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News The Night. Market’s cheap skins are coming back to Valorant By Fariha Bhatti League of Legends Kog’Maw is about to get new visuals as part of a VFX update By William Davis League of Legends These are the best ways to counter Neeko in League of Legends By William Davis

Counter-Strike

Cache creator FMPONE has just released a Source 2 tutorial M Alzamora While Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players are tearing up the competition on Cache, FMPONE has been hard at work creating maps in Valve’s Source 2 engine. Even though his latest project is for Half-Life Alyx, the mapper has decided to share what he’s learned about the engine via YouTube. It isn’t every day that fans get a free lesson in Source 2, and it’s even rarer that they have a chance …

Dota 2

These are the biggest mysteries from DOTA: Dragon’s Blood Steven Rondina DOTA: Dragon’s Blood’s first season ended with a bunch of cliffhangers. The stories of Davion, Mirana, and Invoker were all set to head in a very different direction when the final credits rolled, and that has many fans already clamoring for a second season. But what will actually happen in DOTA: Dragon’s Blood season two? And what are the biggest unanswered questions left at the end of season one? Let’s …

League of Legends

Here’s how all of the ranks work in Teamfight Tactics Steven Rondina Teamfight Tactics is different from many games in that it lets players immediately jump into ranked matchmaking without any kind of hurdle or practice required. Combined with the fact that Teamfight Tactics has its own sizable community separate from the main League of Legends fandom, and many new players are left wondering just how the game’s ranked system works. With that in mind, it’s worth discussing the Teamfight Tactics ranked …

Counter-Strike

Beyond the Summit to hold first CSGO RMR event of 2021 M Alzamora Beyond the Summit will host Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s first regional ranking tournament of 2021, according to tweets from both BTS and the official CSGO Twitter account. The event is scheduled to take place starting on May 14, with a champion being crowned on May 30. It will feature open qualifiers for teams that want to compete. It’s also likely that any RMR points from last season will carry over to …

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Who is Pokimane? Learn all about the famous Twitch streamer Olivia Richman Imane “Pokimane” Anys is one of the most popular streamers in the world. She’s currently the top female streamer on Twitch with over 7.5 million followers and an average concurrent viewership of  over 18,000 per stream. While her broadcasts are usually positive and bubbly, Pokimane has also been at the center of a lot of controversies and drama over the course of her streaming career. Pokimane is currently 24 years …

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Dr Disrespect can’t stand Warzone’s new Easter update Olivia Richman YouTube star Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm has been frustrated with Call of Duty: Warzone for the past few months. But the battle royale’s Easter update may have been the last straw for the popular streamer.  For Easter, Warzone decided to add some new elements related to the annual holiday. Some loot crates located throughout the map were replaced with Easter baskets. Within the baskets was a Contraband contract for weapon …

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How to download your Twitch clips, and everyone else’s too M Alzamora Twitch lets players record, stream, and show off their skills to the world, but the streaming platform isn’t great at letting its users save their best clips. It’s almost been a year since the option to download Twitch clips suddenly disappeared, but there are ways around this removal that aren’t too hard pull off. Here’s the easiest way for players to find and download Twitch clips they’ve taken and clips …

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Overwatch Archives event is live, introduces new epic skins Olivia Richman Overwatch’s Archives event is back and it’s bringing an abundance of new skins.  The Archives event will run from April 6 to April 27. Throughout this time, Overwatch players will have the chance to collect eight new skins and cosmetics. While the skins have received positive feedback from fans, players are still frustrated with the lack of other new content in the event. In the past, players enjoyed PvE Archives …

Astralis vs Gambit Esports: ESL Pro League betting analysis William Davis Counter-Strike Gambit Esports and Astralis will face off this Friday, and only one of them will stay in contentions for the title at ESL Pro League Season 13. Astralis and Gambit have only met once before. In the quarterfinals of DreamHack Masters Europe 2020, Astralis secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over the young CIS squad. Since that loss, Gambit has experienced a meteoric rise in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene. The …

Team Liquid vs. TSM: Mid-Season Showdown betting analysis William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid and TSM will face off in an LCS derby for the last Mid-Season Showdown finals spot.  After Team Liquid knocked down TSM into the lower bracket during the first round of the Mid-Season Showdown, TSM will have a chance at revenge and an opportunity to continue its miracle run. Last split, TSM went all the way through the lower bracket to win the championship, and the chance to …

Here are the best champions for League of Legends One for All William Davis League of Legends One for All is back in League of Legends for the ongoing Space Groove event, letting players duke it out on Summoner’s Rift while playing the exact same champions.  One for All has been part of the rotating game mode list for a while now and is a fan favorite in many ways. Unlike a game mode like URF, One for All isn’t fast-paced but will instead enable some hilarious …

Valorant devs discuss plans for agent ban system Fariha Bhatti News An agent ban system is not coming to Valorant anytime soon, a developer has revealed. Since the game’s release in 2020, Valorant players have anticipated the addition of a ban feature similar to that of League of Legends. The game was initially released with only 10 characters, but now the roster keeps expanding with new patches. The addition of 15th agent Astra had some fans thinking that a ban feature …

New junglers looks to enter the meta in upcoming LoL patch 11.8 William Davis League of Legends The upcoming League of Legends patch 11.8 is looking to be a big one with Riot opening up for several new champions to enter the jungle meta.  According to a recent patch preview by gameplay design director Mark “Scuffy” Yetter, a total of five champions will be changed in a way that they might see play in the jungle. This includes Zed, Darius, Mordekaiser, Morgana, and Diana. All champions are …

Invictus Gaming, Thunder Predator jump in Dota 2 team rankings Steven Rondina Dota 2 The ONE Esports Singapore Major was the first proper international tournament in Dota 2 since Dota Summit 12 in March 2020. Questions were abound in regards to how the six Dota 2 regions would stacke up against one another. Surprisingly for many fans, there was a great deal of parity there. Five different regions had teams place in the top six. Fittingly, the most recent installment of WIN.gg’s Dota 2 …

Heroic’s sjuush catapults to No. 2 in CSGO Player rankings M Alzamora Counter-Strike There’s something to be said for a young player impressing on a big stage, and that’s what Heroic’s Rasmus “sjuush” Beck has done this month. Amongst the usual pro players on this week’s top 10 CSGO players is an unlikely name, but it’s one that deserves attention thanks to his special performances. sjuush shot to number two this week thanks to some impressive performances on Train, Vertigo, and Mirage. It’s …

Astralis and Gambit are almost tied atop CSGO team rankings M Alzamora Counter-Strike Astralis holds this week’s top CSGO ranking ahead of the Pro League finals, but Gambit might use an old Astralis trick to grab the top spot. It’s been a rollercoaster week for CSGO, and ESL Pro League has been a window into how the game’s top teams are doing in the first half of 2021. This week’s group D delivered, with teams looking rusty early in contests that went all …

Team Nigma benches w33 after finishing last in Singapore Major Steven Rondina Dota 2 Aliwi “w33” Omar is looking for a new home. Team Nigma has announced that its midlaner has been deactivated and moved out of the team’s starting roster. This comes just days after the end of the ONE Esports Singapore Major, which saw Team Nigma suffer a disastrous last-place finish in the event. The news was revealed on Twitter. An update to our roster for the 2nd DPC season.#StarsAlign pic.twitter.com/BOvJ1mmAJv — …

Use these Viper Snake Bite lineups to protect the Spike on Bind Fariha Bhatti News The newly buffed Viper is already making hits in high elo Valorant lobbies. These new retake lineups prove that she’s more viable than ever.  Smokers become crucial in a map like Bind, where various entries into bomb points call for a substantial blockage. Brimstone stores three big sky smokes in his kit, making him an ideal pick for Bind. While Viper has only one smoke, her toxic screen allows her …

G2 Esports vs. Rogue: 2021 LEC Spring Playoffs betting analysis William Davis League of Legends Either G2 Esports or Rogue will face MAD Lions in the 2021 LEC Spring Split finals, and fans won’t have to wait much longer to find out who it will be. The last match before the LEC final will be between defending champions G2 Esports and Rogue, which is looking to knock out the champions completely. This match won’t just be for the last spot in the final, but it …

Cloud9 and HenryG part ways after failed CSGO roster M Alzamora Counter-Strike Cloud9 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive general manager Henry “HenryG” Greer have officially parted ways. HenryG is officially out as Cloud9’s CSGO general manager after less than a year spent in the role. The former caster joined Cloud9 in October 2020, instantly making waves in the competitive CSGO community by being the first general manager to publicly release the details of his players’ contracts. Both HenryG and C9 made the announcement …

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