Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira

Gaimin Gladiators has defeated Team Liquid at the Grand Final of the Lima Major 2023 with a score of 3:0.The winner earns $200,000 and 400 DPC Points, the silver medalist earns $100,000 and 350 DPC Points.The Lima Major 2023 was held in the capital of Peru from February 22 to March 5 at Arena 1. 18 teams competed for a prize pool of $500,000 and 1,900 DPC points. The next major will take place in Berlin on April 26 ‘“ May 7 after the DPC Spring Tour.Lima Major 2023 results1st ‘“ $200,000 and 400 DPC points ‘“ Gaimin Gladiators2nd ‘“…

Riot Games, VALORANT publisher and Esports tournament organizer, have decided that the VALORANT Champions 2023 will take place in Los Angeles in August.”Teams from North America, Brazil, Latin America, EMEA, and Asia are in the running to earn one of 16 qualification slots for the tournament. After LOCK//IN, VCT teams will head to their three respective regional competitions, the Americas, PACIFIC, and EMEA leagues, where they will earn the chance to qualify for Masters Tokyo and Champions Los Angeles,” noted the Riot statement.It will be the first international VALORANT tournament in North America.”The Shrine Auditorium will host the opening rounds…

Nakama Esports, founded by the French CS:GO star Richard “shox” Papillon, has signed Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen Van and Matthieu “Razzmo” Mellot.They will fill the places of Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux and Paul “⁠day0s⁠” Niel, who left the squad earlier after the failure of Nakama’s attempt to qualify for the Paris Major.23-year-old Kyojin is more experienced in this duo. He has played with Team Vitality, Team Falcons and others. The athlete came to Nakama from Young Prodigies where he performed as a stand-in.21-year-old Matthieu ‘Razzmo’ Mellot came to Nakama from HEET, where he has been playing since January this year. Earlier, he…

The E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has announced Cash Cup Circuit as a new initiative to provide the NA CS:GO ecosystem. Participants will compete for a $60,000 prize pool, bootcamp in IEM Cologne and a direct slot to the IEM Fall Closed Qualifier.”The Cash Cup Circuit will consist of eight tournaments, each offering $5,000 in the prize pool and points toward the Cash Cup Circuit leaderboard. After all eight Cash Cups are played, the top teams with the most points earned will advance to a play-off bracket where they will compete for $60,000, a direct slot to the IEM Fall Closed…

German Esports organization Sprout has announced the signing of Australian CS:GO pro player Aaron “AZR” Ward.The organization have completed their roster and finally decided on who will take the position of the In-Game Leader after a series of reshuffles and trials.30-year-old AZR has been performing on the professional CS:GO stage since 2012. He previously played for Vox Eminor, Renegades, 100 Thieves and EXTREMUM but he was inactive from October 2021.”Excited to be back in action with the Sprout boys. I have a lot to prove and have a lot of hard work ahead after being out of competition for a…

Dataminer Aquarius has found new evidence of the coming implementation of the Source 2 engine in CS:GO.He noted that with one of the latest NVIDIA Drivers a new Game Profile has been added to the NVIDIA Control Panel called “Counter-Strike 2”.Aquarius believes that this indicates the preparation for the long-range release of the new game engine in the Valve shooter.Source 2 was announced in 2015 as the successor to the original Source engine. Valve ported Dota 2 and some others games on the new engine but СS:GO still works on the old engine. Officially, the developer does not call the…

Ally Financial Inc. and Rocket League Esports have announced the establishment of the Ally Women’s Open, a women’s Rocket League tournament.Ally became an official sponsor of the North American Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) in February 2023, and the relationship includes branding in RLCS broadcasts during the Winter and Spring splits. As part of the sponsorship, Ally will headline the Ally Women’s Open, a women’s Rocket League tournament in March 2023, with a $20,000 prize pool for North America and $20,000 for Europe.”Investment in all sports, including Esports, has long been biased towards men’s competition. To address this inequity, we’ve…

Support in League of Legends is essential, but it is a very thankless job. Nothing good comes out of the game without the intervention of support.There are three categories of support champions: Engagers, Poke, and Enchanters. Enchanters, such as Soraka or Nami, support the bot lane with healing and shields during the laning phase. However, they cannot fight Engagers. However, this is not a problem for poke support. Engagers – Alistar, Leona, and others – have advantages over the previous category but cannot defeat poke support due to their lower HP. Poke such as Zyra and Brand force enemies to…

ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), which owns well-known Esports brands ESL, FACEIT and DreamHack, has announced the acquisition of Vindex, the global Esports, technology and infrastructure company.Headquartered in New York, Vindex has developed the cloud & data platform for gaming audience management. Vindex’™s portfolio of Esports infrastructure companies offers end-to-end solutions to serve the video games industry. Esports Engine leads video game, Esports and creator-driven content production across broadcast, physical and metaverse events. Vindex Intelligence Platform provides brands, publishers and creators with robust omnichannel consumer data and analytics.The deal, as noted by EFG, will strengthen the group’s ability to unite and…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed details of the Olympic Esports Series 2023.The initially confirmed featured games across nine sports are:Archery (World Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow),Baseball (World Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS),Chess (International Chess Federation, Chess.com)Cycling (UCI, Zwift)Dance (World DanceSport Federation, JustDance)Motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’™Automobile, Gran Turismo)Sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta)Taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Virtual Taekwondo)Tennis (International Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash)The Series 2023 begins today, March 1. Players from around the world are invited to take part in qualifications, which will continue until March 15.The Finals of the Olympic Esports Series will take place at…