Xtreme Gaming had a rough start to the 2023 Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) season. They needed three maps to defeat Aster.Aries (2-1) and then lost against Team Aster (1-2). But there’s a silver lining: Xtreme Gaming played well against Aster on Sunday and had their chance to win.

EHOME won both of their DPC 2023 CN Week 1 series against Invictus Gaming (2-0) and Dawn (2-0). They had a fairly easy schedule, so we wouldn’t overreact to EHOME’s perfect run, but they have played much better than expected.

EHOME are in much better shape ahead of this bout, but they’re still individually weaker than Xtreme Gaming, so it makes sense to see them priced as underdogs. Still, if EHOME keep their wheels spinning into the week of the season, it’s not too crazy to believe that they can win at least one map.
Xtreme Gaming looked lost against Aster.Aries on Friday, and if we see another such performance on Tuesday, EHOME might even come out on top.

Despite the roster changes, PSG.LGD looked just as good in the season’s opening week as you would expect from this team. They demolished Dawn Gaming (2-0) and added another commanding victory against Aster.Aries (2-0).

Even though PSG.LGD had to face fairly weak teams in Week 1; they hadn’t shown anything that would make us doubt them ahead of this match. However, they’re set to face a capable team that had some glimpses of greatness last week.

Knights lost their opening match of the season against Team Aster (1-2), but they fought well and added a strong performance against Invictus Gaming (2-0). It’s difficult to make any conclusions from just two games, but the Knights look strong, and they just might be able to cause some problems for PSG.LGD.

At the offered betting odds, we wouldn’t back PSG.LGD. Even though they’ve shown more in the first week of the season, it’s hard to believe that they’ll look as dominant when faced with stronger teams. This is a crucial match for Su “Flyby” Lei and his crew, and if they can show the same performance as they did against Team Aster, we should be in for a close series on Tuesday.

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The 2-1 win was one of the team’s most significant victories with the North American roster since adding H?kon “?hallzerk?” Fj?rli to their lineup. Complexity were able to achieve the win due to the combined efforts of the entire squad and their ability to play effectively under the pressure of losing their first map pick.

Complexity had a hard time at the start of the year on European soil. However, the team started performing significantly better after hallzerk was added to their lineup. Since the player joined, Complexity have earned a map win against Natus Vincere and followed their win up with the team’s first series victory against an European opponent this year.

Astralis, on the other hand, enjoyed an upward trend towards the end of last season. Their wins peaked when they reached the top four during the IEM Cologne, but went downhill since then. They had to try four times to get a spot in the European RMRs. They, however, could not make it past the BLAST Premier Fall Groups and, most recently, suffered a disappointing defeat in the ESL Pro League.

The series between both teams kicked off on Inferno, Complexity’s map pick. The team, unfortunately, had a slow start and Astralis quickly gained the lead with a 3-0 scoreline. Big plays by Benjamin “?blameF?” Bremer and Lukas “?gla1ve?” Rossander enabled the team to reach 10-5 halfway into the map.

Complexity picked up the pace in the second half and gave an impressive performance in a back-and-forth pistol round. Astralis were, however, able to close out the map with a 16-9 scoreline as a result of their player, Kristian “?k0nfig?” Wienecke’s amazing deagle headshots.

Astralis’ pick, Nuke, was the next map in the series. The match started with a pistol loss for Complexity, and Astralis soon began moving forward with a 1-4 score.

The NA team recovered and tied the score at 4-4, but could not carry on until their efforts built momentum. Halfway into the map, Astralis were in the lead with a 9-6 score.

The second half of the map saw the two teams go neck-to-neck until they tied once again at 15-15 and had to send the map into overtime. Astralis attained the 15 mark first, but the team misplayed three chances to deliver the final blow to Complexity. After the third overtime on the map, Complexity managed to slide past with a close 25-23 win.

The decider map, Dust 2, saw both teams dropping rounds in advantageous situations as well as against half buys or ecos. Astralis won the first half of the map with an 8-7 score, which served to strengthen Complexity’s onslaught in the next half. The NA team were able to put up an impressive defense and win the map with a 16-11 victory and the series with a 2-1 record.

Despite not winning the match, blameF, Astralis’ player, gave an impressive performance with just 58 deaths and 80 frags. Other players in the team, including Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke, gla1ve, and Asger “Farlig” Jensen, notably produced positive K/D ratios.

The winner of the series, Complexity, had only one player, Michael “Grim” Wince, reach a positive K/D, and the rest of the teammates did not produce a lot of frags.

Complexity will go up against HEET in their next fixture, who suffered a sweep at the hands of ENCE. HEET are heavy underdogs with their odds to win the game set at $2.17 on the top Esport betting sites. Astralis will take on Mouz and will look to secure their first win of the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 16.

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Players using their mobile devices can now try out almost everything that Cold Snap has to provide starting from today. The update adds the Climatizer town takeover to World’s Edge, a popular POI among Apex’s PC and platform gamers. The Climatizer will cycle during matches, covering areas of the map in snow. A new throwable frost-based grenade that does not just strike the enemy but also slows them when it explodes, a frosted loot box that contains diamonds that can be used to purchase things in the game’s seasonal shop, are all included in the takeover.

Cold Snap also adds a limited time mode and combat pass. The new Shotguns and Snipers modes are part of Armed and Dangerous. Shotguns and snipers can be used at close or broad range. The game’s battle pass features iced gun skins, weapon charms, and more. The Battle Pass Premium grants 3 legend skins, emotes, 2 weapon skins, 800 Syndicate Gold and banners. Battle Pass Premium Plus adds 80% more battle pass gain, a restricted avatar frame, and a 500,000 BP encounter, or 10 battle pass levels.

New Legend: Loba

Loba which is the update’s highligh will be available in Apex Legends Mobile on June 16, just after Cold Snap. Loba may be purchased from the in-game store or activated at battle pass level 25.

On mobile, the Outlands’ most elegant bandit has a slew of new tricks. Her legend growth benefits include the skill to take player banners from a distance, just like she can steal the treasure.

Numbers of features possessed by the legend is the ability to steal and it has a clever escape method to stay safe or put herself in strategic and advantageous spots. Her passive eye for quality can spot epic and legendary items through walls, the range is just like Black Market Boutique; Tactical-Burglar’s Best Friend, teleport swiftly by throwing your Jump Drive bracelet with a thirty-second cool down; Ultimate-Black Market Boutique, to transport surrounding loot to your inventory. Legends can carry two items each,

Moreover, with the introduction of Loba, game play will be modified. Battle pass adjustments are coming. Players with the pass can get extra goodies and rewards.

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