Steal a golden panther statue this week in GTA Online
Even more reasons to tackle the Cayo Perico Heist this weekend.
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Ben Lyons
Astralis partners with Esportal in hopes of improving the "CS:GO experience"
The Astralis Esportal page is already live now.
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Ben Lyons
Grand Theft Auto V will have more than 150 million players soon
The incredibly popular games sold more than five million copies in the first three months of 2021. Close to eight years after launch...
Allu to take a "leave of absence" from ENCE
It's for "personal reasons."
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Ben Lyons
ESL and BLAST has rescheduled a few CS:GO events
Three events are seeing slight changes.
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Ben Lyons
In Europe, Minecraft was the most downloaded Switch game in April
It beat out Monster Hunter Rise for the top spot.
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Natus Vincere are the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 Champions
They beat out Gambit to take the tournament.
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Ben Lyons
GTA Online offering double rewards on Mobile Operation Missions this week
3x rewards on Motor Wars continues.
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Ben Lyons
These are the eight teams that will be competing in the 2021 BLAST Premier: Spring Finals
Teams are fighting for $225,000 and a spot in the BLAST Premier: World Final.
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Ben Lyons
Both Microsoft and Sony wanted Destiny as an exclusive
This is according to former Bungie composer Martin O'Donnell.
The Blast Rising groups have been revealed
The tournament will feature a $30,000 prize pool.
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Ben Lyons
ESL and Intel mark twenty years of collaboration with a $100 million three-year partnership renewal
The longest running esports industry partnership continues.
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Ben Lyons
Minecraft has 140 million monthly players
That's a 30% increase over the same period last year.
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Jonas Mäki
Dev1ce leaves Astralis, signs with Ninjas in Pyjamas
The CS:GO veteran won countless majors under the Astralis banner.
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Ben Lyons
Alien: Isolation and Hand of Fate 2 are now free on Epic Games Store until April 29
After this date, both titles will be replaced by Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.
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ESL details plans for upcoming events, eyes ESL One Cologne as return to in-person studio events
Live audience events are still planned for November this year.
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Ben Lyons
OG Esports re-sign "the big three" of its CS:GO roster
Aleksib, valde, and Mateusz will all remain with the organisation until the end of 2022.
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PlayStation changes its mind: PS Store will remain on PS3 and Vita
"It's clear that we made the wrong decision here." Guessing this will pour some fuel on the Days Gone 2 fire as well...
GTA Online is offering triple rewards on classic sumo modes
There's also a whole load of free loot coming to celebrate 4/20.
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Ben Lyons
Resident Evil 4 is coming to virtual reality
Exclusively to Oculus Quest 2 in first-person to be specific.
The Last of Us series casts Gabriel Luna as Joel's brother
The character and actor were both born in Austin, Texas, so their background match a bit at least.
Fez is coming to Nintendo Switch later today
The indie platforming classic is finally making the jump to the hybrid console.
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Several PS3 titles cannot get patched anymore
In some severe cases, users will be unable to access the DLC they have purchased.
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Jonas Mäki
Almost eight years after its launch, GTA V was the most watched game on Twitch this March
The interest is driven by role playing servers.
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Ben Lyons
OG Esports adds flameZ to its CS:GO line-up
The young talent joins the team ahead of the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021.
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Ben Lyons