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Wild Rift: Horizon Cup 2021 will not be the “first Wild Rift Worlds”

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Riot Games has announced the first global event for League of Legends: Wild Rift. The Wild Rift: Horizon Cup 2021 will be held from Nov. 13 to 21 in Singapore as an offline event. While the event will feature 10 teams from around the world, the Horizon Cup will not be the “first Wild Rift Worlds,” according to a tweet by Leo Faria, the lead of the game’s esports scene at Riot. While announcing the tournament, Riot said that the event will mark the end of the game’s “preseason.” Faria

IEM Fall groups revealed

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Time Stamp: September 21, 2021 12:44 PM - Modified On: September 21, 2021 - Published By:
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ESL have announced all of the groups for the upcoming IEM Fall RMR events, with six events around the world including the 24-team event in Europe and the 12-team events in the CIS and North American regions. The other three RMR tournaments are four-team events in Asia, Oceania and South America. TYLOO and ViCi are tied in the Asia RMR ahead of IEM Fall The largest IEM Fall, the one in Europe, has no less than four groups of six teams per group, featuring all of the top teams in

5 Big Takeaways From Valorant Masters 3 Berlin

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Sentinels Bleed Credit: Nerd Street Gamers Sentinels’ hot streak has finally come to an end. The team’s domestic and international dominance has been one of the major talking points of Valorant esports for the whole of 2021 so far, and it has given rise to some of the scene’s most popular and beloved personalities. Masters Berlin, however, proved to be a competition too far for the favorites. Sentinels was handed its first-ever loss on LAN to G2 during the group stage, the European team who had previously been the first

PGL confirms CS:GO Major will be in Stockholm

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Time Stamp: September 17, 2021 7:36 AM - Modified On: September 17, 2021 - Published By:
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PGL, the tournament organizer tasked with organizing the first CS:GO Major in more than two years, has confirmed that the $2 million tournament will be held in Stockholm, Sweden as originally planned, following months of uncertainty and several talks with the Swedish government. The confirmation comes after Sweden removed all possible restrictions for esports events in the country, allowing a full house for indoor events and relaxing the travel restrictions for esports players. There has been a slight change of dates as the Major was previously scheduled to kick off

PGL confirms Major will take place in Stockholm

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Time Stamp: September 17, 2021 3:01 AM - Modified On: September 17, 2021 - Published By:
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Update: The Major has been moved to start on October 26. PGL has announced that the upcoming Major will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, as originally planned. The confirmation came after the Swedish government announced last Tuesday that it would further ease pandemic-related restrictions in the country, removing the final hurdle preventing the Major from taking place as intended with indoor events allowed to run at full capacity from late September on. The tournament organizers will begin ticket sales for the $2 million event on September 22 and aim to

Imperial round out IEM Fall SA closed qualifier team list

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The second and final open qualifier for IEM Fall South America has finished, with Imperial defeating Jaguares and claiming themselves a spot in the closed qualifier. The second open qualifier featured many of the same teams from the first, including Furious, Leviatan, and DETONA. This time, the finalists from the first qualifier, Leviatan, were eliminated in the round of 16 by bracket winners Imperial. Mixteam ozbonz also made top eight, but were also eliminated by Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca's men. SHOOWTiME is one of the most experienced players in Brazil The

Havan Liberty top first IEM Fall SA open qualifier

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The first of two open qualifiers for IEM Fall South America have concluded, with Havan Liberty securing victory and claiming themselves a spot in the four-team closed qualifier. Two of the teams taking part in the closed qualifier were already determined based on their RMR points, with Paquetá and Bravos claiming invites, with Havan Liberty now taking one of the final spots. remix had 50 kills in the final series The open qualifier featured many known names within the South American scene, including the likes of SWS, Imperial, and DETONA.

DreamHack Open September invites announced

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Time Stamp: September 3, 2021 12:23 PM - Modified On: September 3, 2021 - Published By:
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DreamHack has announced the teams invited to the main event and closed qualifiers in all three regions where the September Open stop will take place at the end of the month, boasting a combined $130,000 prize pool. Three Brazilian teams have been invited to play in the main part of the North American competition, paiN, TeamOne, and GODSENT, alongside Extra Salt, the highest-ranked team who will be in attendance, Bad News Bears, and RBG. Extra Salt will play in the North American competition 9z and Bravos have been directly invited

DH Open Atlanta, Winter cancelled; new tournament revealed

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ESL has announced a handful of changes to their Pro Tour circuit in a September update, with the two most notable changes being the cancellation of DreamHack Open Atlanta and DreamHack Open Winter, which were slated to play out on LAN from November 12-14 and November 26-28, respectively, and the reveal of a new, to-be-announced tournament that will run from November 23-28. The tournament organiser did not give a specific reason for the removal of the events from the calendar, only saying that "the CS:GO calendar in Q3 & Q4

PUBG Mobile unveils collaborations with Alan Walker, Jujutsu Kaisen, Zaha Hadid Architects

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PUBG Mobile announced collaborations with Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Japanese manga series Jujutsu Kaisen, and British architecture and design firm Zaha Hadid Architects during the Team Up Challenge 2021 yesterday.  This isn’t the first time the battle royale game is tying-up with Alan Walker. In 2019, the DJ released two new singles, namely “On My Way” and “Live Fast,” in a collaboration with PUBG Mobile. Tencent teased that a new partnership is coming with him soon. The other major collaboration is with the Japanese manga series Jujutsu Kaisen. It’s one