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Cheaper Fortnite skin and V-Buck acquisition methods William Davis Popular free-to-play battle royale Fortnite continues to provide millions of fans with entertainment. Fortnite is available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo devices, creating a connected gaming world where cross-platform competitive gameplay and the freedom for self-expression collide seamlessly. While attaining glorious victory is every player’s primary goal, winning with style comes as a close second. Among the distinct characteristics of Fortnite, there’s a design feature that allows players to …

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Riot announces new pro Valorant Champions Tour set for 2021 Nina Forneloza Riot Games has announced that its newest competition will kick off in early 2021 and will be called the Valorant Champions Tour.  The competition is a season-long global tournament featuring competitions in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The tour will take place throughout the entire year before crowning a global champion at the end of 2021. The VCT will feature three levels of competition: Challengers, Masters, …

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This DreamHack trailer might have teased a returning CSGO map M Alzamora The DreamHack Masters Winter trailer is impressive, but there was something that caught the eye of many viewers on Dust 2. The trailer for DreamHack Winter 2020 was a work of art, there’s no doubt about that. With beautiful animations to go with its soundtrack and voiceover, it’s an impressive piece of CSGO from Valve. But for all of the attention to detail given to the smallest parts of CSGO, …

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The best Skye flash guide for every map in Valorant Olivia Richman Valorant’s newest agent, Skye, has been a lot of fun for players to figure out. And used properly, she can be devastatingly effective. Her signature ability, Guiding Light, has been one of the reasons players keep flocking to the healing agent. Flashes are important in tactical shooters such as Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive because they throw off the enemy’s vision and ability to react. This often creates enough time …

League of Legends Cody Sun will likely play in Academy for the 2021 season By William Davis League of Legends Thorin blacklists Fnatic’s Bwipo amid ongoing League drama By William Davis Counter-Strike Multiple North American orgs reportedly exiting Counter-Strike By Fariha Bhatti

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Evil Geniuses pulls out of BLAST Showdown, Heroic to fill in M Alzamora Evil Geniuses announced that it would withdrawl from the BLAST Premier Showdown scheduled to start on November 24. EG revealed that its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team would not participate in the Showdown, BLAST’s version of a second chance qualifier for teams who failed to make the cut for its Fall finals. As the global condition worsens by the day, EG’s withdrawl makes plenty of sense from an organizational standpoint, much …

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Complexity vs. Sprout: BLAST Showdown betting analysis William Davis BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown kicks off with a banger of a match between the juggernauts from Complexity and Sprout, a team looking to prove themselves against some of the best.  Complexity is entering the tournament as one of the clear favorites, but teams like Sprout will look to make some upsets and maybe even go all the way themselves. The two best teams at the Showdown will qualify for …

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New Battle Queens LoL skin line revealed for Rell, Qiyana, more William Davis Riot has revealed a brand new skin line called Battle Queens that will likely arrive on live servers before year’s end.  The new line will include new skins for Diana, Janna, Katarina, Qiyana, and new LoL champion Rell. The skin line was recently teased by Riot in a short video posted on social media, that included five symbols. These symbols seem to relate to the five new skins, which are …

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Riot reveals newest champion Rell, the Iron Maiden William Davis Rell will be the newest addition to League of Legends and Riot has recently revealed the first information about her abilities.  The Iron Maiden will be a support tank, which players expected after several teasers throughout the past few months. To add on to those leaks, Riot has now officially revealed her splash art and short clips and descriptions of her abilities.  Rell, The Iron MaidenThis heavy-armored battle maiden rides …

How to start trading in CSGO William Davis News Trading in CSGO can be quite difficult, especially for those starting out. It’s still a worthwhile endeavor, though.  A lot of people still do it for its enjoyable and potentially immensely profitable aspects. Not only that, but trading also lets you builds up the number of trades tally on Steam, which is displayed on users’ profiles and can be used to gain trust and reputation in the trading community. The …

Valve employee rages, sends his Dota 2 teammate to low priority Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2 has a notoriously toxic community, and it seems as though that this toxicity goes right to the very top. A strange Reddit drama was kicked up recently by a player who claimed to have received a bogus demotion to the low-priority queue. While that’s standard fare on Reddit, what makes this case unique is the fact that the individual claims to have been manually punished by an employee …

The best LEC and LCS free agents left on the market before 2021 Nicholas James League of Legends About a week has passed since the start of League of Legends free agency and most of the rumored blockbuster signings and buyouts have been completed. But there are still quite a few free agents available that are either hammering out details with teams, shopping around for the best deal, or looking for an organization to take a chance on them. Here are some of the best westerns free agents …

Here’s how to fix the most common Valorant errors M Alzamora News Valorant’s mix of Overwatch’s abilites and CSGO’s precise gunplay has proven to be a hit among players, but constant errors have the community frustrated. Despite the game’s overwhelmingly positive reception, Riot’s updates have made the shooter more and more unstable over time. Frustrated fans and players have flooded the game’s subreddit and forums with complaints while begging for help. So what are are some of Valorant’s common errors and how …

League of Legends exploit lets players spam active items Olivia Richman League of Legends Expect Riot Games to hotfix League of Legends in the very near future after the discovery of a new game-breaking bug. Ultra Rapid Fire is a game mode that has stuck around long after its April Fool’s release due to its popularity. But now URF is completely broken thanks to an accidentally added items-only version of the game mode. Players with a sheen can now reset the cooldown of active …

Fortnite Season 5 leak hints at another new Black Hole event Olivia Richman Fortnite Remember when Fortnite completely disappeared for Epic’s “The End” event?  Season X didn’t just end. The game was completely taken down as a result. The servers were gone. The website was gone. And the official Fortnite Twitch channel was nothing but a black hole, which many thousands of viewers stared at in anticipation.  Well, it’s looking like Epic might be planning another Black Hole type of event for Fortnite Season …

shroud admits that he wouldn’t care if Twitch banned him Olivia Richman News When Félix “xQc” Lengyel was caught stream sniping in a Twitch-run Fall Guys tournament, Michael “shroud” Grzesiek was quick to point out that it went against Twitch’s Code of Conduct. But that didn’t necessarily mean that shroud wanted xQc banned. In fact, the former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional was quick to say that xQc probably wouldn’t get banned anyway. “I actually didn’t think he was going to get banned. A lot …

K/DA releases ALL OUT merch, including hoodies and t-shirts Olivia Richman League of Legends K/DA’s new song, “ALL OUT,” has been a huge hit with League of Legends fans.  K/DA, a fictional female pop band made up of League of Legends champions, debuted its new EP at Worlds 2020. The heavily celebrated smash hit received a skin line soon after, including a skin for new champion Seraphine. Kai’Sa received a skin with a prestige edition, which was available for purchase for 2000 Worlds tokens.  …

Esports Awards sees G2 Esports, Team Secret stand tall Steven Rondina League of Legends The 2020 Esports Awards are done and dusted, with the full list of winners standing as follows: Esports Game of the Year- League of Legends Content Creator of the Year- UpUpDownDown Coverage Website of the Year- The Esports Observer Supporting Agency of the Year- CSA Publisher of the Year- Riot Games Play of the Year- İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş Mobile Game of the Year- Freefire Creative Team of the Year- Paper …

Rogue Warriors vs. Vici Gaming: NEST 2020 betting prediction William Davis News It’s finals time in NEST 2020, where 12 LPL teams have fought bravely the past weeks and tested a lot of young talent on Summoner’s Rift.  The two finalists are Rogue Warriors and Vici Gaming, who have both been performing well throughout the whole tournament. None of the two teams have lost a game in the playoffs yet, making them the perfect candidates for the finals.  Rogue Warriors entered the …

C9 Jack says Perkz could have been paid seven digits more but chose C9 William Davis League of Legends Luka “Perkz” Perković could have been paid seven digits more than what Cloud9 has offered him, but he chose the most competitive option. Cloud9 founder and CEO Jack Etienne recently talked about the transfer of Perkz and how the talented mid laner turned down a lot of money to play for C9 in the 2021 LCS season.  In an interview with Duncan “Thorin” Shields, Etienne opened up about the process …

Riot Games teases new LoL champion, likely a tank support William Davis League of Legends While 2020 is coming to an end, Riot still has one champion left to be released and a new teaser suggests that it is close.  “Hurt someone enough, and they just might hurt you back.” pic.twitter.com/r3hnklT0aU — League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) November 21, 2020 The teaser shows a quick glimpse of what seems to be a weapon. The weapon, which appears to be a lance, likely belongs to the new …

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