TSM Win Fragbite Masters Season 4
Team SoloMid comfortably took down Fnatic in only four maps in their title match for Season 4 of the Fragbite Masters. The team took home a total of $27,000 for taking first place; the win marks the team's third LAN win playing under TSM's banner. Check out the full article for a full map-by-map analysis.
Cologne 2015 to be Valve Sponsered
Valve has revealed that they will be financing the prize pool for the upcoming ESL One Cologne, with a total of a $250,000 up for grabs for the sixteen teams that qualify for the event. In addition, ESL has revealed that they will be tweaking the qualifier format for the event: instead of having one large qualifer, they will instead decide teams through regional qualifers in Europe, North America, and Asia in addition to the eight invites from the previous year.
CS:GO to return to Intel Extreme Masters
For the first time since 1.6, Counter Strike will return to Intel Extreme Masters for the tenth season, joining League of Legends and Starcraft II in events all around the world.
Michal Blicharz, Managing Director of Pro Gaming at ESL had following to say:
Acer Signs Ex-3DMAX
The former-3DMAX women's team have been teamless since the dismantlying of the organization, but it has now been announced Acer will be signing the team in additional to their men's squad. The lineup had great results under their former organization, taking first place at the most recent ESWC Women's event.
Killerfish accused of Matchfixing
The German CS team Killerfish eSports have been put under scrutiny once again this week as rumors emerged online that multiple CSGL accounts were found to be max betting on the team's matches with 100% accuracy; as a result, Killerfish matches will no longer be hosted on Lounge. Their current squad had been accused of match fixing previously while playing for MyRevenge. Read the full Killerfish and Lounge statement in the main article here.
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