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Smooya Screams Like Goat As Team Wins Clutch in Flashpoint

Flashpoint kicked off this month with a bang – or should I say scream – as pro players went head-to-head for their chance at winning the $1,000,000 USD prize pool. Owen “smooya” Butterfield plays for Chaos Esports Club in the newly founded Counter Strike: Global Offensive league Flashpoint. The highlight of the play-offs was when he … Read more

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Coronavirus Means A Record-Breaking Number of Gamers Are On Steam

This Monday, Steam logged over 20 million gamers online, smashing through its previous number record. Well, what else are we meant to do whilst we’re all stuck at home because of coronavirus, other than play video games? The popularity of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam over the last four months has certainly had an impact … Read more

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Female CS:GO Icon Could Be Jailed for 116 Years for Embezzlement

A globally famous ex-CS:GO star has allegedly been charged with larceny and embezzlement, yet she publicly denies those claims against her. Former Brazilian CS:GO player Shayene “shAy” Victorio has been reportedly sentenced to over a lifetime of imprisonment – that’s 116 years in prison on charges of embezzlement. This conviction relates back to a five … Read more

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Big Names in Esports Have Huge Twitter Argument

Virtual fists were flung as drama recently erupted across Twitter between the Esports Historian, Duncan “Thorin” Shields, and Astralis CEO, Nikolaj Nyholm. The story goes that Thorin and Nyholm got into an argument across social media because of some behind the scenes conversation, in which Thorin professes that Astralis had committed to being part of … Read more