NiP wins IEM IX Oakland
The Swedish team clinched the $125,000 first place prize this week following a suprising victory over SK Gaming in the grand finals match of IEM IX Oakland, one of the most highly-anticipated North American tournaments of 2016. The series spanned three maps; check out a summary of each in our winner's news.
CS:GO update brings glove skins
This week's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update introduced a new category of skins to the game with the addition of twenty four new gloves for players to equip. The skins are currently only available from the new case that was introduced as well, the Glove Case, which also includes seventeen new weapon skins. For a full list of changes, head over to our update changelogs which can be found here.
Heroic wins International Gaming League
Following their 3-1 series victory over VG.CyberZen, Heroic secured a first place finish this week at the $200,000 LAN finals for the International Gaming League in Shanghai, China. The Danish line-up lost only the first map (7:16, Cobblestone) before coming back with three back-to-back wins on Overpass, Mirage and Dust2 with 19:17, 16:1 and 16:10 score lines respectively.
MAJ3R joins Space Soldiers
The Turkish organization has revealed that they will begin trialing a replacement for the recently-vacated fifth spot with this week's announcement their temporary signing of Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli, who will be given a chance for a permanent position on the team. Read a piece of Space Soldiers statement on the move below:
ECS NA finalists now known
The four North American teams have been confirmed for the second offline finals of FACEIT's flagship Electronic Championship Series, the Twitch-backed CS:GO tournament that is now in its second season. The teams will face off from December 9th to the 11th in front of thousands of North American fans, promising to make the event one of the largest CS events in Southern California.
