A new Counter-Strike champion has been crowned after five days of competition in Marseille, France.

Astralis are your DreamHack Masters Marseille’s champions, earning themselves $100,000 in the process. Astralis defeated Natus Vincere in the grand finals without loosing a map to win the DreamHack Masters an year after the squad won ELEAGUE Major 2017. Earlier in the day, they swept Fnatic 2-0 on Overpass and Mirage in the semi-finals, while Natus Vincere stomped Gambit 2-0 on Nuke and Train to secure a slot at the grand-finals.

Astralis won Nuke very convincingly with a 16-4 scoreline whereas s1mple top-fragged in the server with 22 kills and a 1.48 HLTV rating, single-handed carrying his side. Whereas, Xyp9x clutched an intense 1vs3 to close down the map one.

Sådan @astralisgg – You did it! 🏆 til 🇩🇰 #DR3CS #DHMasters

— Lars Løkke Rasmussen (@larsloekke) April 22, 2018

Na’Vi finally showed up on Inferno but the Danes’ tactical prowess was too much for them to handle. A number of crucial impact frags from Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander and Emil “Magisk” Reif hoisted Astralis closer and closer toward match point on the CT side, while Na’Vi struggled to find any momentum late in the game.

 Semifinals

Natus Vincere vs. Gambit Esports

• Na’Vi won Nuke 16-7
• Na’Vi won Train 16-12

Astralis vs. Fnatic

• Astralis won Overpass 16-5
• Astralis won Mirage 16-12

Grand Finals

Astralis vs. Natus Vincere

• Astralis won Nuke 16-4
• Astralis won Inferno 16-11

DreamHack Masters Marseille final standings:

1. [flag country=”dk”] Astralis – $100,000

2. [flag country=”ua”] Natus Vincere – $50,000

3-4. [flag country=”kz”] Gambit – $22,000

3-4. [flag country=”se”] fnatic – $22,000

5-8. [flag country=”eu”] mousesports – $10,000

5-8. [flag country=”eu”] FaZe – $10,000

5-8. [flag country=”us”] Cloud9 – $10,000

5-8. [flag country=”se”] NiP – $10,000

9-12. [flag country=”br”] SK – $2,000

9-12. [flag country=”fr”] EnVyUs – $2,000

9-12. [flag country=”au”] Renegades – $2,000

9-12. [flag country=”um”] Liquid – $2,000

13-16. [flag country=”fr”] G2 – $2,000

13-16. [flag country=”rs”] Valiance – $2,000

13-16. [flag country=”cn”] TyLoo – $2,000

13-16. [flag country=”tr”] Space Soldiers – $2,000

The long-held trade between SK Gaming and TACO finally concluded its final stage this morning. The Brazilian warrior who was with SK Gaming’s lineup for two years has now been successfully traded to Team Liquid.

“Taco has been an integral part of the SK Gaming CS: GO roster for the last two years and it’s always been a real pleasure working with him. He’s a great teammate, player, and person to be around thanks to his dedication and bright humor. We’re very proud of everything we’ve accomplished together during his time with us and we’re sad to see him go. However, we respect his wish to do so and have quickly come to terms with the team he chose to continue his career in”, says Alexander Müller, Managing Director at SK Gaming.

Whereas, TACO officially stated:

SK was my first professional organization and playing for that legendary tag was a pleasure. I’m happy that I could help them to keep their status as one of the most successful organizations in the world. A big hug to every friend and person in SK that helped me in these years, especially Alex, Jens, Martin, Valeri, Nuno, Jan, etc. Thank you!

TACO was recently benched from SK, following which the German roster picked up Stewie2K from Cloud9, who are now camping in North America. TACO had also mentioned that he will join a North American team, which has now been matured in the form of Team Liquid.

Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man will launch on Sept. 7, 2018, the studio announced. The news comes out of the cover story from this month’s issue of Game Informer magazine, which offers plenty of other new details about the game.

The release date makes Spider-Man one of PlayStation 4’s big tentpoles this fall. The console exclusive is also the first Spider-Man game in years; although it’s not related to 2017’s excellent Spider-Man: Homecoming film, the new release certainly capitalizes on the reinvigorated interest in one of Marvel’s most beloved heroes.

Also detailed in Game Informer are various details about the open-world action game’s missions, combat and crafting options. There are also, of course, side quests to check out — hopefully including some pizza delivery or photography assignments. Sure, this Spider-Man game looks a bit more serious than classics like Spider-Man 2, but Peter Parker’s alter ego is nothing if not down to clown.

While there still revolves a question of the game’s launch on PC / Windows platforms.

The story originally appeared on Polygon.

Jake “Stewie2k” Yip officially joined SKGaming. This was announced by Captain Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo on Twitter.

We hawt! Very excited to try out Stewie as our 5th member. The talent this guy has is underrated. We will adapt everything to make it work and you will help us bring more trophies. Welcome @Stewie let’s beat the world together 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/P73zkNte8P

— Gabriel Toledo (@FalleNCS) March 31, 2018

However, he will be trying out for SK Gaming in the coming weeks and will be taking Epitacio “TACO” de Melo’s spot on the active Brazilian lineup on a trial basis. It’s unclear whether Stewie2k is contracted to SK, but he was let out of a recent multi-year agreement with Cloud9, according to C9 CEO Jack Etienne.

I wanted to answer a question that several fans have been asking regarding Stewie. We had a multi year agreement signed a few months ago in place. However, Stew has been good to Cloud9 and when he requested a transfer we made every effort to respect his wishes.

— Jack Etienne (@JackEtienne) March 30, 2018

In a TwitLonger post, Stewie2k explained that he left C9 because of a last-minute offer from SK. However, he is already at the SK house.

“These are the opportunities that don’t come around and maybe even comes only once in a lifetime. It’ll be different every day I wake up. I thought hard about this and the most important reason that I did not want to leave because the organization and team were a home to me and it felt like i’ve essentially built this team. Leaving them means I don’t believe in them anymore but that’s not the case. We won a major together I’ve seen the potential in this team. I thought about what I wanted and that’s to keep competing, win titles, and raise trophies. Tactically speaking about Cloud9, I feel I make an impact on leading the team on T side but it may not always be the best or even make sense and that comes from experience. I wanted to experience a different in game environment with players who’ve touched the top. I feel like Counter-Strike has many styles and there are so much in the shadows to explore When I first joined Cloud 9, I performed well and showed hope when I was an Indian rather than a chief. I wanted to try becoming a chief and I’ve tried both sides of the spectrum now. I feel my potential can hopefully be unleashed eventually under a strong leader. This decision has got to be one of my hardest ones so far in life and it hurts even more because my connection with these boys are strong, but I had to choose what I thought was best for my career.”

Stewie2k played for Cloud9 since January 2016. With it, he became the champion of ESL Pro League Season 4, DreamHack Open Denver 2017, iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 and The ELEAGUE Major 2017.

With Stewie2k’s addition, SK Gaming now have :

• [flag country=”br”] Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
• [flag country=”br”] Fernando “fer“ Alvarenga
• [flag country=”br”] Marcelo “coldzera” David
• [flag country=”br”] Ricardo “boltz” Prass
• [flag country=”us”] Jake “Stewie2k” Yip