ESL and Intel mark twenty years of collaboration with a $100 million three-year partnership renewal
The longest running esports industry partnership continues.
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Ben Lyons
Minecraft has 140 million monthly players
That's a 30% increase over the same period last year.
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Jonas Mäki
Earth Defense Force 2 and Earth Defense Force 2017 are coming to Switch
Earth Defense Force 6 is still planned to arrive in 2021.
Text: Alicia Chang
Games with Gold continue to be kind of lackluster in May
The Xbox 360 games will probably be the highlight for many of us.
Dev1ce leaves Astralis, signs with Ninjas in Pyjamas
The CS:GO veteran won countless majors under the Astralis banner.
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Ben Lyons
Alien: Isolation and Hand of Fate 2 are now free on Epic Games Store until April 29
After this date, both titles will be replaced by Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.
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ESL details plans for upcoming events, eyes ESL One Cologne as return to in-person studio events
Live audience events are still planned for November this year.
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Ben Lyons
Fortnite and other F2P games are now free to play online on Xbox
The highly requested change has been made.
OG Esports re-sign "the big three" of its CS:GO roster
Aleksib, valde, and Mateusz will all remain with the organisation until the end of 2022.
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Ben Lyons
GTA Online is offering triple rewards on classic sumo modes
There's also a whole load of free loot coming to celebrate 4/20.
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Ben Lyons
Six new games get touch controls for Xbox Cloud Gaming
Banjo-Kazooie is one the six.
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Jonas Mäki
Resident Evil 4 is coming to virtual reality
Exclusively to Oculus Quest 2 in first-person to be specific.
Fez is coming to Nintendo Switch later today
The indie platforming classic is finally making the jump to the hybrid console.
Text: Kieran Harris
World of Tanks Console to add modern tanks on April 27
The update will be bringing new tanks, maps, content, and more.
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Ben Lyons
Almost eight years after its launch, GTA V was the most watched game on Twitch this March
The interest is driven by role playing servers.
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Ben Lyons
OG Esports adds flameZ to its CS:GO line-up
The young talent joins the team ahead of the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021.
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Ben Lyons
Get a free car in GTA Online this week
There's also a whole bunch of multipliers to look out for.
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Ben Lyons
Following "pausing" its CS:GO involvement, former Cloud9 CS:GO GM HenryG has left the organisation
He was with the team for a little over six months.
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Ben Lyons
Grand Theft Auto V and NHL 21 coming to Xbox Game Pass
A few games are leaving as well.
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Jonas Mäki
You can now stream 16 Xbox classics to your smartphone
These games include Fallout: New Vegas, Gears of War 2, and Banjo-Kazooie.
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Jonas Mäki
Red Bull's 2v2 CS:GO tournament Flick is back this year
The tournament will be set in sci-fi-themed maps and will feature capture points for teams to fight over.
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Ben Lyons
Limited Run Games is launching a physical collection of the first three Doom titles
Doom: The Classics Collection will launch on PS4 and Switch.
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Don't expect a remake of Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey
Hironobu Sakaguchi is one of the all-time greats in our wonderful industry and has first and foremost created Final Fantasy and was heavily involved in each and every one...
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Jonas Mäki
Cloud9 pauses its involvement in CS:GO
The team does intend to return to competitive play in the future, however.
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Ben Lyons
The mobile reboot of Final Fantasy XI has been scrapped
The title reportedly didn't meet expectations.
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Is Xbox Live about to be rebranded?
Insiders have reported that the service is referred to Xbox Network in the most recent update.
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Jonas Mäki
Terraria sets two impressive milestones
The game has now sold more than 35 million units.
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Jonas Mäki
Virtus.pro announce new VP.Prodigy CS:GO roster
The new youth roster features five players and a coach.
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Ben Lyons
Rockstar plans to use a fan's fix to slash loading times for GTA Online on PC
It's said to reduce loading times by 70%.
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Fallout 76, Skyrim and more have nearly double frame rate on Xbox Series S/X
The boost in frame rate can come at the cost of resolution in some select titles.
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Jonas Mäki
Whatshed looking to recruit Minecraft pros for in-game landscaping advice
The pay is upwards of £50 an hour.
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Ben Lyons
GTA Online offering double rewards on Lamar missions
Madrazo Dispatch Services are also doubling up.
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Ben Lyons
World of Tanks: Console has kicked off Season 5: Flashpoint
The season will last until April 26.
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Ben Lyons
Dignitas adds Lekr0 to its CS:GO team
The organisation has benched HARR3 in favour of the veteran talent.
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Ben Lyons
G2 Esports drop kennyS, and add JaCkz to the roster
NiKo will be moving to a hybrid rifler/AWP role.
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Ben Lyons
Grotti Brioso 300 is now widely purchasable in GTA Online
Players can also look forward to double GTA$ and RP in a bunch of activities again this week.
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Ben Lyons
What would Banjo-Kazooie look like as a JRPG
The fan launched project shows what the game will look like as a pixel-based JRPG.
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Jonas Mäki
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is about to get the boardgame treatment
The popular RPG makes its way to yet another format.
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Jonas Mäki
The groups for the ESL Pro League Season 13 are set
The upcoming event features a $750,000 prize pool.
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Ben Lyons
Heroic welcomes Refrezh and Sjuush to its CS:GO roster
The pair will be replacing niko and b0RUP on the active roster.
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Ben Lyons
Gambit Esports win IEM Katowice 2021
The team took home $400,000 in prize money.
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Ben Lyons
BLAST Premier announces expanded Spring Showdown qualifiers
The expanded event will reach over 1500 teams, all fighting over five spots in the Spring Showdown itself.
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Ben Lyons
Youtooz is launching Banjo-Kazooie collectibles
The figures are priced at $29.99 and are planned to release in June.
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Jonas Mäki
Karrigan leaves Mousesports, re-signs with FaZe Clan
The veteran CS:GO player has been on the move.
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Ben Lyons
Olofmeister parts ways with FaZe Clan
The long-time veteran has left the North American esports organisation.
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Ben Lyons
Love is in the air in GTA Online
Celebrate the most intimate of holidays in Rockstar's online world.
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Ben Lyons
Tales from the Borderlands will soon resurface on digital storefronts
The game has not been available since 2019 following the demise of Telltale Games.
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Mousesports add Dexter to its CS:GO line-up
The German esports organisation is adding some talent from the Oceania region.
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Ben Lyons
Grand Theft Auto V has sold more than 140 million copies
The game enjoyed its second best year in 2020.
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Jonas Mäki
Terraria is no longer coming to Google Stadia
Co-creator Andrew Spinks pulled the plug on the Stadia version after being unable to access his Google accounts for weeks.
Text: Kieran Harris