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News Why did Blizzard lose 30% of its players in the last 3 years? By Nina Forneloza League of Legends LEC announces official start date for 2021 LEC Summer Split By William Davis News Yabbe is the latest to call out Adorable Kittens for abuse By Olivia Richman

Fortnite

Fortnite getting NBA-themed mini game, LeBron James skin Olivia Richman Epic Games shared an internal presentation that revealed a Fortnite road map full of collaborations, skins, and game modes.  As the Epic v. Apple trial continues, the game developer has shared a quarterly business review from June 2020, outlining the battle royale’s current state, future plans, and strategic priorities. One of the most interesting and innovative changes that developers have been planning is a partnership with the NBA.  The presentation …

League of Legends

These champions could dominate the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational William Davis After a lot of changes for the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational patch 11.9, it’s expected that the meta will shift and new champions might take the spotlight.  An international League of Legends event is always exciting. Not only because the best teams in the world will clash, but also because the meta will always go in unexpected directions. Every international event creates its own meta and MSI 2021 likely won’t be …

Dota 2

A set of unusual Dota 2 couriers has sold for over $200,000 Steven Rondina Dota 2 items have plummeted in value over the last 18 months, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still some unique items getting moved for huge sums of money. A set of rare unusual Dota 2 couriers were sold for a whopping $200,000 in cryptocurrency. The transaction was spotted in blockchains by a Redditor who also identified the specific couriers being sold. It is unknown who the buyer is …

League of Legends

Perkz thinks jungle is still the strongest role at MSI 2021 William Davis Cloud9 mid laner Luka “Perkz” Perković believes that jungle is still the strongest role in the game moving into the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.  In a recent interview with Ashley Kang, Perkz addressed the state of the jungle and how he still thinks it’s the most impactful role in the game. Despite recent jungle changes on patch 11.9, Perkz thinks that junglers will have the biggest impact at MSI and be …

League of Legends Will Darius and Jinx fall out of meta in LoL patch 11.10? By William Davis Fortnite Fortnite has made an astonishing amount of money for Epic Games By Steven Rondina League of Legends MAD Lions vs. PSG Talon: MSI 2021 betting analysis By William Davis

Fortnite

Here is how you can celebrate Star Wars Day in Fortnite Olivia Richman You can now celebrate May 4 in an epic way by playing Fortnite on Star Wars Day.  This new in-game event will celebrate the Star Wars community’s holiday by bringing back skins, cosmetics, and items from past seasons that allow players to experience the force. In Season 6, the Primal theme added simplicity to Fortnite.  Before that, it wasn’t uncommon to receive Star Wars cosmetics and rewards in-game. The latest …

Counter-Strike

New CSGO patch upgrades chicken models, brings new skins, and more Fariha Bhatti New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive patch notes mark the end of Operation Broken Fang. But it brings tons of stuff for players to sink their teeth in.  Valve has rolled in a whole new case with bubbly skins for CSGO weapons, a new map, and a model update for the chickens. The May 4th update is one of the most significant ones since Valve added Vertigo to the active duty map …

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Cypher’s new camera lineup shows that he’ll be viable on Breeze Fariha Bhatti Breeze may be a map for controllers, but Cypher can annihilate the enemies with his tricks when used correctly.  The extensive area opens ways for attackers to execute flanks. An agent like Cypher can help watch the backlines. His kit has many uses on Breeze. This new lineup for A site shows that he can employ his abilities in team games. A site is one of the most complex locations on …

League of Legends

Tahm Kench is seeing big rework changes, but what does it mean? William Davis While many Tahm Kench players are waiting in excitement for his rework, fans have already gotten a first look at the reimagined character.  With the recent reveal of four new Arcana skins, a sneak peek of the upcoming Tahm Kench rework was seemingly provided. In the Arcana Tahm Kench preview, players got to see his abilities in a new order and with new effects. This quickly had players speculating what …

Apex Legends Legacy Battle Pass revealed for Season 9 Olivia Richman Apex Legends Apex Legends has a lot of major updates set to arrive in the store tomorrow when Season 9 drops. In anticipation of that, Respawn Entertainment has decided to share all of the information about the Season 9 battle pass coming May 4.  From what fans can gather, Season 9 is going to be the battle royale’s biggest update yet. This includes an entirely new permanent tactical shooter-like game mode named …

Train dropped from active duty map pool, replaced by Ancient Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Train’s tenure in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is over. At least, as far as active duty goes. Valve has revamped the active duty map pool with the addition of a fresh new location, Ancient. CSGO hasn’t seen a massive map update in a long time. While the game has a tall list of unique maps designed by developers and community members, the competitive map pool was still restricted to the same …

Destiny is already back on Twitch after his latest ban Olivia Richman News Political content creator Steven “Destiny” Bonnell is back on Twitch after he was banned for showing sexual content. During a recent broadcast, Destiny had a guest on his stream that claimed to have images pulled from Hunter Biden’s hacked computer. Without warning, the guest flashed a picture to viewers depicting a sexual scenario involving Biden and two women. The graphic photo got Destiny banned from Twitch since it went against …

This Valorant player created a realistic Prime Vandal out of cardboard Fariha Bhatti News Valorant skins can be a bit hard on the pocket. So this Valorant fan took things into his own hands and created a weapon skin from scratch.  Reddit user RivalRudra designed his own Vandal skin since he couldn’t purchase one in-game. The creator shared the images with other Valorant players who were impressed by the accurate replica of Prime Vandal.  Prime skin bundle is one of the legendary cosmetic lines …

What is the Twitch Founders Badge and how do you get one? Steven Rondina News Twitch is all about showing off, and that goes for viewers almost as much as it does for the actual streamers. One of the ways viewers can do show off is with the badges next to their names. Twitch has a number of different badges that appear near users’ names, including subscriber badges and Twitch prime badges, as well as rarer badges that are attached to specific events. The biggest …

shroud thinks Breeze is the best map in Valorant, and this is why Fariha Bhatti News Valorant’s newest map Breeze has received a mixed response from the game’s players thus far, but Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek thinks it’s the best map in the game.  Breeze is the latest map in Valorant with tons of stuff for players to sink their teeth into. Initially, fans seemed to enjoy Breeze’s long duels, but most players are now complaining about the large size of the map. shroud has a …

MSI 2021 on-air talent revealed, including Bwipo and Wadid William Davis League of Legends The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational will include a big on-air talent team with casters from every major region.  In a recent announcement, Riot Games revealed the on-air talent team for the upcoming MSI tournament. The team includes 24 people, with Fnatic top laner Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau and former G2 Esports support Kim “Wadid” Bae-in both set to take part. Besides that, the team will consist of talent from the LEC, LCS, …

League of Legends animated series Arcane coming to Netflix William Davis League of Legends League of Legends fans have waited eagerly for the League of Legends animated series and it’s finally close.  The animated series called Arcane will be coming this fall to Netflix. The series will be set in the League of Legends world and likely have a lot of well-known characters from the game in it. In a recent trailer, Netflix Geeked gave a little sneak peek of what’s in store but …

Watch Faker outplay Sylas with his crazy reactions on Akali William Davis League of Legends Despite the mid-season break, T1 mid laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok isn’t going easy on his opponents in solo queue.  The star mid laner recently pulled off an impressive outplay in solo queue, where he made a fool out of the enemy Sylas despite being behind on Akali. With a score of 1/4/3 after just 13 minutes, Faker was struggling to keep up in the laning phase against Sylas. This had …

Dr Disrespect decides to quit Warzone again, blames Season 3 Olivia Richman News Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm has been in an off-again, on-again relationship with Call of Duty: Warzone since the game dropped. His love-hate situation with Warzone has been a continuous source of entertainment for a streaming community that was not surprised to see Dr Disrespect quit the game once again during a recent stream.  Despite Warzone’s epic preseason event, Season 3 has been a source of frustration for many battle royale …

Is Valve now permanently banning CSGO account boosters? Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Valve is cracking down on boosting in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. A CSGO player recently took to Reddit to discuss their recent banishment from the game.  In a post on the site, they shared a message they received from Valve that suggests a larger crackdown on accounts with manipulated MMR is currently underway. “The account you are writing in for was identified as having its CSGO Skill Group and/or profile level …

EU Masters final broke record with peak at over 377,000 viewers William Davis League of Legends The first European Masters event of the year gathered a lot of attention from fans and had an impressive peak viewership during the final.  In the grand final between Karmine Corp and BT Excel, thousands of viewers tuned into the intense series that was won 3-1 by Karmine Corp. The final got an impressive amount of attention from the French stream and combined with all the other broadcasts it reached …

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