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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reaches 1 million concurrent players Valve's first-person-shooter game title CS:GO has reached a new player base milestone this Saturday, March 14, featuring over 1 million concurrent players – the highest in history of the game. Officially released in August 2012 as a successor to Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive marked the fourth game in the CS series and although many believe CS:GO will never be as dominant as CS 1.6, the newly released Valve's FPS slowly amassed a giant following which did not stop growing since. Its average player base sat at around 15,000 players for…

LCS season suspended, with 2020 Spring Finals moving to Los Angeles Amid coronavirus fears, Riot Games announced they're suspending League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) until further notice, which includes all Academy games. The news surfaced this Saturday on LCS' official Twitter Page, where LCS Commissioner Chris Greeley, released a statement regarding the future of the league. "As the impact of COVID-19 continues to grow, we’re committed to keeping the health and safety of players, fans and everyone who makes the LCS possible at the forefront of every decision we make," said Mr Greeley. "And so, it was an…

Overwatch Contenders League Korea will be played without live audience The 2020 season of Overwatch Korea will begin on Wednesday, March 18, as initially planned, with matches played offline, as opposed to online, which has become the preferred format for many esports leagues during the coronavirus outbreak, however, there will be no live audience. The news of Overwatch Contenders Korea surfaced on Friday on Runaway's Twitter page, where the Korea Overwatch Contenders team unveiled the start date of the league, as well as the announcement of there being no live audience present during the matchdays. While Contenders decided for…

Fnatic book a spot at DOTA Summit 12 finals with a win over Evil Geniuses Fnatic became the first Dota2 team to secure a spot in the finals of DOTA Summit 12 following an incredible display against Evil Geniuses, who had to admit defeat to their Southeast Asian adversaries earlier on Thursday, March 12. Fnatic began their venture into DOTA Summit 12 with a clean sweep against Team Liquid in Round 1 of the upper bracket. The said match was fairly one-sided from the get-go, and Fnatic needed just under an hour to seal both series and earn their…

GamerLegion appoint Gux as a new head coach GamerLegion have completed their CS:GO line-up with the signing of a new head coach in Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl, as a replacement for Daniel "djL" Narancic, who left the team in January 2019. As revealed on Wednesday, March 11, Gix will take over as the new head coach of the Swedish CS:GO roster GamerLegion, marking his return to the CS:GO scene for the first time since October 2017. Gux started his Counter-Strike career in 2004, when he played for Cisco 9 and later played under Lack of Skillz, Lesbian Artifact, Volt-gaming, Eyeballers,…

Super Smash Bros. PGR season at a standstill due to coronavirus concerns As announced earlier this Thursday, March 12, Super Smash Bros. PGRU is being suspended until further notice amid coronavirus outbreak and travel restrictions. The announcement was made public on PGstats' official Twitter page, where the organisers claimed PGR and TTS will be frozen, with no further events including CEO Dreamland will count towards player rankings until travel is again safe worldwide. PGstats also explained that depending on the length of the freeze, this may lead to only one ranking at the end of the year. "This decision was…

ESL One Los Angeles 2020 tournament preview ESL announced the opening series schedule and groups for the event ahead of the ESL One Los Angeles Dota2 Major, which is set to begin on Sunday, March 15 with the opening fixtures in Group A and B. ESL One Los Angeles 2020 will be the third Dota2 Major of 2019/20 Dota Pro Circuit season, with 16 teams in attendance which will compete for the largest slice of US $1,000,000 and 15,000 DPC points, with $300,000 in tournament winnings and 4,850 DPC points reserved for the champions. Less than a week prior…

ESL Pro League Season 11 schedule revealed ESL have publicly announced the schedule for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage, set to begin on Monday, March 16, with 24 teams in attendance and US $350,000 on the line. ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage is set to begin at the start of the next week and will run through April 4 in Malta, before the tournament changes location to Denver, Colorado for the finals. The group stage will feature a total of 24 CS:GO teams, which includes Astralis, Complexity Gaming, ENCE, Evil Genuises, FaZe Clan,…

Schedule for FLASHPOINT Season 1 announced FLASHPOINT has released the full schedule for its inaugural season of the league, which is set to kick off on Friday, March 13 and run through April 19. A day prior to the season start, FLASHPOINT will also hold an event where teams will draft themselves into one of three groups. The inaugural season of FLASHPOINT CS:GO tournament will be held entirely in the company's Los Angeles studio including the finals, which were initially planned to take place in Stockholm, however, due to coronavirus concerns, the organisers opted to play out the whole…

FunPlus Phoenix will expand into CS:GO with Heroic’s roster A Chinese esports organisation, FunPlus Phoenix, have announced their expansion into the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports scene with the acquisition of Heroic's roster. FunPlus Phoenix are mostly known for their League of Legends squad, which hoisted the Summoner's Cup at 2019 World Championship to establish themselves as the strongest LoL team in the world. The Chinese esports organisation also fields teams in Fortnite and PUBG and will now expand into CS:GO in a bid to expand their successful esports brand into the biggest and most popular FPS title. Instead of…