Gaming
Fnatic Beat Cloud 9 2-0 to Advance to Quarter Finals at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca

Fnatic beat Cloud 9 2-0 to advance and face Envyus in the quarter finals at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca. Fnatic won Dust 2(Cloud 9’s pick) 16-6 and Overpass(Fnatic’s pick) 16-12 to take the best of three series.
Cloud 9 started off strong taking the first pistol, the only pistol round Fnatic has lost the entire tournament so far, and following 2 rounds. Fnatic went on to even up the rounds and the two teams pushed back and forth fighting to 6-6. Unfortunately for C9, their momentum on Dust 2 would end there as Fnatic went on to win their terrorist side 9-6. and counter terrorist side 16-6.
Map two was Overpass, a map Fnatic was one of the quickest teams to learn and develop strategies on, and Cloud 9 performed better than they did on Dust 2 and considerably better than anyone would have expected following a disappointing first map. The pistol match was electric, as n0thing with 5hp got a triple kill and found himself in a 1v1 with KRIMZ, who was also tagged low. KRIMZ ended up killing n0thing with a burst fire shot from his glock as n0thing pushed A site. Fnatic went on to lose the half 9-6, but battled back with a strong CT side that included an ace by flusha on a Cloud 9 eco.
While the statistics point in favor of the winning team, seang@res should be proud of his performance as a leader and as a fragger considering he out fragged freakazoid, shroud and Skadoodle in the series. Casters commented on him sharing that he’s been practicing his aim and playing more death match to up his game, and it showed. On the opposite end of the spectrum, shroud under-performed on Dust 2 going 7-17 while JW was the only player with a negative kill to death ratio on his team in map one and throughout the series. Fnatic will be looking to JW for more productivity going up against Envy, one of the favorite teams to win the tournament.
For Cloud 9, it’s another disappointing performance. They failed to make it out of groups at every major this year, have suffered numerous recent losses against teams they’re expected to trounce like Team Liquid, the newly formed Conquest, and Luminosity Gaming. They had an impressive summer, which saw wins over teams like Fnatic and Envy, but have failed to reach, even remotely, that form since. It’s difficult to distil something tangible from the notion of, “you should just be doing better,” which seems to be the critics’ message. Hopefully, C9 can go home, take a few days to gather themselves and address whatever issues are facing the team or its players.
Gaming
Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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.
Consoles
Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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

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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