The opening match of the Esport Championship Series Season 7 Finals ended in an upset win for FURIA over Astralis, the former world no.1 CS:GO esports team.

The Quest and Mythic reach Americas Minor NA closed qualifiers
The Quest and Mythic finished top two in open qualifying to advance to the NA closed qualifiers for the CS:GO Americas Minor Championship, where 16 teams will fight over six tickets to Berlin 2019.

Virtus.pro and Ancient advance in CS:GO EU Minor qualifying
The field of 16 teams for the European Minor Championship – Berlin 2019: Closed Qualifiers is set, with Ancient and Virtus.pro securing their sports earlier this week.

ENCE no match for Team Liquid in DreamHack Masters Dallas finals
In a rare show of steel under pressure, Team Liquid held their nerve to see off ENCE in a gripping finals series at the CS:GO DreamHack Dallas Masters on Sunday.

AVANT progress to Asia Minor with win over ORDER
A 2-1 win over ORDER has put AVANT through to the Asia Minor Championship, where they join Grayhound as one of two Oceania teams to reach Berlin 2019.

Grayhound defeat AVANT to secure Berlin 2019 Asia Minor berth
Grayhound received their tickets for the 2019 Asia Minor Championship in Berlin, which will take place from July 24-28, after defeating AVANT 2-1 in the upper bracket finals of the Oceania qualifiers.

First officially licensed Apex Legends tournament announced
FACEIT will sponsor the first-ever Apex Legends tournament, named FACEIT Pro Series: Apex Legends, which will feature eight separate tournaments and a $50,000 prize pool.

Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov joins Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere have revealed a new addition to their team, Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov, who will join an experienced squad consisting of flamie, s1mple, Zeus and electronic.

Riot Games announces new subscription-based POV feature
Riot Games has announced a new addition to League of Legends streaming called Pro View, which will allow fans to watch their favourite players in POV mode alongside other interesting features.

Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut wins cs_summit 4 MVP award
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut was the star of the show as Team Vitality shocked Team Liquid in the grand finals of cs_summit 4 in Los Angeles on Sunday.