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Call of Duty veteran Clayster will try his luck in free agency after splitting from Carolina Royal Ravens on July 7 following a disappointing stint in the Call of Duty League. The Royal Ravens announced the 32-year-old’s departure on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week. “An icon of the scene and a driving force behind our season, we want to thank Clay for his time,” the organization wrote in its post. Following that post, Clayster didn’t mince words regarding his departure in his own exit statement yesterday. “Got a lot to say but there’s really no point. Gotta be more…

Cloud9 League of Legends coach Hai Du Lam is praising the slow rollout of Fearless Draft across the esport and believes the format change is revitalizing fan and player engagement in competitive League—even if it means more work for the pros. Hai said the implementation of Fearless Draft should be prioritized and that it is a necessary move for the League showrunners to make to ensure the quality and viewing experience of the LCS—and League as a whole—remains up to scratch. “I think it’s a really interesting format that promotes a wide champion pool and a diversity of champions,” Hai…

Cloud9 has turned to the past in its Counter-Strike 2 revamp ahead of the next season, reportedly recruiting former rifler Timofey “interz” Yakushin to join a new core for the American org. Interz will lead a new-look C9 roster at BLAST Premier Fall Groups, according to a June 8 report from Dust2.us, with Kaisar “ICY” Faiznurov and Nikita “HeavyGod” Martynenko also linked to the squad. They’ll join Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov and Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov—the only remaining players from C9’s roster implosion last season. Interz is back. Photo via Cloud9 (X/Twitter) C9 formed what many believed was the next Counter-Strike superteam…

Ever since rejoining the Counter-Strike scene last September, TSM has been struggling to put up a formidable team. On July 1, they completed another roster, this time consisting of only Danish players. Three new CS2 players were signed and announced by TSM on Monday: acoR, who was transferred from GamerLegion, and a duo of Altekz and niko, who were previously without an organization to play for. They join an already-existing core of valde, who’s been with TSM since its return last year, and Zyphon, who joined in February. The squad is also coached by former Danish MOUZ coach, Rejin. Danish…

It’s time to find out who’s the best of the best in competitive Call of Duty—and you can get some sweet in-game loot just by watching. The 2024 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend is right around the corner, and the kings of Modern Warfare 3 will be crowned. And for tuning in, you can get items such as a weapon camo, blueprint, calling cards, XP tokens, and more. Here are all of this year’s viewership drops on YouTube for the 2024 CDL Championship Weekend. All CoD Champs 2024 viewership drops A look at everything you can earn just by…

Dota 2‘s Riyadh Masters has returned for 2024, with the big-money Saudi event now folded into this year’s edition of the Esports World Cup. Twenty teams will head to Riyadh to compete for the lion’s share of the massive $5 million USD prize pool. Riyadh Masters 2024 is just one event among dozens being held in the Saudi Arabian capital over the coming two months as part of the EWC. Victorious teams will also score points toward the Club Championship for their organization, with the winner taking home a cool $7 million bonus. Team Spirit took down Team Liquid at…

Over 200 Magic: The Gathering players gathered in Amsterdam for the final Pro Tour of the season, featuring Modern gameplay and Modern Horizons 3 Draft. Here are the updated standings and scores for day two of Pro Tour Amsterdam. MTG Pro Tour MH3 standings – June 30 Day three of the MH3 Pro Tour featured five Bant Nadu decks, so the odds were high of it being at the final match of the day. Dominguez gave it his all with Jeskai Control but fell to Simon Nielsen in the quarterfinals. Nielsen would go on to make the final table with…

The final Magic: The Gathering MH3 Pro Tour in Amsterdam was packed with drama, format-defining cards, and accolade-heavy players competing in the top eight. Heading into the final MTG Pro Tour of the year, Modern Horizons 3 cards like Nadu, Winged Wisdom defined the Modern Constructed meta through Bant Nadu. Of the 243 competitors at Pro Tour Amsterdam, 62 had brought either Bant Nadu or Four-Color Nadu as their Modern Constructed deck. Five Nadu MTG decks made it to the top eight at the MH3 Pro Tour, piloted by players Eli Kassis, Sam Pardee, Jason Ye, Simon Nielsen, and Daniel…

The online portion of the 2024 Call of Duty League season has officially wrapped up, which means there’s also only one more regular season LAN before CoD Champs. The MW3 CDL season is quickly coming to a close. But before we actually reach that point, there’s still the 2024 Call of Duty League Major Four tournament in California with no fans in attendance from June 27 to 30. This event represents the final chance for the 12 franchises to try to earn CDL Points to finish in the top eight of the standings and qualify for the end-of-season playoffs. The…

The inaugural Esports World Cup is kicking off soon, and dozens of teams are looking to win it all for the large amounts of cash on offer. Teams like G2, Fnatic, Cloud9, and more all looking to make their mark on history. The event kicks off July 3 and goes well into August, and there’s so much to keep track of that it might feel a little daunting. So let’s give you a hand so you can see where teams currently stand, and what games are coming up. Esports World Cup 2024 Club Championship leaderboard Esports World Cup Clubs who…