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IEM Katowice 2020, the most-watched non-Major CS:GO tournament On Sunday, March 1, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere met at the Spodek Arena in Kyiv, Ukraine in the grand finals of the Intel Extreme Masters XIV – Katowice 2020, where Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and company swept their French counterparts to hoist one of the most prestigious trophies in CS:GO competitive scene. Although there was no live audience at Katowice due to the COVID-19 fears, the event did not fail to draw in masses of CS:GO fans, who tuned in to watch history being written on their TV screens. More precisely,…

More leaked images from Riot Games’ FPS title surfaced First images of Riot Games' first-person shooter have been leaked earlier this Sunday, March 1, giving the fans an early glimpse of the characters, weapons, maps and other features Valorant (formerly known as Project A) will bring. The leaks surfaced from IGN Southeast Asia, who uploaded images of the upcoming Riot's FPS ahead of the release date, which caused quite a stir in the gaming community, especially among those who have been eagerly waiting for more information about one of the most anticipated game releases of 2020. As claimed by…

ALTERNATE aTTaX promote DuDe to analyst and move Scrunk to IGL role A German professional esports organisation ALTERNATE aTTaX announced on Saturday, February 29, that they have made some drastic changes to their CS:GO squad, promoting their In-game-leader Dustin "DuDe" Großmann to analyst role, while filling the vacant spot by coach Robin "ScrunK" Röpke, who will return to the battlefield on a temporary basis. DuDe has been a member of ALTERNATE aTTaX since January 2019, when he arrived from PANTHER Gaming alongside his now-former teammate Mateusz "mantuu" Wilczewski, who left ALTERNATE aTTaX for OG back in December 2019. Shortly…

ACF Fiorentina enters esports in partnership with Hexon A prominent name in the football world, ACF Fiorentina unveiled they're entering the world of esports with the creation of Fiorentina esports in partnership with Hexon esports. The Viola's entry into esports was unveiled earlier on Friday, February 28, with a blog post on the team's official website, where it was revealed Fiorentina esports will initially field competitors in both FIFA and eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer. Fiorentina esports will field Giovanni “Giovhy69” Salvaggio for FIFA and Angelo “Tipolosco319” Giannino for PES as the two inaugural members of the newly established squad.…

Natus Vincere stomp Astralis to book IEM Katowice finals appearance Natus Vincere shocked the world and booked a spot in the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice grand finals, following a complete trashing of Astralis at Spodek Arena, unfortunately in front of empty seats, as there was no live audience due to the coronavirus fears. A match that was expected to end in two swift maps in Astralis' favour met only half the expectations as it did end in two maps, but it was not Astralis who celebrated the win, but instead the CIS powerhouse who stomped the No.1 team in…

Los Angeles Guerrillas sign Vivid and Spart Los Angeles Guerrillas have reportedly signed two new young talent to their Call of Duty roster in Kris "Spart" Cervantez and Reece "Vivid" Drost, who will join the Guerrillas ahead of their Home Series weekend, set to take off on Saturday, March 7, at Shrine Expo Hall, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Guerrillas have announced the addition of the two new members this Saturday, February 29, with a Twitter post. That said, the team did not specify whether the new additions will be joining the starting roster straight away or will Spart…

Swag announces retirement from competitive CS:GO Braxton "swag" Pierce has announced he is hanging up his mouse and keyboard and will step away from the competitive Counter-Strike scene. He will instead devote his time and energy to become a professional player of the Riot Games' FPS title – Project A. The 23-year-old American CS:GO pro has unveiled his retirement from the competitive scene earlier this Friday, February 28, thus ending his eight-year career. In the announcement, he explained that while he will continue to stream CS:GO in the future, however, his focus will now be on the Riot Games'…

League of Legends Pro League set to return on March 9 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) will be returning to our screens on Monday, March 9, as revealed by the Chinese league organisers earlier this Friday. China's League of Legends Pro League was on a temporary hiatus for over a month due to the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and was initially planned to return only at the end of April, as revealed by the Chinese national general administration of sports department earlier this month. So far the LPL teams have only competed in the first week of the…

LEC Spring Split Power Rankings – Week 5 The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Spring Split is already in its second half, with the top European League of Legends teams setting themselves up for the sixth week of the split. Although the Spring Split is far from over, given that there are still four more weeks left to be played, enough time has passed to give us a solid idea as of which teams have what it takes to go all the way and which team are still struggling with their performances. There are a handful of teams who…

Gambit bring Gpk back to their Dota 2 roster Gambit have announced the return of Danil "gpk" Skutin to their Dota 2 squad earlier this Thursday, February 27, after benching the talented youngster at the start of the month, due to his refusal to boot camp with his team. The return of gpk has been announced via Gambit Esports' official Twitter page, where the CIS esports organisation took the chance to explain the situation with gpk, his benching and the eventual return to their main roster. The announcement read: "We are pleased to announce that Danil "gpk" Skutin returns…