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What might change for online gaming in 2021
William Davis
Online gaming has been gaining more and more popularity during the past several years. This trend has been further accelerated in 2020 thanks to more people spending time inside. The stock markets soared for companies like Netflix, AMD, and Microsoft. And Twitch saw record viewership and the highest number of streamers it ever had. Nobody knows for certain what the future holds in the world of online entertainment and particularly …
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Madden 21 Championships: Everything you need to know
William Davis
One of the biggest events of the year is set to return in 2021. The Madden 21 Club Championship is set to return with a prize pool of $750,000. The tournament registration has since closed, and more information about upcoming events and live streams will be available in the future. The Madden Championship Series is set to run from November 10 to February 5. Players will have eight weeks to …
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Will esports create the next generation of billionaire sports athletes?
William Davis
Esports is coming of age, especially in 2020. In a world defined by staying home, video games have had a huge surge in both players and viewership. While esports competitions are traditionally played in big venues with teams at their own stations, the nature of these competitions means it’s possible to play and compete from anywhere in the world, even at home with the right internet connection and gear. It’s …
Counter-Strike
Tips and tricks for beating CSGO’s first Broken Fang missions
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Broken Fang operation has almost 34 stars for players to earn over its first two weeks’ worth of missions. Even though players have two big lists of missions to complete, Broken Fang has only been out for just over a week. Its first mission card, Start Your Engines, came out just a week ago, followed quickly by Week 2’s Moon Shot. While some of the operation’s missions …
Counter-Strike
Complexity loses poizon for 2020 season after emergency surgery
M Alzamora
Complexity Gaming’s Valentin “poizon” Vasilev will not finish out 2020 with the team after the organzation announced that he had undergone emergency surgery. A tweet from Complexity Gaming CEO Jason Lake announced the news on Twitter, making sure to mention that Complexity expects the AWPer to make a full recovery. The tweet kept the exact nature of poizon’s surgery private. Lake ended the unfortunate announcement with the organization’s intention to …
Counter-Strike
BLAST teams debunk CSPPA release, say voice comms issue resolved
Fariha Bhatti
The Counter-Strike Professional Players’ Association released a statement ahead of the first final of BLAST premier fall series after players refused to give BLAST access to voice comms and video screen recordings. However, a joint statement from 14 organizations reveals a conflict between Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams and CSPPA. All the teams that are partnered with BLAST for the Fall season published a joint statement on Twitter in which they confirmed that …
League of Legends
Here are the starting rosters for each LCS team in the 2021 season
William Davis
The offseason has been intense for LCS teams, with a lot of new big signings and star players retiring. After weeks of signings from left and right, the 10 LCS teams are now starting to be complete and it’s, therefore, time to look at the rosters. Fans can look forward to a 2021 season with a lot of new big names in the league that will hopefully increase the competitive …
League of Legends
TSM announces 2021 Academy roster including Hauntzer, Cody Sun
William Davis
Team SoloMid has announced its roster for the Academy league in 2021, and it includes a familiar face in top laner Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell and bot laner Liyu “Cody Sun” Sun. Joining the two LCS veterans is young Taiwanese player Wang “Yursan” Sheng-Yu, who previously played for Alpha Esports in the PCS and is a fairly unknown name. These three signings complete the TSM academy roster, which already had jungler …
Valve reveals details for new Dota Pro Circuit format in 2021
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
The Dota 2 pro scene is set to undergo a huge overhaul in 2021. Those changes were initially set to take place in 2020, but the scene was instead left in limbo for months. The gears will start turning again in January with the introduction of the new Dota Pro Circuit. Instead of revolving around a series of majors and minors, the bulk of the season will play out in …
Alinity and The Mob argue over harassment claims on Twitter
Olivia Richman
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Twitch streamer Natalia “Alinity” Mogollon is no stranger to controversy, but it seems she’s had enough of the drama as of late. Alinity took to Twitter to call out members of 100 Thieves’ content creator group, The Mob, for continuously harassing her. She decided to call out some of the streamers when one of the members, Froste, shared a tweet discussing his disdain for toxic online communities. He wrote a …
Twitch updates harassment policy, targets sexual harassment
Nina Forneloza
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Twitch announced today that it will be updating its Hateful Conduct and Harassment Policy. In the article, Twitch explains that many people on Twitch continue to experience a large amount of harassment and abuse that occurs on the platform. This update particularly aims to target those who sling abuse at women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, black, Indigenous, and other people of color. There are three sections that Twitch has …
Valorant releases first ever holiday skins ahead of winter event
Nina Forneloza
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Valorant has released a new set of holiday-themed skins ahead of the recently announced Snowball Fight Team Deathmatch, which runs from December 15 to December 29. The Winterwunderland skins are 1,275 VP for the Vandal, Phantom, Ghost, and Marshal, and 2,550 VP for the melee skins. A bundle costs 5,100 VP and includes all three of the Valorant melee variant levels, which are red, green, blue, and rainbow. Skins are …
Broken Fang CSGO skin hit with DMCA claim, Valve investigating
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
One of the skins included in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Operation Broken Fang has been hit with a DCMA copyright claim. CSGO’s new operation came with over 40 new skins for players to collect, but one of them might end up changing. The Galil Vandal, originally named “Robber,” has been flagged for review by Valve for a potential copyright violation according to a warning on the skin’s original workshop entry. While …
G2 reportedly benches Davidp after First Strike loss to Heretics
Fariha Bhatti
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The untouchable quintet of G2 Esports’ Valorant division has finally taken a loss in the First Strike European finals against team Heretics. The loss resulted in G2 immediately dropping David “Davidp” Prins from the active roster, according to a report at 1pv.fr. The report initially stated that both Jacob “pyth” Mourujärvi and Davidp were dropped from the G2 roster. However, it was later clarified that Pyth would be staying. …
Richard Lewis says cheats and throws rampant in CSGO pro scene
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
A stunning report from veteran esports reporter Richard Lewis says more than half of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s top teams would have been barred from competition for cheating without the intervention of tournament organizers in an attempt to save face. The report comes just days after a strange ruling by CSGO’s self-proclaimed governing body, the Esports Integrity Commission, stated that it would give “a pass [to] coaches, players, and teams” it …
Wild Rift is now available in Europe on iOS and Android
William Davis
League of Legends
It’s now possible to play the Wild Rift open beta in Europe and several other regions on both iOS and Android. Riot announced earlier this year that Wild Rift would extend its reach to several new regions on December 10, but it seems to have come a bit earlier than that. The regions that Wild Rift extends its open beta to include Europe, Vietnam, Oceania, Taiwan, Turkey, Russia, the Middle …
Pokimane addresses dating rumors after Fitz relationship joke
Fariha Bhatti
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Iman “Pokimane” Anys is once again at the receiving of trolling from social media users. A comment made by fellow streamer Cameron “Fitz” McKay regarding his relationship with Pokimane has resulted in a string of degrading comments directed towards Pokimane’s Twitter. Drama always ends up finding renowned Twitch streamer Pokimane, whether she’s directly involved or not. This time, famous YouTuber and Twitch streamer Fitz made a joke, but it only added …
Former ROX Tigers mid laner Kuro retires from pro LoL
William Davis
League of Legends
Another member of the famed ROX Tigers squad has chosen to retire, and this time it’s mid laner Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng who will be putting his mouse and keyboard on the shelf. It’s hasn’t been long since former ROX Tigers support Kang “GorillA” Beom-hyun made the announcement that he would retire, and now Kuro will be doing the same. Kuro was the mid laner for ROX Tigers when the team …
dev1ce has just reached some huge milestone at Astralis
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Astralis’ Nicholi “dev1ce” Reedtz crossed a major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive milestone last week when he reached and then passed one of CSGO’s most monumental pro player acheivements. dev1ce has now played over 1,000 maps since the team formally known as TSM went solo and named itself Astralis. dev1ce, considered by many fans to be one of the most deadly AWP users in the history of CSGO, reached the 1,000-map milestone …
CSGO dev says trusted accounts see few cheaters, players disagree
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
A conversation between CSGO developer John McDonald and a twitter user revealed that Valve has stats that say trusted accounts very rarely see cheaters. But CSGO players don’t seem to agree. In a Twitter thread, McDonald quoted some statistics from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that said that highly-trusted accounts see a confirmed cheater in only one game out of every 40, meaning that those accounts face a cheater in matchmaking about …
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