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Aurora Gaming Crowned Champions of $350,000 Skyesports Masters 2024, Earns Spot in Skyesports Championship
Aurora Gaming has been crowned the champions of the Skyesports Masters 2024, defeating OG 3-1 in an intense Grand Finals. With this victory, the team will take home $105,000 of the $350,000 prize pool and secure a slot in the next tournament of the 2024 Skyesports Counter-Strike 2 roadmap, the Skyesports Championship 2024.
The Skyesports Masters 2024 took place from April 8 to 14, featuring eight teams from India and Europe competing for the lionâs share of the substantial prize pool.
Coming in after a first-place finish at the Skyesports Grand Slam 2024 in Pune, India, last month, Aurora Gaming were on a hot streak and favored to win it all. The Siberian team had a dominant run throughout the upper bracket, achieving first place.
Facing Aurora in the Grand Finals was OG. The team had already lost to Aurora in their opening game of the Skyesports Masters and had to navigate through a high-stakes lower bracket, eliminating ENCE, Ninjas in Pyjamas, BIG, and BetBoom to reach the Grand Finals.
Aurora proved to be the stronger team this time as well, with a decisive 3-1 finish. The map-wise results were as follows:
â Anubis: 13-6 (Aurora Gaming)
â Mirage: 11-13 (OG)
â Ancient: 13-10 (Aurora Gaming)
â Overpass: 13-3 (Aurora Gaming)
In a post-match interview, Auroraâs Evgeniy âNorwiâ Ermolin expressed gratitude to the teamâs fans, stating, âI am feeling really good; we played really well today. Thank you for watching, for the support, and for everything. We will continue trying our best and look forward to playing some LAN.â
The Skyesports Masters 2024 reached a peak viewership of 41,833, a significant increase from the previous year, according to Esports Charts. Counter-Strike esports in India was given a revival through the 2023 and inaugural edition of the Skyesports Masters, the Playoffs for which happened in Bangalore, India. Skyesports has also announced that the Skyesports Masters will return for its third edition in the summer of 2025 with a six digit prize pool.
With this victory, Aurora Gaming has secured a slot in the Skyesports Championship 2024, the details of which will be announced later. Itâs the next tournament in Skyesportsâ 2024 Counter-Strike 2 esports roadmap, which has paved the way for international teams to look at the tournaments as viable IPs for them to participate in.
Commenting on the Skyesports Masters 2024, Shiva Nandy, Founder and CEO of Skyesports, said, âCongratulations to Aurora Gaming for winning the Skyesports Masters 2024. With more than 40,000 concurrent viewers, the tournament has made a significant impact in the global Counter-Strike 2 esports ecosystem, and I couldnât be more excited for the future. Up next, we will bring another elite tournament, the Skyesports Championship 2024, which will be the sixth edition of this IP and the first time that Counter-Strike 2 will be a part.â
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Spin Big, Shop Bigger â Black Friday Cart Craze Brings the Black Friday Madness to the Reels!
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Get ready for the slot event of the year in Black Friday Cart Craze, where every spin feels like a mega sale!
Load up your carts to trigger the Coin Craze collect feature or the Super Sale Spins, where everything must go. Eliminate Minor symbols and upgrade Major symbols to increase your shopping spree haul!
And just when you think the sale is over, itâs time for the Wild Drop. Collect up to 20 Wilds during your Super Sale Spins, then watch them cascade onto the reels in one epic finale. With Coin Craze Collect, Super Sale Spins, and Wild Drop all working together, this fast-paced slot is the perfect blend of retail rush and reel rewards.
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âBlack Friday Cart Craze takes that familiar Black Friday energy, the rush, the chaos, the thrill of the chase, and brings it to the reels,â said Craig Asling, Director of Games at Booming Games.
âEvery feature, from Cart Collect to the Wild Drop, is designed to give players that shopping spree sensation, where every spin could be the next big win.â
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Gaming Corps Signs Partnership Deal with MozzartBet
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Entire Gaming Corps portfolio is now live with global operator
Gaming Corps, a publicly-listed game development company based in Sweden, has today announced that it has signed a deal to see its full portfolio of content available with the MozzartBet Group.
Players within multiple markets across the world, will now have the opportunity to play a whole host of games from Gaming Corps, which has become synonymous with providing world leading content. This includes the Smash4Cash series and recent releases Gates of Hellfire, Hoop Champion and the highly popular 3 Pigs of Olympus.
Mozzartbet Group has been operating since 2001 and during this time, it has continued to offer its player base a variety of betting and casino game action and this latest integration will add to its ever evolving game portfolio.
Commenting on behalf of Gaming Corps, Adam Pentecost, Director of Customer Success said: âFrom our initial conversations to getting the deal done, MozzartBet Group has been fantastic to work with.
âThere is a mutual desire to put players at the very heart of what we do and the service we provide and Iâm excited to see where this collaboration will take us.â
Marina AvramoviÄ, Head of Online Casino Ops at MozzartBet Group said, âWe are thrilled to have Gaming Corpâs casino content on our site, and they are a fantastic addition to our games portfolio.â
âWe are particularly interested in seeing how the companyâs newest games will perform, and we look forward to a fully collaborative partnership moving forward.â
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Jonas Groes named EveryMatrix Group Co-CEO
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Jonas Groes, highly experienced technology, finance and policy leader will become co-CEO of EveryMatrix from January 1st 2026 alongside company Co-Founder Ebbe Groes.
A long-time advisor, Jonas will join his brother at the beginning of the New Year to lead the business as it continues to scale and provide advanced turnkey platform technology to an increasing number of the worldâs biggest brands and lotteries.
Jonas has a long and distinguished business career including the last 10 years as Partner of EYâs Nordic Consulting practice consisting of more than 1,200 people leading high-level projects with a focus on strategy, innovation and digitalisation towards major Government and infrastructure clients.
He is a results-driven leader with extensive experience in both public and privately owned companies with strong knowledge of technology, finance and policy. He will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark where EveryMatrix has recently opened an office.
Ebbe Groes, Co-Founder and Group CEO, EveryMatrix, said: âAs the companyâs growth continues, tripling our headcount in the last five years, and as we work with more of the largest gaming brands and lotteries, I needed to find someone who knows what it takes to scale a business and reach the ambitious targets we have for the next five years.
âDoing this means I will have more time to work on strategy and execute all the things we want to do to become a global top three tier-1 technology provider by 2030.â
âTo share a CEO position requires complete trust at both personal and professional level. Jonas is the perfect candidate and I know he will go on to do amazing things at EveryMatrix. Iâm very excited to soon be sharing the CEO position with him.â
Jonas Groes said: âStepping into this role at EveryMatrix alongside my brother Ebbe is a dream come true. What he, Stian Hornsletten, and the rest of the team have built is nothing short of phenomenal and Iâve seen close hand just what it takes. We work well together and our differences and combined strengths complement one another. I canât wait to get started.â
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