatic to set up quarter-final against Heroic

Liquid have continued to demonstrate strong form in ESL Pro League Season 14, advancing to the quarter-finals after besting fnatic in a two-map series. After putting on a clinic on Nuke, Liquid demonstrated tenacity on their pick, Dust2, surviving a hard-fought triple overtime affair thanks to stellar play from Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo. The Brazilian AWPer will hope to put up the same level of performance in Liquid's next match-up as they will take on Heroic on Friday at 19:15 , an opponent that FalleN isn't taking lightly. "Heroic is going

Singularity sign team with GuardiaN, seized

Singularity have signed a newly formed team mixing the experience of Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin and Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács alongside three Russian players aged 20 or under in Evgeny "⁠Norwi⁠" Ermolin, Timur "⁠clax⁠" Sabirov and Daniil "⁠d1Ledez⁠" Kustov, with Artem "⁠Fierce⁠" Ivanov coaching. The team played their first tournament in August under the BEZ ZP tag, the IronWar Grand Prix, finishing in 3-4th place after falling to AGO in the semi-finals. GuardiaN and seized will bring their experience to Singularity The two veterans reunite since playing together in Natus Vincere between

Here are the notes and updates for Wild Rift Patch 2.4b

Fire meets ice in Wild Rift Patch 2.4b. Brand, the Burning Vengeance and Nunu & Willump, the Boy and his Yeti are the latest additions to Wild Rift. A frost and flame event that embodies the rivalry of the two elements is here. Players will be able to complete daily missions, unlock tokens, and spend them on in the event shop for special rewards. A host of champion changes are also going live in this week’s patch, including adjustments to Akshan, Kennen, and Rakan. Here’s the full list of patch

Heroic lead EPL Group A after Vitality thriller

Heroic have seized the lead in Group A at ESL Pro League following a hard-fought victory against Vitality. Now sitting at a 3-0 record as the only undefeated team in the group, the Danes look poised to secure first place as they head into the final two rounds of play in the round robin, in which they will face ENCE and Astralis. Meanwhile, Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut's side will aim to bounce back from the close loss and lock a playoffs spot over the next two days, which will see them

Vitality secure opening win at EPL over ENCE

Vitality have clinched their first victory in Group A at ESL Pro League Season 14, fending off ENCE in the opening round 2-0 (Mirage 16-14, Overpass 16-8). It was none other than ZywOo who stood out from the pack with a 1.38 rating in the series, a good sign of things to come from the superstar after he ended the previous season with somewhat of a sub-par showing at IEM Cologne — at least for his standards. "We've put high expectations [on ourselves] for the second part of the season,"

What Going On With the Switch Pro?

So much was said about the vaunted, fabled Switch Pro – a mid-life update for the Switch that would modernize the tech thoroughly, and allow the platform to remain competitive on a hardware level with everything else for a few more years while Nintendo worked away on the Switch 2. There were reports, leaks, discussions on the pricing and the presumed hardware capabilities, and what that might indicate for how Nintendo approaches hardware going forward, and even discussion on third party support for this thing.  So, where did it all

Astralis beat Heroic to advance to IEM Cologne playoffs; Virtus.pro eliminate NIP

Astralis are through to the playoffs of IEM Cologne after defeating Heroic 2-0 in the upper bracket of Group B, setting up a match against Natus Vincere to determine which team will advance directly to the semi-finals, and which will begin their playoff run from the quarter-finals. The victory marks the first time that Astralis have prevailed in a domestic derby against their Danish opposition since October 2020, having fallen to Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's troops in their past two meetings in DreamHack Masters Spring and Flashpoint 3. dupreeh made the