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Counter-Strike cs_summit 7 teams includes new MIBR lineup, post-flusha Fnatic By Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Counter-Strike legend GeT_RiGhT leaves game to stream full-time By M Alzamora Dota 2 Fogged, BSJ denied entry to Europe to cast 2021 DPC leagues By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

Perkz debuts on Cloud9 with loss to Evil Geniuses in LCS Lock In William Davis Luka “Perkz” Perković’s debut in the LCS didn’t go exactly as planned. The mid laner didn’t live up to the hype as Cloud9 took a loss to Evil Geniuses in the opening round of the 2021 LCS Lock In. First blood for @C9Perkz, but @EvilGeniuses respond with one kill of their own! #LCS pic.twitter.com/bPuDfJehHX — LCS (@LCSOfficial) January 16, 2021 You can take the player out of G2 Esports, but …

Dota 2

Valve just disqualified self-reporting players from NA DPC League Steven Rondina The Dota Pro Circuit 2021 season is just about to start, and issues keep on popping up. Beyond the Summit has announced the disqualification of It’s Okay, a team led by former Alliance player Niclas “Niqua” Westergård, from the upcoming North American DPC League lower division. The move stems from one of the players, KKT, competing in the qualifiers to multiple Dota Pro Circuit leagues. KKT was the only player …

League of Legends

TSM’s new roster disappoints in its 2021 LCS Lock In debut William Davis Team SoloMid had a disappointing debut in the 2021 LCS Lock-In tournament and fans are already asking for changes. Despite its stacked roster, TSM had one of its worst games to date. TSM got completely run over by 100 Thieves in the opening match of the LCS Lock-In, and it all started at level one. The difference between both squads became evident early. TSM jungler Mingyi “Spica” Lu opted for …

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FunPlus Phoenix vs. EDward Gaming: 2021 LPL betting analysis William Davis FunPlus Phoenix and EDward Gaming will each look to add another victory to their standings in the 2021 LPL Spring Split. FPX and EDG are playing in the featured match of week two in the LPL. Both teams started the season with victories and will try to keep their winning streaks going. The stories of these teams are similar, but in an odd way. At one point, EDG was the …

League of Legends The LCS co-streaming program is back for the 2021 season By William Davis League of Legends DWG overcomes Gamayusi pentakill, beats T1 in LCK 2021 opener By William Davis Counter-Strike Here’s how bots can help you practice strats in CSGO By Fariha Bhatti

Dota 2

N0tail shows off $2 million 17-bedroom mansion in BBC interview Steven Rondina Johan “N0tail” Sundstein is doing very well for himself. The OG captain and highest-earning esports player in Dota 2 history did an interview with the BBC, discussin a number of topics including the mental toll competition takes on him and his own strengths and weaknesses in the game. But the most memorable part of the interview was when he showed off his enormous mansion in Lisbon, Portugal. Team houses are …

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Blizzard brings big new features with Battle.net 2.0 update Olivia Richman Battle.net 2.0 is coming, and users are in for some big changes as a result. Battle.net, Blizzard’s owned game launcher, is getting some big updates. The changes focus on navigating the game library and viewing games a bit more easily with layout improvements. Battle.net 2.0 will now allow players to choose their favorite games and arrange them as they desire to make it easier to access preferred titles.  Other quality-of-life …

Fortnite

Here’s how Fortnite Crew members can receive their free emote Olivia Richman Epic Games introduced the Fortnite Crew in December, and new members are having issues.  Fortnite Crew launched in December with a lot of bugs, including many of its new members seeing an abundance of error messages and delays. To make up for these mistakes, Epic is now offering a free emote exclusively for Fortnite Crew members. Players must have a subscription to the program to get this “Members Only” emote.  …

Counter-Strike

Jamppi might switch to Valorant after Valve refuses ban removal Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s young prodigy Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen may quit his job at ENCE, as reports say the player is considering a move to Valorant.  Jamppi has suffered a massive setback in his career due to a losing legal battle with Valve. The developer refused to allow Jamppi to enter any CSGO Majors due to a VAC ban in 2015. After a few lawsuits and missed opportunities, the player may …

FURIA tags Honda to replace junior at BLAST Premier event M Alzamora Counter-Strike The newest member of FURIA’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, Peytyn “Junior” Johnson, won’t play in the team’s upcoming BLAST Global Finals matches due to passport issues, according to an Instagram story from one of the organization’s investors. FURIA had originally announced that it had signed Triumph Gaming’s rising AWPer a day before it was forced to announce another promotion after CSGO’s infamous visa issues struck again. With Junior unable to …

Riot gives first look at new rework changes to Rammus ultimate William Davis League of Legends It’s now confirmed that Riot will be looking to give Rammus a small rework in League of Legends on the PC, as well as on Wild Rift for mobile.  2021 won’t only give fans new champions to play in League of Legends, but also improve some of the existingchampions that have been in the game for many years. One of them will be Rammus, who will see some changes to …

Boltz headlines new MIBR roster as TACO, fer cut ties M Alzamora Counter-Strike In a surprise announcement, MIBR revealed that it had signed Gustavo “⁠yel⁠” Knittel, Ricardo “⁠boltz⁠” Prass, Marcelo “⁠chelo⁠” Cespedes, Bruno “⁠shz⁠” Martinelli, and Daniel “⁠danoco⁠” Morgado to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The former Boom Esports players had been released to seek other opportunities on January 15, before appearing on Twitter just an hour later clad in MIBR’s patented black jerseys. Boom’s former fifth, João “felps” Vasconcellos, won’t join his teammates …

As the 2021 LCS Lock In begins, these are the favorites to win William Davis League of Legends The first LCS Lock In tournament is right around the corner, but which teams are the most likely to win? For the first time ever, the LCS will be playing a warm-up tournament before starting off the season for real. This is done through the LCS Lock In, where the winner won’t only start out the season with confidence but also go home with $150,000. The tournament seems to be …

Yoru players can break into defenders’ spawn with this lineup Fariha Bhatti News With the launch of Valorant Episode 2 comes a brand new duelist in the form of Yoru, who can sneakily teleport inside Ascent Defender’s spawn from far away.  Valorant’s shadow agent Omen has totally been upstaged by Yoru’s much similar (but better) toolkit. Earlier, Omen alone carried the power to slither around the map, making incredible plays. Yoru enters with the Gatecrash ability that is much deadlier.  All of Yoru’s …

Valorant pro subroza shows how best to use Yoru’s flash Fariha Bhatti News Valorant Episode 2 adds Yoru as the 14th agent on the decorated duelist roster. Riot’s shooter now has plenty of flashers, but Yoru’s Blindside can be especially tricky to combat for his enemies when it’s used correctly.  While the game was not necessarily in need of another flasher, Yoru’s pop flash may have an edge to it. Winning a duel against Yoru can be tough when he can vanish out …

Valve just removed 23 unreleased Dota 2 heroes from game files Steven Rondina Dota 2 Valve is cleaning up Dota 2, and for many, that’s actually kind of disappointing. The publisher is pruning out some unused files that are included when installing Dota 2. Among those files are numerous incomplete heroes that have been the subject of fan theories and predictions over recent months. The change was unearthed by DOTA Datamining and posted to Reddit. The changes removed files relating to 23 unreleased heroes. 19 …

Broxah’s visa delayed, unlikely to join CLG until February William Davis League of Legends CLG’s jungler Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen will likely be delayed until February in joining up with his new team for the 2021 LCS season.  It was recently confirmed that the Danish jungler couldn’t make it to North America in time for the LCS Lock In tournament due to visa problems. According to Broxah, it’s likely that he won’t be arriving before February, which means that he won’t only miss the Lock …

The best champions to climb ranked solo queue in LoL Season 11 William Davis League of Legends League of Legends Season 11 has finally arrived, and players from all over the world are starting to climb up the solo queue ladder once again. But which champions are currently best to use in starting the climb?  With patch 11.1 introduced, Riot has opened up for the ranked ladder once again. Some of the best and most dedicated players are already starting to reach Challenger rank in each region, …

How to set up the best VPN for gaming on Xbox or PlayStation William Davis News Gaming has evolved over the years, and video games have now come to represent the cutting edge of human ingenuity. This has been accompanied by undeniably powerful gaming consoles and machines, with PlayStation and Xbox ruling the market. These consoles now allow users to do much more than just gaming.  One of the current trends among console owners has been the use of VPNs. You can set up a VPN …

T1 vs. DWG Kia: 2021 LCK Spring Split betting analysis William Davis News Current world champion DWG Kia will make its debut in the 2021 LCK Spring Split against T1 on January 15. T1 started the season on a high note with a win over Hanwha Life Esports. T1 achieve this victory using a roster made up largely of rookies, a decision that took fans by surprise. Despite how young and inexperienced these players might be, they put on a show for an …

ZywOo picks dev1ce over s1mple as best CSGO player of the year Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut has given his verdict for the best player of 2020. ZywOo, who’s a fan-favourite for the number one spot himself, has revealed that his top pick is Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz.  ZywOo has introduced a new player to the race between him and Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev for the best player of the year. In an interview with 1pv.fr, Vitality’s AWPer admitted that the number one spot belongs to …

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