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Game: Spacewar
Genre: Space Combat

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Game: Dota 2
Genre: MOBA

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Team: Team Liquid
Amount: $35 106 139,43

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Player: Faker
Game: League of Legends

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Viewership: 137 million hours


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How VALORANT's meta evolved in the ESPN Esports Invitational
The ESPN Esports VALORANT Invitational wrapped up last week with Team Canyon, a group of current and former Apex Legends professional players, beating Team Mirage, a group of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players.

Dota 2's The International delayed due to coronavirus
Valve and the Defense of the Ancients team announced The International will be postponed due to travel concerns due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. There is no word on when The International will be held, but it could be in 2021.

Team SoloMid officially re-sign Doublelift
Doublelift is officially back with Team SoloMid. Team Liquid's decision to move Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng to TSM was originally reported by Jacob Wolf for ESPN last week. TSM officially confirmed the signing via Twitter on Sunday.

LEC Spring Split reaches record number of viewers
The League of Legends European Championship spring playoffs blasted its previous viewers record, increasing its viewership by over 76% and drawing a peak audience of 807,333 concurrent viewers across the world.

Riot cancels Mid-Season Invitational, announces changes to worlds
Riot Games announced on Thursday that this year's Mid-Season Invitational will be canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

MVP PK leaves Counter-Strike for VALORANT
One of the best Asian teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is moving to Riot Games' new five-on-five tactical shooter VALORANT. Per South Korean esports website Fomos, the top South Korean CS team, MVP PK, is leaving their organization and game behind.

Cloud9 defeat FlyQuest in dominant LCS spring split finals
After their impressive 17-1 regular-season run, Cloud9 are the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series spring split champions, beating FlyQuest 3-0 in the LCS spring finals.

Call of Duty Power Rankings: Dallas Empire get redemption
The Dallas Empire became the first team in the Call of Duty League to win two home series this season when they beat the Atlanta FaZe in the finals of the Chicago Huntsmen home series on Sunday.

Evo turned into online event due to coronavirus
The biggest fighting game tournament in the world, the Evolution Championship Series, has officially canceled its live setting at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Cloud9's Blaber named LCS spring split MVP
The League of Legends Championship Series announced Friday that Cloud9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang has won the 2020 LCS spring split MVP award.