FaZe Clan secure Champions' title at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 LAN finals
Last night FaZe Clan were crowned Champions at the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 LAN finals after defeating Astralis in a best-of-three series. De_Mirage, de_Nuke and de_Inferno were the three maps seen, with Mirage determined by the very last round (14;16), where the Danes were able to clutch it out; Nuke saw a dominant performance from FaZe, with zero chance of comeback for the Danes (16:7); the final map, de_Inferno saw overtime, where the European mix was able to grind out the kings of the grind (19:17).
ECS confirm SSE Arena, Wembley as venue for ECS Season 3 LAN finals
The LAN finals of ECS Season 3 are set to return to the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, United Kingdom. Eight teams will be decided upon conclusion of European and North American league play to participate at the $750,000 prize pool event, hosted on June 23rd-25th. As ECS have recently signed a partnership with YouTube Gaming, all matches will be streamed exclusively on the FACEIT YouTube channel.
Elements Pro Gaming sign Dmitriy "hooch" Bogdanov
Elements Pro Gaming recently signed Russian Counter-Strike veteran, Dmitriy "hooch" Bogdanov in place of ex-member, Dmitriy "facecrack" Alekseev. The 30-year old veteran has in recent times been without a team, with his last home being Gambit Gaming, now known as Gambit Esports.
Selfless Gaming release CS:GO roster
Selfless Gaming announced the release of the entirety of their CS:GO roster. Four members of the team will continue performing at a professional level, whilst Terry "dsr" Ryu plans to return to a full-time occupation outside of eSports/professional CS:GO. The roster will retain its spot in the ESL Pro League, the only difference will be that the team will need to find a fifth player and they will no longer represent the Selfless Gaming brand.
Below is part of the statement issued by Team Owner, Steve "Ryu" Rattacasa:
“This was a very difficult decision to make, as the Selfless brand itself was founded on the back of Counter-Strike, but the time has come for us to take a few steps back and re-evaluate our position. All of our players have been released of their contracts and will be paid a severance, which we included in our player contracts (lots of other orgs don’t, by the way).”Fnatic confirmed at ESL One: Cologne 2017
The Swedish organisation confirmed its participation at the $250,000 prize pool event hosted at the Laxness Arena in Cologne, Germany this July 7th-9th. So far four top teams have locked in their spots, namely SK Gaming, Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan and finally, Fnatic. Controversy has surrounded the event due to the fact that it is in such close time proximity to the PGL Kraków Major, taking place just a week after the conclusion of ESL One - for this very reason Astralis have opted to miss the event.
