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Valve is not one for communicating when they plan to do things, so it was a massive surprise when they dropped updates for their two biggest games last night. Dota 2 received the Bladeform Legacy update, the headline of which was the new Juggernaut Arcana cosmetic item that was announced …
Read More »PGL will host the next CS:GO Major in Krakow
Tournament organiser PGL has announced that it has been chosen by Valve to host the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Krakow, Poland. The announcement comes just four months before the main event is set to take place, with the final stages of the competition due to take place in …
Read More »WESA brings in new rules to stop multi team ownership
The World Esports Association has announced a new set of rules for its competitions that restrict one company owning or having a financial stake in multiple teams in the league. A statement released by WESA states that “no team is permitted to be completely or partially owned or controlled by …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas sign draken
Swedish CS:GO team Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced a roster change that will see Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi move to the bench and William "draken" Sundin join the team to take his place. Draken joins the team from Epsilon eSports, where he had been the star of the young team. His …
Read More »HP sponsors female CS:GO player Julia Kiran
At the very end of last week, just before the Intel Extreme Masters kicked off, HP announced the sponsorship of female Counter-Strike player Julia ‘Juliano’ Kiran. Juliano is the in game leader for Team Secret, who are widely regarded as the best female Counter-Strike team. Over the weekend they won …
Read More »Team Dignitas sign female Counter-Strike team
Team Dignitas has signed the former Selfless Female CS:GO team. The team, which features Emmalee “emuhleet” Garrido, Amanda “rain” Smith, Mounira “Goosebreeder” Dobie, Carolyn “artStar” Noquez and Catherine “Cath” Leroux, will now play under the Team Dignitas banner. Their first event under the new name will be the Intel Extreme …
Read More »North joins the ECS Season 3 Development League
FACEIT and Twitch have announced the details of the ECS Development League, including the teams that will be playing in it. The competition kicks off later today, with eight teams from Europe and eight teams from North America competing for a chance to play one of the relegation teams from …
Read More »Heroic finally sign JUGi after weeks of negotiations
One of Denmark’s most promising CS:GO players has finally completed his big money move to Heroic after weeks of back and forth. Earlier in the year Heroic contacted tRICKED in regards to signing Jakob "JUGi" Hansen, however having being burned in the past by Heroic the tRICKED management we’re less …
Read More »ScreaM officially joins Team EnVyUs
After weeks of uncertainty and confusion over just where CS:GO player Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom would end up, he has finally put pen to paper and signed for Team EnVyUs. ScreaM, who is known as the master of the one taps, became one of the hottest free agents in the world …
Read More »IEM Katowice CS:GO schedule released, final is a best of five
ESL has released the schedule for the Intel Extreme Masters Masters CS:GO event that starts next weekend. The teams have been split into two groups of six and will play a round robin format on the first two days. From this the top placing team in the group will advance …
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