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Twitch updates harassment policy, targets sexual harassment
Nina Forneloza
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 …
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Valorant releases first ever holiday skins ahead of winter event
Nina Forneloza
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 …
Counter-Strike
Broken Fang CSGO skin hit with DMCA claim, Valve investigating
M Alzamora
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 …
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G2 reportedly benches Davidp after First Strike loss to Heretics
Fariha Bhatti
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. …
League of Legends
Former ROX Tigers mid laner Kuro retires from pro LoL
William Davis
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 …
Counter-Strike
dev1ce has just reached some huge milestone at Astralis
M Alzamora
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 …
Counter-Strike
CSGO dev says trusted accounts see few cheaters, players disagree
M Alzamora
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 …
League of Legends
LCK star GorillA retires after 1 season with SANDBOX Gaming
William Davis
Another legend has retired from professional League of Legends, with support player Kang “GorillA” Beom-hun calling it a career. The 2021 offseason has been full of great players retiring and GorillA is the next in line. The Korean support has had a fantastic career and will likely be remembered as one of the best support players of all time. He is mostly known for his time on ROX Tigers, one …
Snowball Fight Deathmatch brings holiday spirit to Valorant
Olivia Richman
News
“Ready to have a Snowball Fight with your friends (and likely your foes)?” Every time the holiday season rolls around, most major competitive games try to have some fun with the winter spirit in mind. Valorant is no different. For its first winter celebration, Riot Games is introducing Snowball Fight Team Deathmatch to Valorant. This limited-time game mode will run from December 15 to December 29, and was introduced in …
Riot previews new Marauder, Warden skins for Kalista, Quinn, more
William Davis
League of Legends
Riot recently introduced four brand new skins to close out the year. The skins include new cosmetics for Kalista, Kled, Quinn, and Gragas. Both Kalista and Kled will be receiving skins for the Marauder skin line, joining champions such as Olaf, Warwick, Alistar, and Ashe who already have Marauder cosmetics. It also looks like Xin Zhao will be receiving a Marauder skin. Quinn and Gragas will receive some light-themed heavenly …
A closer look at CSGO’s Broken Fang Case skins
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Operation Broken Fang comes with a brand new case, and here are the impressive skins in all their glory. CSGO’s new operation has put a huge number of skins into users’ virtual hands, but the in-game viewer doesn’t do justice for how impressive these skins are. From the humble military-spec CZ-75 Vendetta all the way to the third Neo-Noir skin stylishly applied to the Glock-18, Broken Fang’s …
Can SwordArt challenge CoreJJ as the best support in the LCS?
William Davis
League of Legends
After signing with Team SoloMid on a record-breaking contract, Hu “SwordArt” Shuo-Chieh will be playing in the LCS with an eye towards becoming the best support in the region. Team Liquid support Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in has been considered the best support in the LCS for a while, and may even be the best player in the entire league. The recent Worlds finalist SwordArt has now come to challenge that spot …
BIG to play IEM Global Challenge in place of Chaos, NA teams
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
North American organization Chaos Esports has confirmed the withdrawal of its Counter Strike: Global Offensive roster after a final sprint in 2020. And due to ongoing travel restrictions, German CSGO team BIG will be replacing Chaos esports in IEM Global Challenge. ESL had first sought other North American teams to replace Chaos. But with a lack of NA teams that both can travel and are of appropriate quality, German CSGO …
Olleh says illegal betting could ruin solo queue, points to Faker
William Davis
League of Legends
A new type of illegal betting in League of Legends is being scrutinized in China, and it may reach even farther than that. According to former Team Liquid support Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung, it’s possible to bet on solo queue games through illegal betting sites in China. These sites allow people to place bets on professional players’ solo queue games and whether the players involved will win or lose. This has …
OG N0tail pulls off hilarious outplay vs Nigma at EPIC League
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
OG isn’t playing on the same level they were back at The International 2019, but that’s not stopping the team from keeping up the cheekiness that made their victorious runs so memorable. Johan “N0tail” Sundstein showed that during one of the team’s Epic League matches against Team Nigma while he was playing as Magnus. In the middle of an early game skirmish, OG’s captain made the strange decision to park …
G2 Esports vs. FURIA: BLAST Premier Finals betting analysis
William Davis
News
A battle between two underdogs at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals takes place when G2 Esports and FURIA meet in their opening match. Both teams are at the tournament to prove that they can perform among the absolute best in the world at a consistent level. FURIA has been performing well in North America and continued that momentum in the European tournament, but is still waiting to win a …
Every Ancient skin from CSGO’s new Operation Broken Fang
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Valve borrowed heavily from previous skin cases for Operation Broken Fang’s new collections, and we’ve got them all here in high-resolution. Spend a little bit of time looking through Broken Fang’s Case collections and players might start to notice a theme. A carbon-fiber skin here or an Aztec look-alike there, and players might think that Valve simply edited older skin textures to apply them to different weapons. In some instances, …
Dignitas completes its LCS 2021 roster with new bot laner Neo
William Davis
League of Legends
Dignitas finalized its 2021 roster with the addition of bot laner Toàn “Neo” Trần, previously known as Asta. Dignitas promoted Neo from its Academy team and has completed its LCS roster for the upcoming season. With Neo in the roster, Dignitas becomes the only team competing in the LCS in 2021 without an import on its line-up. The organization is betting on homegrown talent for the upcoming season. Dignitas signed …
Suning head coach Chashao steps down from LPL team
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Head coach Shih “Chashao” Yi-Hao has stepped down from his position at Suning. The Chinese League of Legends team announced the news earlier today, stating that they “regret” to announce his departure. Chashao was with the team for 571 days, experiencing both the lows and highs of the team’s journey. “Thank you for your contribution and efforts to Suning,” Suning stated on Twitter. “Wishing that your next stop brings you …
Valorant First Strike NA peaks at more than 300,000 viewers
Olivia Richman
News
Valorant fans couldn’t get enough of Riot Games’ First Strike action this past weekend. While First Strike featured action from multiple competitive regions, North America was by and far the most popular competition. The region boasted over 300,000 viewers during the main event’s 21 hours of air time. Europe’s competition was the second most viewed region. But that event only had 106,000 viewers at its peak, which is almost 200,000 …
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