Revolution Sports has just announced the addition of their Left 4 Dead squad. Revolution Sports Roster: Andrew “Orph” Manchester (captain) Nick “guerilla” Girard Jared “gustov” Bonn Scott “Blitzkrieg” Cain Jeff “Moriar” Hauenstein.

The team consists of veteran gamers from Day of Defeat and the Call of Duty series. The players are from teams such as compLexity, Rival, MugNMouse, and most recently saw success in Call of Duty 4 under the name Radiance. They have since then shifted their focus into Valve’s latest FPS, Left 4 Dead.

Source: rsgaming

Unfortunately, one of the signs of our times is the closing of many arcades around the world.  Recently a big one closed in New Orleans:

The latest victim: New Orleans Novelty.

After more than 30 years running arcades and placing gaming machines at locations around the city, Jack Boasberg is shuttering his business.

“When they make a new machine and it costs the arcade $20,000, people expect to pay a quarter to play it, not to mention they can play all the games on their console at home on their big screens and all, so they don’t even want to go to the arcade anymore,” Wagner said. “So I don’t know what the future holds for arcades.”

Source: Kotaku

After the ESWC announced their list of global qualifiers, KODE 5 then released their list as well, coming in the form of a map of the world, with a link to the corresponding countries.  Over 20 locations have been announced including Sweden, China, Australia, Brazil, and Poland.

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Source: KODE5 World Map.

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As a matter of course, Ultraforce guarantees reliable support and service for this product, five years of warranty including pickup & return service, as well as a full 4 weeks right of withdrawal from purchase. From Monday to Saturday every week, Ultraforce provides a free support- and ordering-hotline. Find more information, and also reviews from some of the best players about the ULTRAFORCE SK Black Ed. at www.ultraforce.de/sk.

Source: SK-Gaming

The Chinese human player Xiaofeng “Sky” Li has won the ESL Continental Finals. Sky has been on fire for most of the tournament and the final was no difference. In the grand finals the played against the orc player Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen from the Netherlands who had advanced to the Finals by beating TeD in the lower bracket finals.

In the first game on Twisted Meadows both players traded bases, but Grubby drew the shorter straw when Sky was already building Gryphons together with a Mountain King and a Paladin.
In the second game on Melting Valley Sky again went for a fast expansion that Grubby tried to counter with Grunts and mercenaries, but failed to do so. In an last attempt Grubby tried to do a Demolisher push, but Sky noticed it in time and countered with a bunch of mercenaries. This was the end of Grubby’s chances to renew his title.

Final four:
1. Sky $5,000
2. Grubby $2,500
3. TeD $1,500
4. Moon $1,000

Source: esl-world.net

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