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League of Legends
New LoL champion Akshan will be disabled for Worlds 2021
William Davis
The newest League of Legends champion Akshan won’t be available for play at the upcoming 2021 World Championship in October. After being released last month, Akshan has hit live servers after a long wait, but fans of professional League of Legends will have to wait quite a while to see him played at a top level. According to the head of LoL esports in Europe, Maximilian Peter Schmidt, Akshan will …
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w0xic and XANTARES headline new Turkish roster Sangal Esports
William Davis
Sangal Esports is now a Turkish CSGO team made complete with the additions of w0xic, XANTARES, and Calyx. The existing CSGO organization will replace three of its current players with İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş, Buğra “Calyx” Arkın, and Özgür “woxic” Eker. The Sangal Esports CSGO squad is entirely composed of Turkish players. The roster will compete in Turkish tournaments and will attempt to qualify for LANs across Europe. pic.twitter.com/MJ9SmZ42jr — Sangal …
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The most rare and expensive CSGO cases, from $50 to priceless
William Davis
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skins can get crazy expensive, but sometimes the most valuable part is the box a weapon skin comes in. Vintage CSGO cases are exciting to open for the game’s fans. Many cases have a finite supply, so every opening is a countdown to the total extinction of a certain CSGO crate. The age of the crates can also have a major impact on their Steam Marketplace value. …
Counter-Strike
Are these surf servers hinting at a new CSGO operation?
Steven Rondina
Surf maps have existed in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for years now, but Valve has historically ignored this user-made game mode. Until now, possibly. SteamDB detected a whitelisted server that was running a map named surf_beginner for a short time, with just one player utilizing it. This could mean many different things, and it could have been a mistake or an experiment by Valve, but it’s led to some speculation regarding …
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Viper is OP on Breeze, can take over sites without help
Fariha Bhatti
Breeze is effectively Viper’s home turf as the poisonous agent is undefeatable in this wide-open map. Another new setup shows how Viper can overwhelm a site solo in the right hands. Handling large maps in Valorant is no cakewalk. Most agents are best suited to the tight quarters found on locations like Bind and Icebox. Fortunately, the roster has the feisty controller Viper, who is exceptional at blocking out larger …
Counter-Strike
Should CSGO have an option to pick between M4A4 and M4A1-S mid-game?
Fariha Bhatti
Amid Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s cryptic posts and hints regarding the grenade drop feature, Helvijs “broky” Saukants has worked in his own request of having an option to pick between M4A1-S and M4A4 mid-match. CSGO has been dropping subtle hints about changes coming to grenade storage. While mousesports’ Broky doesn’t mind dropping utility for his teammates, there’s something else he wants Valve to adjust. The pro player recently tweeted that he’d …
League of Legends
Gen.G reported armed trespassers at esports headquarters in Seoul
William Davis
A very dramatic and serious situation saw the light of day recently when Gen.G revealed that the organization has experienced illegal trespassing at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. In a recent tweet, the LCK organization reported that there have been “several unsavory attempts recently to trespass and visit” the Gen.G headquarters. These trespassings have reportedly been directly threatening to the team’s safety and later on been reported to the …
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How much does buying everything you need cost in Pokemon Unite?
Steven Rondina
Pokemon Unite is a pay-to-win game. That’s disappointing for many, but it’s unlikely to change. With that established, the question becomes how much players actually need to pay in order to get everything they need to reach the top of the game. This technically has different answers depending on the player’s habits, but crunching the numbers is worth doing for those who want to power up in Pokemon Unite on …
Wacky glitch lets Weaver attack up to 6 times at once
William Davis
Dota 2
Through an obscure combination of friendly heroes and items, Weaver can activate Geminate attack twice in a row. The possible glitch takes advantage of a unique interaction between Echo Sabre and Lycan’s Aghnaim’s Scepter upgrade. Echo Sabre allows melee heroes to strike twice in quick succession, but ranged heroes don’t benefit from that useful passive. By turning Weaver into a melee unit, he can throw out up to six attacks …
A pro CSGO team just had their secret strat book leaked, again
William Davis
Counter-Strike
An outdated strat book made by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive titan BIG has been leaked online for fans to study. The book is dated from April of 2019 and is filled with BIG’s intended strategies for the ESL Pro League Season 9 competition. A link to the document was accidentally leaked on captain Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz’s Twitch stream shortly before the event. The list includes several utility setups and retake procedures, …
A talented Valorant player created a realistic 3D Killjoy statue
Fariha Bhatti
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This 3D statue is the closest you’ll come to see the real Killjoy in her natural habitat. Bubbly Sentinel Killjoy quickly became the primary agent of many players after entering Valorant protocol. Her mechanical turrets, twin swarms, and deadly Lockdown qualify her to be one of the most powerful agents in Valorant. Besides these qualities, Killjoy has an upbeat aura that one artist has successfully captured in a 3D statue. …
Dr Disrespect wants to lead Netflix into live streaming
Olivia Richman
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Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm IV has some big plans for Netflix. The streaming service just has to sit down and talk to him. Dr Disrespect told fans in a July 29 stream that he wanted to become the first streamer on Netflix. It’s not known why Dr Disrespect was permanently banned from Twitch to this day. But since his ban from Twitch, Dr Disrespect has been growing his presence on …
CSGO may soon let you buy multiple molotovs, share with team
William Davis
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players will soon be able to pass grenades to friends and go above the normal limits on grenade types, assuming recent Twitter posts aren’t just an elaborate bait by Valve. On July 29, CSGO’s official social media posted a reply to Classic Offensive developer ZooL_Smith. In it, the development team hinted that a new grenade-drop feature might be added to CSGO. The message was predated by another …
Players are knifing enemies through objects in Valorant
Fariha Bhatti
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Wall bangs are cool but not when you get stabbed through a metal door. Shooting through fragile walls is a pretty common tactic in first-person shooter games. Some weapons are powerful enough to hit an enemy through the wall but this surefire tactic has become ridiculous in Valorant. A player has found a potential bug that allows you to stab through the doors on Ascent. Many players have criticized Valorant …
Valorant pro shows off an insane wall bang spot on Breeze
Fariha Bhatti
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This new wall bang spot will make your enemies think twice before planting the Spike. Wall banging is a common tactic that players utilize to wound enemies through walls and other materials from a safe position. This tactic can either be used to damage the opponent or to keep them away from a particular position. Fortunately, Valorant has plenty of paper walls that you can shoot through and catch enemies …
Dota 2 pros are rushing Helm of the Dominator with no starting items
William Davis
Dota 2
Helm of the Dominator is one of the least-bought items in Dota 2, but Tundra Esports off-laner Neta “33” Shapira loves rushing it. According to Dotabuff, HotD has been purchased in only .06% of public matches over the past month. It has a bottom-tier 46.86% win rate, but a new off lane build centers around Helm’s solid stats and infinitely useful active. 33’s new off lane build notably rushes Helm …
The funniest submissions from The International 10 Short Film Contest
William Davis
Dota 2
Source Filmmaker artists now have plenty of time to polish their submissions for The International 10 Short Film Contest. The deadline for The International 10 Short Film Contest has been extended to September 12. The contest was originally planned to end on July 25th but was extended due to TI10 being rescheduled. The top three selections will be shown live at The International 10 in Bucharest. Fans get to vote …
Everything you need to know about recurring Pokemon GO events
Steven Rondina
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Pokemon GO developer Niantic goes through great pains to keep its players as engaged with the game as possible. A big part of that is how the company rolls out its frequent events. These can include major events that last multiple days, or smaller events that last for just an hour. Either way, rarely does a week goes by without something special happening that’s worth signing in for. Here is …
This is how to play the jungle role in Pokemon Unite
William Davis
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Pokemon Unite is starting to develop its early meta and playing the center area of the map plays a big part in it. Just like many other MOBAs, Pokemon Unite has a jungle where certain Pokemon excel in farming and roaming around the map. The jungle role in Pokemon has proven to be the go-to place for strong fighters such as Lucario, Zeraora, and Gengar who can clear wild Pokemon …
Cinderace tops Pokemon Unite tier list, where do others rank?
Steven Rondina
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Pokemon Unite is here, and there are more than 20 playable Pokemon to choose from for players. But where do they rank? Which Pokemon are best? Given how many there are and that players need to be very choosy about which characters they purchase, it’s worth taking a deeper look at who the best Pokemon are in Pokemon Unite right now. Naturally, the best way to order things is a …
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