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Free-to-play COD titles carry Activision to strong Q1 while Blizzard games lose players
Activision-Blizzard’s mixed results in the esports space may be a continuing theme with both Overwatch and Call of Duty facing challenges, but the overarching health of the company is extremely good according to their financial report for the first quarter of 2021.
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[MSI] Royal Never Give Up & Pentanet .GG advance from Group A, Unicorns of Love eliminated
Group A of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational has concluded. League of Legends Pro League champion Royal Never Give Up and League of Legends Circuit Oceania champion Pentanet .GG have advanced to the rumble stage, while League of Legends Continental League champion Unicorns of Love finds itself as the first team to be eliminated from MSI 2021.
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[MSI] MAD Elyoya: "I need to step up a lot. I just had two bad days and this has to improve."
After MAD Lions' day 3 game versus paiN Gaming, jungler Javier "Elyoya" Prades Batalla joined Inven Global to discuss the performance of MAD Lions so far in the tournament and his career path that led him to the MSI stage.
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[MSI] C9 Perkz on MSI 2021 meta: "I don't really know what's actually strong in mid."
Cloud9 secured its first win of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational during day 3 of the group stage against Infinity Esports, and after the North American representative's win, C9 mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković joined Laure Valée on the broadcast for a post-game interview. During one of his answers to Valée's questions, Perkz admitted that despite a strong carry performance on Tristana, he was a bit at a loss for what has actually defined the mid lane throughout the first three days of MSI.
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[MSI] PSG Helper: "Now that I represent a team in a wildcard region, I want to leave a mark in LoL Esports history."
On the very last match of day 3 at MSI 2021, PSG Talon defeated the TCL representatives, İstanbul Wildcats. As the tournament heads into the second half of the group stages, PSG Talon is now 2-1 in th
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[MSI] DFM Steal: "After we lost (to DWG KIA), we just said, “Meh. Let’s shrug it off, and prepare to get to the Rumble stages”."
Having beaten the LCS representatives, Cloud9, the day before, DetonatioN FocusMe almost created another huge upset on day 3 of the 2021 MSI; against none other the 2020 world champions, DWG KIA. They
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[MSI] UOL Nomanz: "Maybe tomorrow we will show something we haven't shown before."
After Unicorns of Love's 0-2 in day 3, mid laner Lev "Nomanz" Yakshin joined Inven Global to discuss the team's competitive approach at MSI 2021, the current state of Group A, and how the team needs to adjust before the second round robin of the group stage.
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[MSI] DK Canyon talks to Olleh: "If you’re a jungler, you definitely have flashed for scuttle crab before."
On day 3 of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational, the defending world champions, DWG KIA, took on the LJL representatives, DetonatioN FocusMe. While many predicted a landslide victory for DWG KIA, DFM had
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Riot keynote at IGEC 2021 will examine VALORANT's global esports strategy
At 11:00 AM on May 27th, Alex Francois, Global Head of Competitive Operations at Riot will present Building VALORANT into a Global Esport, a keynote outlining the VALORANT teams strategy towards building an organic esports community with competitive integrity and widespread accessibility.
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[MSI] PGG Pabu: "I wasn't expecting the level of criticism that I got on my first performances."
Pabu spoke to Inven Global after the second day of MSI 2021 to talk about his growth as a jungler in the past three competitive splits, Pentanet .GG's approach to its first few games at the tournament, and dealing with the external pressure and criticism that comes with international play.
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Tencent fights to retain control of Riot and Epic games amid US national security concerns
Tencent aims to retain ownership of Riot Games and Epic Games, two American-based publishers Tencent has a controlling interest in, amid concerns from the US government over sharing of user data by Chinese firms.
