CS:GO News Week in Review: February 8th

EnVyUs wins Global Esports Cup

Team EnVyUs snagged the $80,000 first place prize after defeating Dignitas in the grandfinals match of this weekend's Global Esports Cup, smashing them 3:0 in one of the quickest best-of-five series from recent memory. The French side steamrolled through the first two maps, de_cobble 16:4 and de_mirage 16:7, with dignitas really only putting up a fight on the final map of the series, de_inferno, with a final scoreline of 16:13. For more details on the playoffs and the grandfinals, head over to our winner's news.

Mongolz take first at Asian Minor

In a historic victory, The Mongolz swept their Australian favorites of IEM Taipei, Renegades, in a 2:0 win in the finals of the event and will be seen at the upcoming IEM: Katowice, as well as the MLG: Columbus closed qualifiers; read more about the match here.

dephh, shinobi to compLexity

compLexity Gaming finalised their acquistion of UK star Rory "dephh" Jackson official this week, along with newcomer to the team Josh "shinobi" Abastado. Both will be filling the vacancies left by the departure of Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen and Timothy “autimatic” Ta, both of which signed with Team SoloMid soon after.

LDLC White win Assembly Winter

The French team gave hometown ENCE a thrashing this week at Assembly Winter 2016 in Helinski, Finland, mananging to topple the team led by former Ninja, Aleksi "allu" Jalli, in just two maps, first on de_dust2 16:10 and then on de_cache 16:7. For their first place finish, LDLC pocketed €8,000; for more information on prize distribution as well as brackets and stats, read our winner's announcement.

Pixelfire drop team

After signing CSGO.one's roster during the site's matchfixing predicament just a few weeks back, Pixelfire Gaming have revealed this week that they have parted ways with the team already, after issues arose with the team's contractual obligations to their roster, prompting to organization to drop the team.

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We love the team and were always trying to do the best for them. Unfortunately, right now we can't provide the team with what they trully deserve. With big regrets I must announce that the squad will no longer represent PixelFire.