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For those who cry easily, this one is for you. G2 Esports held a surprise celebration for Sergen “BrokenBlade” Çelik’s contract renewal. What the League of Legends players thought was a content shoot turned into an emotional surprise for the top laner, whose family was flown in for the occasion.  The players were led to believe they were filming the next edition of the Topfather, a content skit that has become synonymous with the player. But what happened was much more special. G2 didn’t want an ordinary contract renewal announcement video; they wanted to create content that captured BrokenBlade’s special…

The massive and controversial Esports World Cup coming up this summer will not feature VALORANT in its lineup due to scheduling conflicts, though professional teams were reportedly pushing Riot Games “hard” for the game to be included. Per James Fudge for the Esports Advocate, VALORANT was “seriously being considered” for the Esports World Cup, but there is no flexibility in the schedule that would allow professional teams to compete at the event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that runs from July 4 until August 25. Riot’s other titles, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, will be featured at the event, during…

Taking the opportunity to discuss their ongoing game in the “confessional booth,” Hikaru Nakamura voiced his concerns about the current classical world chess champion, Ding Liren—and his thoughts echoed the ongoing discussion about the Chinese player’s mental state elsewhere in the chess world. The ongoing Norway Chess supertournament offers an interesting opportunity for players in the form of a “confessional booth” to let viewers into their thought process during the game. Unsurprisingly, Hikaru Nakamura is the player who makes use of this the most, and he did it again during his match with world champion Ding Liren. Everything has gone…

The second half of the ALGS 2024 season has now begun, with the top teams from each of the four major leagues competing for a chance to represent their region on the international LAN stage at the ALGS Split Two Playoffs and earn circuit points for the ALGS Championship at the end of the year. Each major region (North America, EMEA, APAC North, and APAC South) features the top 30 teams seeded into three groups based on their past ALGS and Split Two Qualifier performances. All leagues play in a triple round-robin format, where each group plays a match series…

Falcons have gotten straight down to business in their Apex Legends Global Series debut in the North America Split Two series, recording 44 kills across their six games and claiming round one’s 25 Pro League points with a remarkable 31-point gap. The gap from Falcons to runners-up Tripods was as large as second to 14th in the 20-team split as the superteam cleaved its way through its ALGS NA peers. The squad wasted no time in putting its new org firmly in the spotlight, claiming a comfortable win in game two—its first of two for the day. Tripods kept pace…

Entering last weekend’s IEM Dallas 2024 playoffs, next to no one gave G2 Esports a chance of lifting the trophy on Sunday night—but they’ve done just that, taking down veritable giants Vitality 2-1 to claim the org’s first Counter-Strike 2 title. G2 frontman m0NESY may have taken out the tournament MVP by a landslide following his 83-kill, 1.61-rated grand final performance, but the only name on the lips of fans today was Stewie2K’s. After a stint away in VALORANT, G2 called upon the American Major champ at the eleventh hour following the withdrawal of captain HooXi—and he answered in kind,…

For some teams, the Counter-Strike 2 season has ended and a small break awaits before teams rip back in ahead of the Shanghai Major in November. For others, however, the show continues: This time, it’s the Emirates to host an S-tier event with YaLLa Compass kicking off June 5. 12 teams will head to Abu Dhabi to contest for the lion’s share of a whopping $400,000 USD prize pool, and apart from the regulars, a few challengers have emerged hoping to add a trophy to the cabinet. From Asia’s finest in The MongolZ to the lofty heights of Astralis and…

Karmine Corp are looking to right the wrongs they have made in 2024, and what better way to do it than stomping a bunch of retired League of Legends world champions?  KC took a resounding victory over LCK legends on June 2, a team that consisted of four former world champions, including Jang “MaRin” Gyeong-hwan, Kang “Ambition” Chan-yong, and more. The show match was part of LG’s Life’s Good, Let’s Play event. Despite KC winning the official series 2-0, the teams played a third match with more unconventional picks from the KC side. Coming into the 2024 LEC Summer Split,…

NRG, one of the first organizations to show interest in Apex Legends, returned to the North American competitive league today after leaving the scene for over half a year. The org is picking up one of the hottest free agent rosters leading up to the Split Two regular season. The official NRG X (formerly Twitter) account announced the new roster on May 30, made up of Brandon “oh Nocturnal” Singer, Ryan “Reptar” Boyd, and Brandon “FunFPS” Groombridge, alongside coach Haris “hodsic” Hodzic. Nocturnal, Fun, and hodsic were all part of the recently dropped XSET roster that failed to make the…

At this year’s Perfect World Counter-Strike 2 Major in Shanghai, the regional qualifier events will not feature open qualifiers for either Europe, North America, or South America for the first time in the illustrious history of the Majors. Tournament organizer Perfect World released its complete schedule for the Shanghai Counter-Strike Major early this morning, revealing that Europe, North America, and South America would have closed qualifiers in August, but no open qualifiers. Smaller regions like Oceania, the Middle East, East Asia, and the hosts China still retain a single open qualifier followed by another single closed qualifier. We gladly announce…