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ESL Gaming, a part of ESL FACEIT Group, and Gravity Media have announced a partnership to deliver the production services of ESL Gaming’s global esports events over the next three years.Gravity Media will be ESLâs exclusive service provider at some of the worldâs largest multi-genre gaming and esports events, including Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne in Germany, ESL One Malaysia in Malaysia, the IEM Rio Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship in Brazil, DreamHack Atlanta in the US, and many more.Gravity Media is a well-known production and live broadcast company. It provides live broadcasts of many top-tier sports events, like Roland…
Korean League of Legends player Kim “River” Dong-woo has moved from Dignitas to Golden Guardians.23-year-old River has been playing for American Dignitas since December 2021. Before that, he played for numerous Hong-Kong and Japan orgs.Now, there are six players in the active Golden Guardians roster. The organization did not officially announce which of them would be replaced, but the media and social networks believe that it will be Milo “Pridestalkr” Wehnes.Golden Guardians LoLâs current lineup is:Eric “Licorice” RitchieMilo “Pridestalkr” WehnesKim “River” Dong-wooNicholas “Ablazeolive” Antonio AbbottTrevor “Stixxay” HayesKim “Olleh” Joo-sung
Costa Rican Club Sport Herediano has announced the launch of Herediano esports.âWe will have a greater presence with broadcasts and tournaments of games such as Rocket League, FIFA, LoL and Football Manager, so we are looking for young and talented players with a hunger and desire to grow, ânoted in Herediano’s statement.Besides these disciplines, Herediano is looking for Call of Duty, Free Fire Fortnite, Valorant and Dota 2 players – as can be seen in the esports section of the club’s website.Herediano officials noted that esports in Latin America generated revenue of 47.5 million dollars this year, driven by a…
Double winner of The International, now inactive, Finnish Dota 2 player Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen wants to return to the pro scene.âI [am] looking for teams after the last major, but there’s no slot. Of course, I wanna be in a good team. You know. I have [been] actively looking for a team,â he said during the stream.24-year old Topson won at The International with OG in 2018 and 2019. He is the first two-time TI-winner.Topson has been playing for OG since 2018, and since 2021 he is inactive.
Vici Gaming captain Chen “èµ·é£äº” Guanhong, also known as Victoria, has left the team.Vici has not reported any details of the departure yet. This information emerged on the Valve official website.Victoria has been playing for Vici Gaming since November 2021.Vici Gaming Dota 2 lineup currently is:Yang “Erika” ShaohanGuo “Xm” HongchengZhou “Yang” HaiyangZhao “Yds.” JiayiLu “Fenrir” Chao (head coach)
Riot Games has officially announced that the update 5.03 has been delayed and will go live on August 9, 2022 instead.”We’re skipping our regular patch cadence this week to allow our engineers the time they need to upgrade our game engine. You can expect the next patch – Patch 5.03 – to start shipping August 9,” Riot said.Although the developers haven’t announced the changes yet, we know from the previous Riot statements that they will update the game engine in the upcoming patch.The shooter fans on Twitter are actively expressing dissatisfaction with the delay as they had expected minor fixes…
According to Leetify.com data, Mirage, Inferno, and Dust 2 are the most popular maps in CS:GO matchmaking this year. The data also suggests that they are the most popular maps in history.Mirage has been played in 29.6% of matches from January to June 2022. It is over 1.53 million of 5.2 million games in total.Inferno and Dust 2 are the second and third with very close rates – 20.7% and 20.5%, respectively.Then follows Nuke (8.1%), Overpass (6.8%), Cache (5.7%), Vertigo (4.9%), Ancient (2.1%), and Train at the bottom of the list with 1.6% pick rate.It is noteworthy that Cache, which…
BIG in-game leader Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz has negated rumors of joining G2 Esports.”There’s something I will never do, abandon my child BIGCLAN.GG”, he noted.Earlier, broadcast analyst Serhii “lmbt” Bezhanov announced that G2 intends to invite tabseN to replace Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen.G2 Esports is currently rebuilding its CS:GO roster and industry participants are actively discussing potential candidates for a new team. Among others, the name of the former NAVI in-game leader Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov was also mentioned.
French professional СS:GO player François “AMANEK” Delaunay is one step away from signing with Team LDLC, media 1pv.fr reported, citing its informed sources.28-year-old AMANEK is sitting on the bench in G2 for over seven months.LDLC are currently collecting a new roster. Two new players, Arthur “Snobling” Benard and Matthieu “Razzmo” Mellot, are being tested now, and Florian “ElectuS” Delearde was benched.Due to the report, LDLC’s lineup would be:François “AMANEK” DelaunayFilip “Graviti” BrankovicRemi “Diviiii” AlexandreRyan “Neityu” AubryHugo “Brooxsy” Di BonoEythan “unshaark” SolomonArthur “Snobling” Benard (On trial)Matthieu “Razzmo” Mellot (On trial)Julien “Krav” Hernandez (Coach)Lambert “Lambert” Prigent (Coach)Florian “ElectuS” Delearde (Benched)
French esports organization Team Vitality is scanning the market to improve its roster. According to 1pv.fr sources, Vitality’s management wants to sign ENCEâs Lotan “Spinx” Giladi.Israeli rifler would have to replace Kevin “misutaaa” Rabier.However, Vitality exploring other options as well as a transfer from ENCE may be difficult.If Vitality kicks off misutaaa, then only two French will remain in the team. The majority – counting the coach – will already be Danes.Team Vitality is currently consisting of:Dan “apEX” MadesclaireMathieu “ZywOo” HerbautKévin “misutaaa” RabierPeter “dupreeh” RasmussenEmil “Magisk” ReifDanny “zonic” Sørensen (coach)