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Counter-Strike How to activate hard mode in Broken Fang’s co-op Autumn Harvest By M Alzamora Fortnite Fortnite World Cup cancelled through 2021, FNCS return announced By Steven Rondina Fortnite 8-year-old Fortnite player signs sponsorship deal with Team 33 By Olivia Richman

Dota 2

Ex-Evil Geniuses captains ppd, Fear reuniting in BTS Pro Series Steven Rondina Some of North America’s most credentialed Dota 2 players are set to return to action together in the very near future. Peter “ppd” Dager has announced that he is coming out of retirement for BTS Pro Series Season 4. Joining him are a number of accomplished North American players. The lineup stands as follows: Clinton “Fear” Loomis dnm David “Moo” Hull Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu Peter “ppd” Dager Notably, this seemingly …

Counter-Strike

CSGO Operation Broken Fang’s store, stars, and prices explained M Alzamora CSGO’s Operation Broken Fang seems similar to Shattered Web at first glance, but players will soon realize they have many more options when it comes to getting the loot they want. Broken Fang’s store is made for players who know what they want. It’s filled with new Agents, three new collections exlusive to Broken Fang, a Broken Fang Operations case, two new sticker collections, a new grafitti collection, and a …

League of Legends

Biofrost leaves TSM, takes break from professional play William Davis Professional support player Vincent “Biofrost” Wang has officially left Team SoloMid and will be taking a break from competing at a professional level.  After a solid year with TSM, Biofrost will take “at least a split off” to focus on streaming and other opportunities. It was already known that Biofrost wouldn’t be the starting support for TSM in 2021 after former Suning player Hu “SwordArt” Shuo Chieh joined the team …

League of Legends

Cloud9 announces 2021 LCS coaching staff including Mithy William Davis Cloud9 has completed its LCS coaching staff for the 2021 season with three new signings who will assist head coach Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin. After officially announcing Reignover as the new head coach back in November, C9 has now shared the rest of the coaching staff. The new additions to the coaching team are former support player and Fnatic coach Alfonso “Mithy” Rodríguez, former 100 Thieves Academy player Maxwell “Max” Waldo, …

Counter-Strike Valve names Operation Broken Fang loadout after summit1g meme By Fariha Bhatti Fortnite xQc shares wholesome moment with a kid while streaming Fortnite By Olivia Richman News BIG vs. OG: FLASHPOINT Season 2 lower bracket betting analysis By William Davis

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Valorant First Strike commentators diss the Overwatch League Olivia Richman The Valorant First Strike EU quarterfinals have been entertaining fans all day. But a lot of viewers have taken to the Twitch chat to voice their preference for North American Valorant players. This might be due to that region’s larger list of big personalities, including Matthew “Wardell” Yu and Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik on TSM, former Overwatch League MVP Jay “sinatraa” Won, and Andrej “babybay” Francisty on FaZe Clan. Their flashier …

Counter-Strike

New CSGO operation Broken Fang is the biggest one yet M Alzamora After more than a year of waiting and months of teasing, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Operation Broken Fang has arrived. CSGO’s newest operation comes with a batch of new features, including live stats tracking, four new skin collections, a brand new in-game ping system, and a whole host of features that CSGO players have begged for over the years. The operation comes with live map picks and bans prior to each …

Counter-Strike

MIBR fined by FLASHPOINT for stream sniping in match against OG M Alzamora MIBR was fined $10,000 for having its match against OG visible by players during the game, according to an official announcement by FLASHPOINT.  Although FLASHPOINT made it clear that it’s livestream is on a considerable delay, FP and its board of governors decided to impose the fine and called the action “a breach of competitive integrity.” The announcement went on to say that all teams have been informed that the …

Fortnite

Fortnite Kratos skin leaked, Master Chief rumored for Season 5 Steven Rondina With the Fortnite season themed around Marvel Comics done, Fortnite fans can now look forward to Chapter 2 Season 5. With this new season being themed around “hunts,” two intriguing new skins are set to arrive. A few days after the titular character of Disney’s The Mandalorian series was confirmed as a character, Sony accidentally let slip that God of War lead Kratos will also be dropping in Fortnite in …

Alex leads Cloud9’s CSGO resurgence at DreamHack Masters M Alzamora Counter-Strike Cloud9’s matchups against ENCE at DreamHack Masters Winter showed off that in-game leader Alex “Alex” McMeekin has been defying convention as the team’s shotcaller. IGL’ing in CSGO usually comes with a serious dip in form. These players not only have to make the calls and organize the strategies that win their team’s games, but they have to do so in the middle of rounds as well. Some players have been …

ZionSpartan rumored to fill out new Cloud9 Academy roster William Davis League of Legends Former CLG and Golden Guardians Academy top laner Darshan “ZionSpartan” Upadhyaya is reportedly joining Cloud9 Academy for the 2021 season. After over a year spent on Golden Guardians Academy, it looks like the veteran top laner will move on to a new academy project at one of the biggest esports organizations in North America. According to rumors, ZionSpartan will play alongside talented players such as bot laner Calvin “K1ng” Truong and …

Chaos confirms that it will drop CSGO and Rainbow 6 teams M Alzamora Counter-Strike After a week of rumors, Chaos Esports Club has announced that it will no longer field rosters in either Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or Rainbow 6: Siege, according to an announcement from the organization’s official blog. The blog cited the current travel restrictions as one of its main reasons for dropping the squads, as well as effects on the organization’s ability to attract sponsors to the teams. Instead, Chaos says that …

Live DMCA coming to Twitch as OBS offers advanced audio options Fariha Bhatti News The latter half of 2020 continues to rock the world of Twitch streamers as DMCA drama continues to build. While OBS, a broadcasting software, is trying to help streamers with updated audio options, Twitch streamers are reportedly being threatened by a new live DMCA system.  2020 has been a rocky year for independent creators on Twitch who were bombarded with DMCA strikes for using copyrighted music. A large number of …

Vitality players surge forward in latest CSGO player rankings M Alzamora Counter-Strike Ranking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players is much tougher than ranking a team’s performances, but two of Team Vitality’s members have shown up time and time again and in doing so have impressed our algorithm. Both Dan “apEX” Madesclaire and Cédric “RpK” Guipouy made CSGO’s top players list after several phenomenal performances over the past two weeks. Both players have been fixtures in CSGO’s professional scene for years and have had …

Impact joins Evil Geniuses roster ahead of LCS 2021 season William Davis League of Legends Evil Geniuses has announced former Team Liquid star Jeong “Impact” Eon-young as its starting top laner for 2021. Evil Geniuses finalized its 2021 roster with the addition of Impact to the squad. Impact is joining returning members Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen and Daniele “Jiizuke” di Mauro. The team also signed former FlyQuest support Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun, who will be laning with Matthew “Deftly” Chen, who was recently promoted from the academy …

EPIC League has Secret falling, VP climbing in player rankings Steven Rondina Dota 2 All of the top Dota 2 teams in the world are active right now, and that’s made for a massive shift in the player rankings. This installment of the player rankings marks a major shakeup that undid the established order. Catch up on the player rankings: How the WIN.gg rankings are calculated The previous player rankings article Team Secret has maintained steady control of the top three spots in the …

FURIA and Team Liquid make push into top 10 CSGO ranking M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s top teams haven’t shuffled much since the middle of November, but Evil Geniuses’ move back to North America has left room for other teams to break into the rankings. The top three teams in Astralis, BIG Clan, and Natus Vincere retained their spots in the rankings, but FURIA made a big jump to the sixth place spot while Team Heroic fell off sharply after losses at IEM …

Vikin.gg, Elephant break into top 10 Dota 2 team rankings Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2’s grind continued on with Realms Collide in the west, the China Pro Cup in the east, and EPIC League between. Those events have made for some major shifts over the last two weeks, with top teams slipping and newcomers reaching the top 10. Here’s the top 10 Dota 2 teams: Catch up on the Dota 2 team rankings: Here’s how the rankings work The previous edition of the …

DRX promotes three rookies to main roster for 2021 LCK season William Davis League of Legends DRX revamped its 2021 LCK roster with the addition of three rookies to the roster. DRX will look very different in 2021, as the organization went for a roster that consists of rookies and up-and-coming players. After a disappointing end to its 2020 season, DRX is trying a new strategy for next spring. The organization kept jungler Hong “Pyosik” Chang-hyeon in the roster, while the rest of the players decided …

Watch s1mple score three knife kills in a row on stream M Alzamora Counter-Strike Natus Vincere might not have much to do until they face FURIA on December 15, but star player Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev sure is keeping busy. Breaking up his usual routine of pugging Counter-Strike: Global Offensive games on its defusal maps, s1mple took a holiday over to famed hostage map Office. For s1mple, the objective was make his opponents look silly. In the span of a single killing spree, s1mple managed …

Sodapoppin mocks trolls while announcing t-shirt contest winner Olivia Richman News Variety streamer Thomas “Sodapoppin” Jefferson Chance Morris IV recently announced the winner of his t-shirt contest.  The famed content creator told fans that he would be picking a select few t-shirt designs created by fans to feature on his merch store. The winners were chosen by popular vote, which made for some pretty hilarious results.  The winner was a huge hit with Sodapoppin’s followers. The meme-filled Christmas scene was called …

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