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These are the best items and moves for Zeraora in Pokemon Unite News These are the best items and moves for Zeraora in Pokemon Unite By William Davis Fnatic signs former Cloud9 duo ALEX and mezii to CSGO roster Counter-Strike Fnatic signs former Cloud9 duo ALEX and mezii to CSGO roster By Fariha Bhatti Cinderace and Gengar nerfed on first Pokemon Unite balance update News Cinderace and Gengar nerfed on first Pokemon Unite balance update By William Davis
The Scope.gg map performance tool is a new way to improve in CSGO Counter-Strike
The Scope.gg map performance tool is a new way to improve in CSGO Steven Rondina Be honest with yourself: Are you actually good at sniping from heaven on Mirage? How good are you at holding down long doors on Dust 2? Are you more successful pushing towards the A site or B site on Ancient? Players have to make some tricky choices when it comes to how and where they play on maps in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and without precise statistics, it’s tough to know …
Valorant players can hide your utility on this secret spot on Breeze News
Valorant players can hide your utility on this secret spot on Breeze Fariha Bhatti Breeze is the latest addition to Valorant’s map pool and players still haven’t unleashed all the secret spots.  The sixth location, Breeze, introduced plenty of fresh features to the dull Valorant map pool. With its beachy scenery, palm trees, and vast, open area, Breeze has everything that other maps lacked. It turns out it also has a secret spot that can hide tossable utility.  Agents like Killjoy and Viper have …
Pokemon GO players call for boycott after safety benefits end News
Pokemon GO players call for boycott after safety benefits end Olivia Richman The Pokemon GO community has been in an uproar over Niantic’s decision to remove lockdown-era benefits last week.  Despite major backlash from players, Niantic went ahead with the decision to remove a lot of the benefits the developer added to the mobile game in 2020 to keep players engaged while they were less able to safely travel. Since many trainers were not leaving their homes a lot last year, Niantic …
EHOME shutters Dota 2 division until 2022 DPC season, xNova out Dota 2
EHOME shutters Dota 2 division until 2022 DPC season, xNova out William Davis The EHOME Dota 2 team will be temporarily shut down until the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit season. The announcement comes three weeks after a loss in the grand finals of China’s regional qualifier for The International 2021. In addition to a temporary shuttering, the team is also releasing Malaysian hard support Jian Wei “xNova” Yap due to the expiration of his contract. The EHOME Dota 2 team still plans to …
Elige explains why peeker’s advantage in Valorant isn’t entirely bad News Elige explains why peeker’s advantage in Valorant isn’t entirely bad By Fariha Bhatti These are the first 2021 LCS summer playoff matchups and dates League of Legends These are the first 2021 LCS summer playoff matchups and dates By William Davis These are the matches and dates for the 2021 LEC summer playoffs League of Legends These are the matches and dates for the 2021 LEC summer playoffs By William Davis
xQc challenging Twitch DMCA ban is important, and this is why News
xQc challenging Twitch DMCA ban is important, and this is why Steven Rondina Félix “xQc” Lengyel was banned from Twitch after a DMCA claim for watching highlights of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, and he says he’s going to be fighting back. The streamer returned to Twitch and discussed the DMCA ban, noting that his legal team wasn’t going to take it lying down. While most are forced to simply eat Twitch’s uneven enforcement of copyright claims, xQc is going to be swinging back …
Why is esports so popular? News
Why is esports so popular? William Davis The online gaming industry is getting bigger every day. But what exactly is driving that constant growth, and how has that led to the development of esports? Gaming has quickly become the biggest thing in modern entertainment. The industry is now valued in the billions of dollars, a far cry from its humble beginnings when Atari was the biggest name in the space. A big part of that growth has …
Pop singer Ariana Grande coming to Fortnite with Rift Tour Fortnite
Pop singer Ariana Grande coming to Fortnite with Rift Tour Fariha Bhatti Popstar Ariana Grande is the next star to grace Fortnite with a concert named the Rift Tour.  Fortnite had various popular musicians and singers bring their talent to the Fortnite realm, but Ariana Grande will be the biggest name so far to enter the virtual universe. The star singer shared a dramatic teaser of her glamorous outfit from the Rift Tour on Twitter.  ???? #rifttour august 6-8@FortniteGame https://t.co/Mlf5Xpl9HO pic.twitter.com/pTgLJ7e67O — …
FC Schalke 04 finishes its final LEC split in last place League of Legends
FC Schalke 04 finishes its final LEC split in last place William Davis Today marked the end of an era for FC Schalke 04, with the franchise playing its very last game before a planned exit from the game.  FC Schalke 04 played its last game against none other than Fnatic but ended up losing the match in a hard-fought game. With this result, Schalke finish the split in 10th place with a 3-15 record. This sticks a fork in the organization’s presence …
MoistCr1TiKaL shows that Pokemon Unite really is pay-to-win Olivia Richman News The gaming community often turns to Charlie “MoistCr1TiKaL” for his opinionated takes on gaming and influencers. This time, he has shared some frustrations with the new Pokemon Unite for the Nintendo Switch.  The Pokemon-themed MOBA has been getting a lot of attention from the gaming community. While most of it has been positive, a lot of people have questioned if the game is pay-to-win, meaning that in-game purchases must be …
New LoL champion Akshan will be disabled for Worlds 2021 William Davis League of Legends 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 …
w0xic and XANTARES headline new Turkish roster Sangal Esports William Davis News 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 …
The most rare and expensive CSGO cases, from $50 to priceless William Davis News 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. …
Are these surf servers hinting at a new CSGO operation? Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 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 …
Esports is bound to take the stage among the elite leagues of traditional sports William Davis News In sports, 2020 had one clear winner.  Many leagues plodded on and many tried to do as much as they could, to finish their seasons or even begin new ones. However, things did not fare too well. At the end of it, what fans got was a disappointing season, abrupt starts and stops, as well as changes they were not used to, that took the sweetness out of the game.  …
Will there be an NBA 2K22? William Davis News Following the success of the NBA 2K21 game, a lot of fans have been questioning when the release of the 2K22 game will be. Though it has been announced, it is likely to be a very long way off from the release of the game.  Improvements to graphics Some of the first improvements will inevitably come in the form of the graphics used. A game released each year always has …
The best build and moves for Cinderace in Pokemon Unite William Davis News Cinderace has quickly established itself as one of the strongest and most popular characters to play in Pokemon Unite and will likely enjoy that distinction for a long time to come. Cinderace is currently one of the strongest ranged attackers in the game, relying on fast auto attacks and the ability to outplay opponents.  Most Pokemon in Pokemon Unite rely a lot on their abilities, but Cinderace is one of …
Viper is OP on Breeze, can take over sites without help Fariha Bhatti News 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 …
Should CSGO have an option to pick between M4A4 and M4A1-S mid-game? Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike 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 …
Gen.G reported armed trespassers at esports headquarters in Seoul William Davis League of Legends 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 …
How much does buying everything you need cost in Pokemon Unite? Steven Rondina News 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 …

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