{"id":300604,"date":"2025-11-20T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/?p=300604"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:07:37","slug":"peacemaker-breaks-down-stage-1-at-budapest-major-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/peacemaker-breaks-down-stage-1-at-budapest-major-2025","title":{"rendered":"Peacemaker Breaks Down Stage 1 at Budapest Major 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 is just days away, and Peacemaker has released a full breakdown of the event\u2019s opening stage in a new Skin.Club video. 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