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LoL: Cloud9 vs Team Liquid LCS Mid-Season Showdown Grand Final Recap

With NA's MSI spot and the MSS trophy on the line, C9 and TL took to the Rift. After weeks of competition, Cloud9 and Team Liquid stand on the precipice. Both teams had admirable showings in the Spring Split, then went on to replicate that success in the Mid-Season Showdown. This last series decides who will lift the MSS trophy, as well as who will represent North America at the Mid-Season Invitational. The first time, C9 handily defeated TL, which they tried to do again, but TL was undoubtedly out

Code S RO16: Bunny & Hurricane advance, TY & DRG eliminated

Group A of the Code S RO16 has the potential to be a snooze, with the #1 seeds able to hand-pick their opponents and create a 'group of life.' While that was certainly the plan for TY headed into the group, the actual result was a complete disaster for the defending champion as he was eliminated in last place. Instead, two Code A underdogs kept their hot streaks alive, with Bunny advancing in first place while Hurricane seized the second playoff ticket (DongRaeGu was eliminated in third place).In retrospect, perhaps

Chinese Police Close $76 Million Cheat-Making Operation

Overwatch was among the games for which Chicken Drumstick sold cheats. | Photo courtesy of BlizzardChinese police have shut down a cheat-making operation with $76 million in revenue. Police say it was the largest cheating operation in the world based on the amount of money involved.The operation, based in the city of Kunshan and called "Chicken Drumstick," sold cheats to players online using a subscription model, the BBC reports. The cheats would work in games including Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile, and cost anywhere from $10 per day to

Liquid take down Endpoint in ESL Pro League

Liquid have toppled Endpoint in a two-map affair (Inferno 16-12, Vertigo 16-9) at the end of day three in Group D of ESL Pro League Season 13 to secure their second victory and tie Astralis and Virtus.pro for first place in the round-robin. The European side now sits among two teams, Evil Geniuses and fnatic, at the bottom of the group with a 1-2 record as the fight for the last three playoffs spots is beginning to tense up. Endpoint chose their favorite Inferno for the series opener and went

Evil Geniuses beat Astralis in oBo debut

Evil Geniuses have won their first series in ESL Pro League's Group D, beating Astralis 2-1 (Nuke 16-12, Vertigo 10-16 Inferno 16-7). The Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz-led squad got off to a successful start with their newest addition, Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter, who played his first official series since he had been benched in Complexity in September. The 17-year-old looked rusty on the first two maps, Nuke and Vertigo, but he came alive on the deciding Inferno to help lock in EG's first victory in the round-robin as the best fragger on

Gambit defeat NAVI to go 3-0 in ESL Pro League Group C

Gambit came from behind to defeat Natus Vincere 2-1 and maintain their perfect start to ESL Pro League Season 13. NAVI, who were determined to take revenge on their CIS rival for the 2-0 defeat in the IEM Katowice quarter-finals a month ago, took the lead in the series with a hard-fought Dust2 victory, but their offensive frailties undermined them on Mirage and Overpass. It was also a rare off day for Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev (0.91 Rating, 0.95 Impact), who had a 6-14 AWP kills record against Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov,

MIBR defeat TeamOne in close affair to secure first win in EPL

MIBR have secured their first win in ESL Pro League's Group C after coming out on top of the second Brazilian derby of the group against TeamOne in close fashion (2-1; Mirage 16-6, Train 14-16, Overpass 16-13) in the first encounter between the two sides in over a year. Gustavo "⁠yel⁠" Knittel's team have another domestic matchup ahead of them, as they will face FURIA next on Sunday at 19:00 . MIBR entered the series with a comfortable win on their pick, Mirage. yel's squad were slow to start on

‘Teardown’ gets Steam Workshop support with over 100 mods

Destruction-fueled heist game Teardown barrelled to the top of the Steam game charts when it landed in early access in October. Over 8,000 concurrent players quickly seized upon the chance to fully destroy its voxel art environments, levelling entire buildings in their wake. After releasing level design tools a few months back, the game's latest version brings Steam Workshop support with access to about 100 mods.To give you a taste of the spoils, developer Tuxedo Labs has handpicked some of its favorites including "The Junkyard" map (which has already amassed

Chaos defeat Triumph to win IEM Beijing-Haidian North America

Chaos have emerged victorious from IEM Beijing-Haidian North America, taking down Triumph 3-1 in the grand final (16-6 Train, 11-16 Mirage, 16-5 Overpass, 16-14 Nuke). The victory earns the team a spot in IEM Global Challenge, where they will compete against the likes of Heroic, FURIA, and Vitality. The team's victory over Evil Geniuses in the semi-final and their overall title win comes at an incredibly critical moment for the players after a recent report from DBLTAP indicated that Chaos are preparing to pull out of CS:GO. The first-place finish