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Brazilian LOUD has defeated American OpTic Gaming at the Valorant Champions 2022 super final with the score 3:1.Brazilians have won on Ascent (15:13), Breeze (16:14) and Haven (13:5) and lost on Bind (6:13).LOUD is taking home $300,000 and the Champion title, while OpTic Gaming is taking home $150,000.According to the results of the Lower Bracket Final, the third place belongs to DRX from South Korea.Prize Pool:1st – $300,000 – LOUD2nd – $150,000 – OpTic Gaming3rd – $110,000 – DRX4th – $80,000 – FunPlus Phoenix5th-6th – $60,000 each – XSET, Fnatic7th-8th – $40,000 each – Leviatán, Team Liquid9th-12th – $25,000 each…

On October 8-12, Singapore will host the Last Chance tournament, where 12 teams from six regions will compete for two tickets to the group stage of The International 2022. All participants in the championship are already known.Last Chance included teams that took 2-3 places in the regional qualifiers for TI11. The championship is organized by PGL, who is responsible for hosting the main Dota 2 tournament in 2022. The Last Chance format has not yet been announced.All Last Chance members:Outsiders (Virtus.pro)NAVINounsWildcard GamingInfamousTempestSecretLiquidXtremeViciPolarisT1Also, the winners of all qualifications for TI in all regions were determined:BetBoom TeamWorld EntityRoyal Never Give UpWorld Talon…

Joe “Joe” Crowther and Adam “nudl” Hryceniak join the Mexican Rainbow Six Siege team Skull Cracker.20-year-old Joe in 2020-2021 played for Natus Vincere and Viperio 86 in September-December 2021. After that, he was on hiatus. The British esportsman won with NAVI UK & Ireland Nationals – Season 2 in 2021. His latest professional achievement was in the European Challenger League 2021, where Viperio 86 ranked 5-6th.18-year-old nudl, British-Polish esportsman, also played with Viperio 86, but in 2022. Until now, he has played in regional tournaments such as the Benelux Cup, Six Masters Iberia, LouvardGame and others.The Skull Cracker’s R6 lineup…

Chinese player Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida, who is currently playing for PSG.LGD, has decided to retire from Dota 2 competitive scene after finishing The International 2022.”I will retire after TI11, leave the arena forever, and start a new chapter. This is what I have personally thought for a long time, and I will not talk about it for the time being. I am sorry, but I am longing for it. Here, I say this idea to tell my teammates and opponents that I have enough awareness for the final game, and I will try my best to fight for the championship…

Russian Dota 2 team Luna Gaming has parted ways with Kirill “deihra” Kharitonov.”We would like to announce that Kirill “deihra” Kharitonov is leaving our team. Kirill has been with us since the beginning of the team and we wish him success in his future endeavors,” Luna Gaming noted.As a result, four players now remain on the active Luna roster. Team management hasn’t yet announced who will take the position of the former captain.The last tournament for Luna Gaming was Winline Insight Season 2. The team took 5th-6th place and didn’t earn any prize money.In May, Luna Gaming competed in DPC…

North American esports organization FaZe Clan, listed on Nasdaq as FaZe Holdings Inc, has announced a partnership with The Sandbox: the decentralized gaming metaverse company that is a subsidiary of Animoca Brands.The partnership is anchored around the development of FaZe Clan’s 12 x 12 plot of LAND named “FaZe World”, a virtual land in the metaverse encompassing the lifestyle and culture of FaZe Clan. The two companies will co-produce experiences for the FaZe community in The Sandbox by building digital infrastructure, virtual events, games, and digital product releases.The Sandbox LANDs surrounding FaZe World will be available for individual digital real…

Dota 2 developer Valve has added Exile Unveiled: a new hero persona for Phantom Assassin.The persona is available to allBattle Pass owners who reach level 296. The new Exile Unveiled Hero Persona for Phantom Assassin features new models, animations, ability effects, and voice performance.”Raised in secret by outcast sisters of the Veiled Order, Asan the exile has spent a lifetime in pursuit of a single purpose: to destroy the false prophet that his teachers blamed for the corruption of their once-sacred faith. And while his guardians have been taken from him one-by-one by the blades of the veiled assassins, Asan…

Pari Parni’s team manager Gleb “cerna” Antokhin revealed the information that the roster of Pari Parni is disbanded. All the players and the coach are free agents from now on.Pari Parni team was established in June and was a former roster of CIS Rejects.During the last 3 months the team haven’t shown any successful results, failing to qualify for ESL One Malaysia 2022 and The International 11.Entity Fishman: “Usually, teams would come in and sign my players for them. Now, I’m at a point when I can come to another team and get their player. I see Entity as a…

15th of September, Aleksey “El1an” Gusev, was transfer-listed in Entropiq in a mutual agreement from both sides.Talking to Metaratings after, he mentioned that multiple organizations were interested in signing him: “It’s true that G2 kept an eye on me, but the organizations [Entropiq and G2] didn’t find an agreement. Objectively, Ilya m0NESY is stronger than me, plus he has a media value, so I think it was 50/50 there anyway, and considering that my buyout was costly, the choice fell on Ilya. ENCE and Liquid were also interested in me, but I chose to stick with Entropiq”.Read more: The Liquid…

Chinese Rainbow Six Siege player Wu “Reeps96” Weichen has joined the Australian esports organization Dire Wolves.Reeps96 has to replace Huang “HARAM3E.” Chih-hang, who has moved to the analyst role.He will be the one player in the team from mainland China. All the other team members, including HARAM3E., who was moved to analytics, are from Taiwan.In the last six months, Dire Wolves couldn’t shine. They ranked 9th-12th at the Six Charlotte Major 2022 in May. In the APAC South 2022 – Stage 2 they finished 5th and didn’t qualify for the major in Berlin.Dire Wolves are now:Hou “Ed” Tsung-chengWu “JackyWu” Jhih-yingLin…