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adreN to miss PGL Major Stockholm

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 5:22 PM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag has announced that he will not attend PGL Major Stockholm with Liquid as he prepares for the birth of his child, leaving the team's manager, jokasteve, to take his place. The loss of adreN comes as a big blow to Liquid ahead of the Major as the team have looked a more cohesive unit in recent weeks, with Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip both putting up numbers reminiscent of their glory days. adreN will not stand behind Liquid as they fight for a Major crown

Party Astronauts win ESEA Premier S38 over Extra Salt to qualify for ESL Pro League

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 1:35 AM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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After a full-length best-of-five grand final, Party Astronauts have defeated Extra Salt 3-2 (16-6 Inferno, 7-16 Overpass, 16-11 Ancient, 22-20 Nuke) to win ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, booking themselves a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15. The result breaks the 0-4 head-to-head record for Party Astronauts against Extra Salt, and adds to a disappointing string of results for the South African-North American combine, who missed out on a spot at the PGL Major Stockholm after they were eliminated from IEM Fall NA. It also marks Party Astronauts'

Liquid round out BLAST Premier Fall Final team list

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Time Stamp: October 17, 2021 3:03 PM - Modified On: October 17, 2021 - Published By:
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Liquid secured a spot at the Royal Arena after defeating MAD Lions 2-0 and finishing in the top 2 at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown. The North Americans took a swift 16-9 victory on Nuke before having to come back from a 5-10 deficit on Inferno. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and co. will play in the BLAST Premier Fall Final in Copenhagen on November 24-28. "It feels amazing to qualify because it is an event that is going to be in a packed arena, so obviously something that everyone has been

Liquid beat Virtus.pro; set up bracket final against MAD Lions

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Time Stamp: October 16, 2021 6:14 PM - Modified On: October 16, 2021 - Published By:
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Liquid are through to the final of their side of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown bracket after prevailing over Virtus.pro, surviving a comeback attempt from the CIS side on Inferno (16-14) and recovering from a loss on Vertigo (9-16) by securing a win on Overpass. Stewie2K was a key component in Liquid's victory on the decider map, helping to counter Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis' aggression with multi-kill rounds and entries of his own. "YEKINDAR reads the game very well," Stewie2K stated in an interview following the series win. "He knows his

Xbox Series X ‘Mini Fridge’ Preorder Date and Price Announced

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2021 5:56 PM - Modified On: October 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesThe Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" will be available for preorder on Oct. 19, 2021. / Photo courtesy of MicrosoftThe Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" will be available for preorder on Oct. 19, 2021, for $99.99 USD, Microsoft announced Friday.After initially starting out in 2020 as a meme in which Microsoft's freshly-revealed vertical design of their next-gen gaming console was called out for looking like a refrigerator, it appears the Xbox team is ready to turn that playful pain into profit as the Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" is

Virtus.pro and Liquid to face off in BLAST Showdown quarter-finals

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Time Stamp: October 14, 2021 2:34 PM - Modified On: October 14, 2021 - Published By:
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Virtus.pro and Liquid are set to face off in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown quarter-finals on Saturday after coming out on top of their respective matches in the round of 16 against underdogs Movistar Riders and 9z. Despite setting off with an impressive defense on Vertigo, Virtus.pro ended up having to fend off a resilient Movistar Riders side, who came into the tournament fresh off qualification for PGL Major Stockholm on the back of a surprising run to fifth place at IEM Fall. Liquid will take on Virtus.pro on Saturday

FURIA win IEM Fall NA, EG claim final Major Legends spot

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Time Stamp: October 10, 2021 9:41 PM - Modified On: October 10, 2021 - Published By:
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IEM Fall North America has concluded, with FURIA winning the grand final over GODSENT 3-0 while Liquid defeated paiN 2-1 to win the third place decider. As a result of paiN placing fourth overall, they end up with fewer Regional Major Ranking (RMR) points than Evil Geniuses and will take the North American Challenger spot, while the Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz-led side will come into the Major as Legends. FURIA will play their first Major top 16 The first map of the grand final started off quite poorly for GODSENT, who

Veteran OWL player Saebyeolbe retires

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Time Stamp: October 10, 2021 11:50 AM - Modified On: October 10, 2021 - Published By:
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Park “Saebyeolbe” Jong-ryeol is retiring from the Overwatch League as a player, according to a statement on social media. The announcement comes right after the Seoul Dynasty revealed it was releasing him from the roster alongside three other players and a coach. In his statement regarding his retirement, he did not elaborate on where he was going next, only that he was “thinking about writing a different story now.” Some are hoping that he switches to the popular Riot Games title VALORANT, while others think that he may return to

EG claim final NA Major spot over EXTREMUM

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Time Stamp: October 9, 2021 9:48 PM - Modified On: October 9, 2021 - Published By:
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After winning the fifth place decider match in IEM Fall North America, Evil Geniuses have secured themselves enough Regional Major Ranking (RMR) points in order to qualify for the PGL Stockholm Major beginning in late October. The other direct result of this match is that Oceanic majority team EXTREMUM will miss out on the Major. Evil Geniuses have the potential to take the final of three Legends spots reserved for North American teams, but must rely on the under performance of paiN to do so. If paiN lose both of

Evil Geniuses to face EXTREMUM for final NA Major spot

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Time Stamp: October 8, 2021 1:23 AM - Modified On: October 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Evil Geniuses are through to the fifth place decider for IEM Fall North America after battling through a grueling gauntlet of tiebreaker matches between them, TeamOne, and Triumph which lasted nearly four hours — in part due to 15 minute breaks between each match — and involved 67 rounds in an MR3 format on Inferno. The win sets up a fifth place decider match on Saturday at 00:15 between EXTREMUM and Evil Geniuses for the final spot at the PGL Stockholm Major on offer to North America, with only one