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Leak reveals salaries of Valorant stars nitr0, sinatraa
Olivia Richman
Even though Valorant is a relatively new esport, some of its top players are still raking in big dough. This explains why big names in Overwatch, Apex Legends, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive don’t feel it’s too much of a risk to switch over to Valorant in the infancy of its esports scene. The girlfriend Sentinels’ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo’s girlfriend, Kyedae Shymko, seemingly leaked the salaries of two of Valorant’s biggest …
League of Legends
How many League of Legends skins are there in 2021?
William Davis
Riot Games continues pumping out skins for League of Legends fans, and 2021 is looking to be another year in which plenty of new in-game cosmetics are made available. For 2020, Riot committed to increasing the number of new skins and successfully surpassed its goal of 120 new skins. In 2021, Riot continues to push out new skins while also focusing on creating several new thematics. Some of these new …
Dota 2
Dota 2 player count down despite Dragon’s Blood, new player mode
Steven Rondina
Dota 2’s player count continues to fall, and that’s bad news for both the game’s fans and Valve. The reveal of new animated series DOTA: Dragon’s Blood was met warmly by fans who were hopeful that the show might bring in new players or lure back those who had left the game behind. And when this was followed by the long-awaited rollout of an improved new player experience for the …
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Amouranth becomes Twitch’s top female streamer, beats Pokimane
Olivia Richman
Controversial female streamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa has become the top female streamer on Twitch, beating Imane “Pokimane” Anys as the most-watched woman on the streaming platform. Pokimane was surpassed by Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter for title of most-watched streamer in January. But Valkyrae is on YouTube. Beating Pokimane on Twitch is a much more difficult feat. Pokimane has over 7.5 million followers on Twitch, with fans consistently watching her play Valorant …
Dota 2
StingeR fined for beastcoast’s withdrawal from Singapore Major
Steven Rondina
beastcoast missed the ONE Esports Singapore Major, and one of its players is paying a price for that. The top team of South America’s OGA Dota Pro Circuit League is slapping a fine on team captain Steven “StingeR” Vargas. This stems from the player breaking beastcoast’s health protocols and exposing the rest of his team. “Unfortunately, in the days leading up to the team’s flight to Singapore…[StingeR] disregarded our agreed …
Dota 2
Team Secret out of Singapore Major after losing in laggy match
Steven Rondina
Team Secret has been eliminated from the ONE Esports Singapore Major. Europe’s last hope was knocked out of the event with a 2-0 loss to Invictus Gaming. This was preceded by an upper bracket loss at the hands of PSG.LGD. As a result, Team Secret is heading home as the tournament’s fourth-place finisher, which is worth $50,000 and 350 Dota Pro Circuit points. This marks the end of our journey …
League of Legends
A first look at the 2020 DAMWON Gaming World Champion skins
William Davis
The DAMWON Gaming 2020 World Championship skins have finally been revealed and they are looking to be a banger. After several months of waiting, fans now have the first look at the DAMWON Gaming skins. The skins are rewarded to DAMWON Gaming for winning the 2020 World Championship. As per tradition, all five winning players get to choose a champion that they want a skin for. This year, the champions …
League of Legends
This is the League of Legends patch schedule for 2021
William Davis
Riot Games continue to make League of Legends a varied experience for players at all levels with frequent patches, and there’s now an official patch schedule to help fans keep track of it all. League of Legends has been around for more than 10 years and is still constantly changing. Riot Games is still doing bi-weekly patches for the most part, so there is a lot to keep tabs on. …
shroud isn’t happy about the aim and recoil in Valorant
M Alzamora
News
Twitch streamer Michael “shroud” Grzesiek let Valorant have a piece of his mind after he nissed what looked like two easy kills while playing his daily dose of Riot Games’ first-person shooter. Twitch fans know that if there’s one thing shroud is known for, it’s hitting some pretty nice flicks on enemy players. But after shroud missed two kills on the Kingdom assassin Reyna, he let loose his frustration with …
Everything we know so far about DOTA: Dragon’s Blood Season 2
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Without spoiling too much about DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, the series ends on a cliffhanger. Naturally, loads of Dota 2 fans are now clamoring for any information that can be found about a second season of the show. Details are scarce at this point, but it’s worth going over everything that is known. Here’s all the information released to this point on DOTA: Dragon’s Blood. But be warned, there are spoilers …
The complete Nvidia guide to getting better FPS in Valorant
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Getting the most out of Valorant means wringing out as many frames per second as possible, and these four quick tips can help players do just that. Valorant isn’t a demanding game on players’ graphics cards, but these settings will help increase FPS, especially on a low-end PC. But even if players have a monster machine, there’s no reason not to boost it even further with these simple options. Our …
NiKo shows off smoke lineup that shuts down AWPers on Inferno
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Tired of dying to AWPers camping B-site coffins on Inferno? Nikola “NiKo” Kovač has the perfect recipe to tackle the issue. Inferno’s B site becomes a lion’s den if the enemy team has a skilled AWPer watching banana. Opening the area becomes almost impossible without proper utility and sacrificing at least one teammate. The narrow entryway doesn’t give the T side many options and provides the AWPer with an advantage …
This Sova arrow lineup wipes out enemies on Ascent
Fariha Bhatti
News
Sova does wonders on every map, but he’s particularly deadly on Ascent. If you’re opening bomb point B on Ascent, you’ll likely need a controller on your team. The B site entrance is exposed from Defender’s lobby and market angles that can be blocked by smokes. However, the stair is a common angle for enemies to scout B site from. This is one of the trickiest areas to clear for …
TenZ on Sentinels’ roster for Challengers 2, but is he staying?
Nina Forneloza
News
Sentinels has won its first match of Challengers Series 2, and Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is still on the active roster. Many fans are now wondering if TenZ is going to stay with the team, and how the connected investigation into suspended player Jay “sinatraa” Won is going. TenZ is currently on loan from Cloud9 to fill in for Sinatraa, who is under investigation after being accused of sexual assault. Fans …
All of the correct Dust 2 callouts in CSGO
William Davis
Counter-Strike
Learning the correct callouts in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is vital if you want to improve in the game. One of the best things about CSGO is the depth of the tactical aspect of the game. You can always learn new things and improve. If you want to get better on Dust 2, then this guide is just what you need. Here are all the different callouts on the map, as …
EU Masters groups drawn, Karmine Corp set in group of death
Tokoni Uti
League of Legends
The EU Masters tournament pits the best European Regional League sides against each other to demonstrate who is the strongest team outside of the LEC. The group stage draw has now shown these teams who they must beat in order to reach the knockout stage. Group A will see Summer 2019 EUM winner BIG, who qualified as the Prime League’s first seed, take on Spring 2020 runners-up K1CK, who still …
Rick Fox launches gaming company HiDef Inc after Echo Fox fail
Olivia Richman
News
After the financial fiasco that was Echo Fox, founder Rick Fox stated that he planned to remain in the gaming industry. And now he’s announced how he plans to do so via the launch of HiDef Inc. It looks like Fox’s plans have pivoted. Instead of competitive gaming, it appears that Fox and his other co-founders, Jace Hall and Dr. David Washington, are looking to make video games. The first …
Riot responds to win trading and match fixing in Wild Rift
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Riot has provided an official response to Wild Rift’s ongoing match-fixing and win trading issues, announcing that it is a bannable offense in a recent blog post. Win trading is when players queue together in Wild Rift in an attempt to end up on opposite teams. One of the players will then intentionally perform poorly and feed their opponent, causing their team to eventually lose the match. This ruins the …
EternaLEnVy returning to pro Dota 2 with Black N Yellow roster
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao is returning to professional Dota 2, and he already has a new home. On the official Dota 2 major registration page, EternaLEnVy was added to the roster of Black N Yellow. The move comes two days after the release of Francis “FLee” Lee and Eric “Ryoya” Dong. Following the move, Black N Yellow has the following players registered to its roster for the next round of the …
How to avoid CSGO scam Seven Town and protect your Steam account
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Here’s what players need to know about Seven Town, the classic CSGO scam that’s once again making the rounds on the Steam platform. Seven Town is the latest scam to hit Steam users, with reports of accounts being stolen appearing on Reddit, the Steam forums, and Twitter. The scam is a new twist on an old formula, and it’s being used to phish account passwords, steal accounts, and empty the …
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