Author: BLIX.GG

Ukrainian multi-gaming esports organization Natus Vincere has parted ways with Valorant players Mikhail “Duno” Fokin, Denis “dinkzj” Tkachev and Nikolai “zeddy” Lapko.This decision was made following the results of the summer season. NAVI could not qualify for the playoffs at the 2022 VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers and flew out of the Last Chance Qualifier for Valorant Champions finishing in the 5th-6th place.Yaroslav “Jady” Nikolaev and Vladyslav “arch” Svistov (captain) remained on the team at the moment.Moreover, the organization decided to recruit Valorant Academy, apparently hoping to repeat the success of their own CS:GO Academy, where the talents of Ilya…

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The Ukrainian multi-gaming esports organization Natus Vincere is open to transfer or loan offers for CS:GO youth team player Daniil “headtr1ck” Valitov.headtr1ck joined NAVI Academy in April 2020 at the age of 15. Since then, he has participated in the WePlay Academy League four times (the best result – silver in the second season).The 18-year-old rifler made a breakthrough in his career this summer. He was a substitute for Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022, while the NAVI’s star was engaged in paperwork for residence for residence in Europe.Young esportrsman is also invited to participate in FACEIT…

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Rainbow Six Siege caster Tim “AceOfPyrite” Leaver had a stroke after the Berlin Major.He said he experienced a problem with the vision on August 26. After CT and MRI, Leaver found out he had a stroke.”I feel fortunate that I have not suffered any other effects but at the moment my vision has not yet returned. I have appointments with specialists which will hopefully give a little more knowledge, and optimism, for at least a partial recovery but I will have to wait and see. Whilst I am facing a lot of uncertainty in many areas, I am hopeful that…

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Game developer Riot Games has appointed Andrei van Roon as the Head of League Studios. He will head the development of League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics and League of Legends: Wild Rift.In the new position, van Roon will oversee all of the League Studios development teams and run the future of the three games. He will report directly to the company’s president and co-founder Mark Merrill.”I’m really excited to take on this role and very grateful to Riot for the opportunity. I’ve been a huge fan of League from closed beta onwards and have loved all the different ways I’ve…

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Natus Vincere star Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostylev explained why he was absent at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022. He had made documents for living in one of the countries but didn’™t specify in which one.”I’m trying to get my paperwork done in one of the countries so that I can be there and just have a house where you can leave things and not travel with two suitcases all the time. You just need to be there to do the paperwork; due to this I missed the first part of BLAST Premier,” he said on the NAVI vlog.Despite being absent,…

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Australian esports organization Chiefs Esports Club has decided to leave the Rainbow Six Siege pro scene and disband the roster. All five players and the coach have now become free agents.The organization’s management cited technical problems in the league as a significant factor in the decision.They explained that the APAC Pro League, the premier Rainbow 6 competition in the region, consists of online matches against teams as geographically far away as South-East Asia, Japan and Korea. Games are played on upwards of 150+ pings with a powerful impact on the competition and myriad tech issues.”These tech issues have been a…

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German professional esports organization MOUZ is experiencing a big exodus of CS:GO players.Frederik “acoR” Gyldstrand has left the main MOUZ’s CS:GO lineup. Together with him, Kamil “siuhy” Szkaradek left MOUZ NTX, the academic lineup of the organization.This duo is expected to resurface in GamerLegion. They competed for their squad at the IEM Road to Rio qualifiers. To date, there are only three players in the Legion and they require reinforcements.Besides, Miłosz “mhL” Knasiak has announced that he is allowed to explore new options outside MOUZ NTX. If he leaves the team before recruiting new esportsmen, only two players and a…

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Valve has released a balance patch 7.32b for Dota 2. The developers have fixed a number of bugs that occurred after update 7.32 and adjusted the characteristics of several characters.The most noticeable nerf is the increased cost of the Soul Ring recipe from 245 to 400 gold. After the release, the community notes that an almost twofold increase in the price of the recipe will practically “kill” the item.Also, the properties of numerous items such as Bracer, Wraith Band and Urn of Shadows have been adjusted.7.32b fixed bugs that appeared in Dota 2 after introducing a new bonus for Centaur…

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Polish esports organization AGO Esports has unveiled the CS:GO roster for the new competitive season.AGO signed Michał “snatchie” Rudzki and Grzegorz “jedqr” Jędras from disbanded Wisła Kraków and acquired Tomasz “phr” Wójcik from Illuminar Gaming.Besides, the org staff returned Eryk “leman” Kocięba from the bench.From the previous roster retained their places rifler Damian “Furlan” Kisłowski and coach Mikołaj “miNIr0x” Michałków.The updated AGO roster played its first matches even before the official presentation. The Poles competed in two open European qualifiers for the next RMR tournament, where they had failed.

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Valve assigned CS:GO version 1.36.8.4, which is supposedly a Source 2 port with the same ID as the version already available to all users on the classic engine – 730, dataminer Aquarius reported.He noted that before CS:GO 1.36.8.4 appeared with ID 730, the developers created a backup copy of the shooter. After that, they updated some client/server settings and localization files.The official release date of CS:GO on the Source 2 engine is still unknown. Valve representatives also did not report on the update in the game. However, towards the end of June, rumors appeared that the transition would take place…

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