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G2 Esports Knock Mousesports out of DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca

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G2 Esports beat Mousesports 2-1 to decide who moves on to face Virtus Pro in the quarter finals tomorrow at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca. They beat them on Mirage (Mouse’s pick) in Overtime 19-16, lost Inferno (G2’s pick) 12-16 and dominated on Cache 16-5. The match was full of highlights and is a must watch for fans of either team who missed the live broadcast.

Mirage was back and forth the whole time. Maikelele’s name was mentioned the most on G2 Esports because it seemed no matter how many members of mousesports were in his way, he’d find a way to isolate them and kill them. In round four he found himself in a 1v4 on the B bombsite and killed three members, one of which dropped the bomb, and successfully hid from the last as time expired. It seemed as if all players on G2 were firing on all cylinders, as everyone had a chance to shine throughout the match. Mousesports weren’t playing terribly, and the map was their pick. NiKo had another astonishing desert eagle round in which he tapped out three headshot to three terrorists on cat to end a round. Mouse looked visibly frustrated as the match labored on, and eventually fell in overtime, only grabbing one of four rounds played.

Inferno was G2’s map choice, and the map they sent mousesports into the lower bracket with. You wouldn’t have known that if you’d have watched mouse’s terrorist half. A close first half and 7 rounds on T side made it seem as though mouse was set for a repeat, but they came back with an even stronger T half, winning eight of the next 13. And that’s after losing their pistol round. It seemed as though G2 was stuck force buying a lot of the match, a testament to the damage done to their economy over the rounds by mouse, and after a certain point, were stuck force buying to try and stop mousesports who were sitting on a six round lead at 14. Two picks banana lead to a B execute that couldn’t be retaken by the remaining G2 members, and the two teams took their talents to Cache.

Cache moved quickly and decisively as G2 had their way with mouse. G2 started on the CT side. The first seven rounds saw mousesports take G2 down to only two 2v2s, while almost every other round four or more players from G2 survived. Each G2 player had a chance to shine with an impressive multikill, jkaem behind the box in B-main with a 4k comes to mind, while mouse was on the unfortunate end of a one-sided match on a map that’s considered to be fairly even when it comes to side advantage. G2 was up 8-0 when dennis (of G2) couldn’t find the bomb to defuse it on A site because it was obscured by smoke. He searched and searched and searched while chrisJ hunted down his team mate and eventually him. Without that anomaly, G2 would’ve been up 9-0, which could have lead to an even more one-sided half than 11-4.

G2 had a problem keeping the bomb within a reasonable distance from where they were hoping to get to and with planting the bomb promptly. This didn’t ruin the matches for them, obviously, but those timing mistakes may hurt them when looking ahead to a match against Virtus Pro. If they keep fragging like they did against mousesports, they’re definitely going to be able to put some stress on the Polish team. All five members of G2 had their names constantly in the conversation thanks to solid performances, and they will genuinely need to keep it up if they want to make this major their major.

Mousesports goes home with a 1-2 record, but not a lot to be ashamed of. They lost an extremely close match to a team in G2 that is finally starting to take shape as a team. ChrisJ looked solid, but missed too many awp shots that could have changed the shape of rounds, which could have easily changed the shape of the match as a whole. NiKo was doing nothing less than fans have come to expect, he was killing people nonstop, but more than once he was caught so terribly out of position that it cost them the round — cut to maikelele’s 1v4 on Mirage. Mouse took down flipside, and that’s reason enough to be proud, but in the end, another team that qualified online goes home and another team that was invited moves on.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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