Overwatch Tier Rankings: 2021 Pre-Season

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The Esports Kingdom team

2021.04.14

The 2021 Season for the Overwatch League is just about to kick off so Zekzal takes a look at how the teams stack up before the action begins in a special pre-season edition of the Overwatch Tier Rankings.

Counter-Strike Tier Rankings: ESL Pro League Season 13

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The Esports Kingdom team

2021.04.13

ESL Pro League came to the conclusion with Gambit Esports taking out Heroic in the grand finals to cement themselves at the top of the Counter-Strike world right now. It isn't who we expected to be standing on the pedestal, but they are!

The Spring Showdown 2021 in CS:GO: waiting for the fire and the unexpected battles

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2021.04.09

Fans found the last participant of the spring championship Blast Premier Spring Showdown 2021 on March 30. It was the ambitious American team Extra Salt. The guys headed by Edgar MarKE Maldonado won the final match at the event VENN and now, they will be fighting for 162 thousand US dollars of prize money.

DreamHack Masters Spring 2021: Under the May downpour of bullets

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2021.04.06

The organizers begin warming the interest for the championship DreamHack Masters, which starts at the end of April. First of all, they announced the prize pool of 250 thousand US dollars.

San Francisco Shock: The measuring stick of the league

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Kevin "Zekzal" Rathore

2021.03.29

With the 2021 Overwatch League Season starting just around the corner, the San Francisco Shock have their sights set on adding a third championship to their trophy cabinet and solidifying their dynasty within Overwatch Esports.

Bringing The paiN: NA Dreamhack Open March 2021 Recap

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Joshua "SUPER__FRESH" Treadway

2021.03.18

March’s Dreamhack Open pitted eight North American teams against one-another, for both a share of the $70,000 prize pool as well as a qualification spot at IEM Summer, hosted in Europe.

Operation Broken Fang - Week 16 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.03.16

"Ancient Danger" - The last week of missions and that means it is time to wrap it up with another co-op mission and a whole lot of action on the map Ancient including Guardian and Competitive.

A Scene Rebuilding: My 2021 NA CS Recap

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Joshua "SUPER__FRESH" Treadway

2021.03.12

Ever since the collapse of NA CS, it's been pretty clear that a lot of people see it as a dead region. I, however, have hope: there is potential here, and teams have already begun rebuilding. As such, I've decided to do a little recap of some of the NA teams on the rise and some of the past/upcoming tournaments.

Counter-Strike Tier Rankings: IEM Katowice 2021

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The Esports Kingdom team

2021.03.11

We are switching back into global rankings for this edition as IEM Katowice saw teams from most of the major regions go head-to-head. What does this mean for the Europe old guard, the dying North American scene, and the new fresh crop of CIS talent?

Operation Broken Fang - Week 15 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.03.09

"Spare No Expense" - It's the second to last week of the operation and it's time to spend your hard earned cash as you enter Danger Zone for the first time in this Operation. Also you will be making that dollar dollar in Deathmatch.

ESL and AOC team up to bring VALORANT Rising Heroes tournament to ANZ!

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Grady Hooker

2021.03.09

VALORANT Rising Heroes presented by AOC is the largest VALORANT esports tournament that the ANZ scene has seen yet with $24,000aud on the line in cash and prizes. It will see open qualifiers, a 16-team tournament, and a group stage live from ESL's brand new studios in Sydney.

Call of Duty Tier Rankings: 2021 Stage One

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The Esports Kingdom team

2021.03.07

The first stage of the 2021 season of the Call of Duty League has been completed and competition is heating up at the top. Stage Two will be an interesting one to see which teams can keep their grip on the top and which fall down a tier or two.

Operation Broken Fang - Week 14 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.03.02

"Turf War" - There isn't a huge theme this week, instead you will be playing some Wingman with your friends while trying to get some kills either scoped, with the enemies weapons, or from very specific locations on the map.

FURIA: "I’ve never played anything like it, it’s just all reactionary based"

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.27

At IEM Katowice 2021 we got the opportunity to talk to both VINI and, the brand new American to the squad, junior from FURIA about what makes their team so special, can they perform at a major, and junior's experience so far.

Astralis: "It isn’t the same as when you are playing in the arena"

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.27

Before they were knocked out in the play-offs, we got to sit down with Bubzkji and gla1ve from Astralis. We chatted about the difference with shifting to online and how Bubzkji felt moving into a team like Astralis.

Heroic: "We need to take a step back and then we’ll be ready to take two steps forward"

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.24

We manage to get a hold of three of the players from Heroic - stavn, b0RUP, and TeSeS - during IEM Katowice 2021. We talked about their performance of late compared to last year, the burn out of online play, and how they can come back stronger for the upcoming tournaments and major.

Operation Broken Fang - Week 13 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.23

"Vertiglobals" - Don't be scared away from the title of this week, but yes we are going to be spending a lot fo time on Vertigo. This week has it all Casual Vertigo, Wingman Vertigo, and Guardian Vertigo!

Operation Broken Fang - Week 12 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.16

"Delirium" - It is getting crazy up in here and that might be from the crazy weather outside or the missions we have this week. I hope you like using the Scout and the map Dust II because you are going to be seeing a lot of them.

Hey PGL, we have a great showmatch idea for you!

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.13

It is November 2013, over 7 years ago, and the first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major is coming to a thrilling conclusion. The Elmia in Jönköping is getting it's roof blown off by two local teams tearing it up in the grand finals.

Operation Broken Fang - Week 11 Challenges

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Grady Hooker

2021.02.08

"One Track Mind" - Choo choo...it is time to visit the map they call Train for all of our missions this week. It is rounds in Competitive, kills on Guardian, headshots in Deathmatch, and heavy weapon kills in Casual - but all on Train.