Mission Control's CEO:
"Our focus is on community building and social experience"

Razer's David Tse:
"We have a vision to establish esports in Olympics Games"

Chiefs zewsy & ofnu:
"We wanted to to start new, start something different"

All of the OWL players who retired in 2020 and who moved to VALORANT

Renegades nexa:
"I still think I need more time to adjust to the playstyle of an IGL"

ESL Ben Green:
"[If] HenryG will be up for another shellacking at the hands of Spunj"

juliano and the squad leave Besiktas and add mimi juliano and the squad leave Besiktas and add mimi

juliano and the squad leave Besiktas and add mimi

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Juliano kicked off 2020 with an announcement that her team would no longer be representing Beşiktaş Esports and are now free agents with no contract. This wasn't the only announcement as she also let us know that mimi from Copenhagen Flames Fe would be joining them.
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Operation Shattered Web - Week 7 Challenges Operation Shattered Web - Week 7 Challenges

Operation Shattered Web - Week 7 Challenges

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"Hot Shot" - It might be a new year, but it is the same old Counter-Strike. Operation Shattered Web is still ongoing and we have all the week 7 challenges focusing on flashy deagle, headshot, and no-scope kills.
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Operation Shattered Web - Week 6 Challenges Operation Shattered Web - Week 6 Challenges

Operation Shattered Web - Week 6 Challenges

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"Money Isn't Everything" - It is Christmas time and Happy Holidays to all, but we have some missions to do! The sixth week of missions for Operation Shattered Web is out and will test us with challenges related to money.
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Operation Shattered Web - Week 5 Challenges Operation Shattered Web - Week 5 Challenges

Operation Shattered Web - Week 5 Challenges

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"Field Trip" - It is that time of the week for Valve to drop 6 new challenges on us. It might be the holiday season, but Operation Shattered Web isn't taking any time off. Befriend some chickens, fly with a parachute, and gets kills with a bunch of different weapons.
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All ESL Pro Tour event locations and dates leaked All ESL Pro Tour event locations and dates leaked

All ESL Pro Tour event locations and dates leaked

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Grady Hooker
Thanks to a hidden image on the ESL Pro Tour website and a few extra pieces of hidden information, we know the locations for every single ESL Pro Tour event in 2020. Images, proof, and all of the details are inside!
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League of Legends comes up big at The Game Awards 2019 League of Legends comes up big at The Game Awards 2019

League of Legends comes up big at The Game Awards 2019

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Esports once again center stage during the sixth incarnation of Geoff Keighley's award ceremony. Six awards at the event were dedicated to esports; 'Esports Game of the Year', 'Esports Team', 'Esports Player', 'Esports Coach', 'Esports Event', and 'Esports Host' as voted on by the fans.
Did we figure out the entire ESL Pro Tour schedule? Did we figure out the entire ESL Pro Tour schedule?

Did we figure out the entire ESL Pro Tour schedule?

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Grady Hooker
Back in September, ESL announced their Pro Tour with a bunch of information and fancy graphics, but with recent announcements like DreamHack Masters Jönköping and the entire Dreamhack Open circuit - we think we have figured out what every single one of the 2020 events is!
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DreamHack Summer is now DreamHack Masters Jönköping DreamHack Summer is now DreamHack Masters Jönköping

DreamHack Summer is now DreamHack Masters Jönköping

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Grady Hooker
Dreamhack Open Summer was missing in yesterdays announcement of all the DreamHack Open CSGO tournaments for next year and now we know why - DreamHack Masters Jönköping 2020 will be taking it's place on the calendar.
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Valve Major is going to Rio de Janeiro Valve Major is going to Rio de Janeiro

Valve Major is going to Rio de Janeiro

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ESL this morning confirmed that the first CSGO major of 2020 will be hosted by themselves and it will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first time! We have all the details and reactions to the big announcement.
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CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Beijing, EPL Season 10 Finals, ECS Season 7 Finals CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Beijing, EPL Season 10 Finals, ECS Season 7 Finals

CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Beijing, EPL Season 10 Finals, ECS Season 7 Finals

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We have had a bunch of top tier tournaments since we last did a Tier Ranking, so it was time to summon Phoebe and Grady! There is quite a few new A-Tier teams and some falls from grace as well this edition.
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Operation Shattered Web - Week 4 Challenges Operation Shattered Web - Week 4 Challenges

Operation Shattered Web - Week 4 Challenges

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Grady Hooker
"Sniper's Den" - This week the new Shattered Web Operation challenges are focused on the maps Train and Cobblestone, as well as the AWP and SSG 08. What do you have to do? Well, we can tell you that! and then you can get to unlocking everything.
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EPL Day 4: Fnatic and mousesports make it a America-less semifinals EPL Day 4: Fnatic and mousesports make it a America-less semifinals

EPL Day 4: Fnatic and mousesports make it a America-less semifinals

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Grady Hooker
It was a bad new for North American Counter-Strike fans as both Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses were sent packing by the Europeans. It was an extra bad day for EG fans as well since we managed to see a rare occurrence of a 16-0.
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EPL Day 3: The dream ends for ATK and the Australians EPL Day 3: The dream ends for ATK and the Australians

EPL Day 3: The dream ends for ATK and the Australians

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Grady Hooker
The final day of the group stage is upon us and that means a lot of teams are going to leave heartbroken and only 6 of them will make it into the playoffs. We have had some of the best matchups today and could see a repeat in the grand finals later on.
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LoL developer announces third party publishing group, Riot Forge LoL developer announces third party publishing group, Riot Forge

LoL developer announces third party publishing group, Riot Forge

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Grady Hooker
Today Riot Games have announced that they are starting a new publishing group to work with third party developers to create some awesome games in the world of League of Legends.
15 of the DreamLeague Season 13 (Leipzig Major) teams finalized 15 of the DreamLeague Season 13 (Leipzig Major) teams finalized

15 of the DreamLeague Season 13 (Leipzig Major) teams finalized

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DreamLeague Season 13 is taking place in January next year and is the second major of the 2019/20 Dota Pro Circuit season so every team wants to be there, but which 15 teams were able to make it through their region's qualifier and will be flying to Leipzig?
EPL Day 2: ATK send North home and 100T send FaZe home EPL Day 2: ATK send North home and 100T send FaZe home

EPL Day 2: ATK send North home and 100T send FaZe home

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Grady Hooker
Day 2 sees the action continue in Odense with Astralis and Team Liquid fighting for their spots in the playoffs and all of Sharks, North, FaZe, and mibr failing in the Lower Bracket and heading home, which means ATK stays alive for another day.
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EPL Day 1: TyLoo and Heroic go home while NaVi and EG are in the playoffs EPL Day 1: TyLoo and Heroic go home while NaVi and EG are in the playoffs

EPL Day 1: TyLoo and Heroic go home while NaVi and EG are in the playoffs

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Grady Hooker
The ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals has kicked off with an action packed day. We saw both TyLoo and Heroic sent home without a single game and both Natus Vincere and Evil Geniuses already punch their tickets into the playoffs.
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Renegades signs Grayhound Gaming roster ahead of ESL Pro League Finals Renegades signs Grayhound Gaming roster ahead of ESL Pro League Finals

Renegades signs Grayhound Gaming roster ahead of ESL Pro League Finals

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Grady Hooker
After 100 Thieves took their Australian roster, the Renegades were left without a Counter-Strike team. That was until yesterday, mere hours before the ESL Pro League Grand Finals in Odense when they announced their brand new (slightly used...) squad.
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Operation Shattered Web - Week 3 Challenges Operation Shattered Web - Week 3 Challenges

Operation Shattered Web - Week 3 Challenges

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Grady Hooker
"A Day At The Office" - It is that time of the week and the Shattered Web Operation has rolled into it's new week. This means there is 6 new challenges that have been revealed and for those of you with the Operation Pass, a bunch of new unlocks are possible.
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Rumor Roundup: Dignitas, Gen.G, OG entering CS with new rosters Rumor Roundup: Dignitas, Gen.G, OG entering CS with new rosters

Rumor Roundup: Dignitas, Gen.G, OG entering CS with new rosters

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Grady Hooker
We are kicking off a new column with our CSGO Rumor Roundup. We will scour the internet looking for all the rumors around the CSGO scene and round them all up into one article for easy consumption (and yes, we will credit and link the original authors).
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