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League of Legends
Riot to remove divisional promotion series, high ELO duo queue
William Davis
Ranked queues will see some significant changes in the upcoming preseason, such as the removal of duo queue in high ranks and inter-division promotion games. Huge info here for all of our ranked and matchmaking plans this preseason:-Division promo removal-Rank Informed Matchmaking-Rank Seeding-Duo removal in Master+-Chromas for victorious above goldhttps://t.co/GsdjWwDug2 — Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) September 17, 2020 In the most recent Riot Games dev post, competitive gameplay manager Cody “Codebear” …
Counter-Strike
shroud x Logitech G collection surprises fans, site crashes
Olivia Richman
Former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Michael “shroud” Grzesiek announced a new partnership on Twitch. The popular streamer has partnered with Logitech G and has a new line of gaming accessories being launched. The line of products is called the shroud X Logitech G collection, which are black and blue to match shroud’s new logo. shroud noted that he actually redesigned his logo because the old one “didn’t look good on …
League of Legends
The new 2020 Worlds song, Take Over, has been released
William Davis
Riot Games has just released the 2020 World Championship song Take Over, featuring Jeremy McKinnon, Max Schneider, and Henry Lau. The three artists are established names in the music industry with some big hits to their credit. Jeremy McKinnon is known as the lead vocalist of American rock band A Day to Remember. Max Schneider, better known as MAX, is an American multi-platinum recording artist. The third artist is Henry …
Dota 2
Immortal Treasure 3 arrives in TI10 Battle Pass, date extended
Steven Rondina
At long last, the Immortal Treasure 3 has arrived in The International 10 Battle Pass. The long-awaited loot crate is the last major component of the TI10 Battle Pass with the 2020 Trove Carafe likely cancelled. Fans have been clamoring for the item for weeks, with Valve slow to deliver due to struggles with its development output. The Immortal Treasure 3 includes common treasures for Lich, Oracle, Clockwerk, Pugna, Treant …
Dota 2
Fnatic splits with iceiceice, drops eyyou after just one week
Steven Rondina
The massive roster shuffle that’s sweeping China’s Dota 2 secene has seemingly reached the shores of the Southeast Asia region. Fnatic has announced a major change to its Dota 2 roster, splitting from Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang after two years due to the expiration of his contract. With that change, Fnatic is also dropping newly added captain Nico “eyyou” Barcelon after just one week. As part of our Dota …
News
Who is Sabine in Valorant? A new agent, or something else?
Olivia Richman
For a while now, Valorant players have kept hearing the name “Sabine” while playing the game. But who is she? Is it a code name? A new agent? Who is Sabine, and why do we keep hearing her name? As far as the evidence goes, Sabine is not a new agent. For a while, many players speculated that Sabine was the leaked name of a new agent, sneakily mentioned by …
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Raze gets big nerf in Valorant 1.08 while Guardian is upgraded
Olivia Richman
Pub stomper Raze has proven to be pretty strong in competitive mode as well. In patch 1.08, Valorant developers are taking away some of her firepower. The big focus of Raze’s nerf is on her Blast Pack. Its initial damage was reduced to 15 with a 0.2 meter inner radius. Once the satchel lands, it arms after 0.5 seconds with an increased max damage up to 50. The satchel no …
Dota 2
New Chinese all-star team formed by PUBG org Four Angry Men
Fariha Bhatti
After months of speculation, Chinese organization Four Angry Men has finally revealed its star-studded Dota 2 roster. The organization best known for its PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team has been at the center of rumors since announcing its plans to expand into Dota 2 in early June. The roster includes former Vici Gaming players Zhang “Eurus” Chengjun and Zhou “Yang” Haiyang, former PSG.LGD captain Xu “fy” Linsen and mid laner Lu “Somnus” …
Team Empire reveals new roster for BTS Pro Series Season 3
Fariha Bhatti
Dota 2
Team Empire has officially pulled the plug on its “promote the academy roster” experiment. The organization announced a new roster that would see it part ways with offlaner and captain Alexey “Mastery” Vinchevskiy and support Dzhama “jAMES” Abdurashitov, while former carry Alexey “Smiling Knight” Sviridov has been temporarily benched. Support players Sergey “Ecnart” Slobodyanyk and mid laner Alexander “lightless” Potapenko are the only remaining members of the previous roster. lightless …
Dignitas bench GeT_RiGhT, Xizt after disastrous CSGO return
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
DIGNITAS has announced the benching of Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund and Richard “Xizt” Landström from its active Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The removal of the two veteran players from the DIGNITAS lineup comes nine months after the organization reformed the famed Ninjas in Pyjamas roster that dominated in CSGO’s early esports history. But after months of trying to rekindle the NiP magic, Dignitas is calling it quits. The news was revealed …
PSG.LGD signs EHOME roster, EHOME rebuilds around Sccc
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Chinese Dota 2 is undergoing an enormous roster shuffle and two more teams are starting with a clean slate as a result. EHOME and PSG.LGD have completed a blockbuster trade that will see both teams boasting all-new lineups in the 2020-2021 Dota Pro Circuit season. The change will see the bulk of EHOME’s roster making up the new core of PSG.LGD. In exchange, EHOME is acquiring the services of PSG.LGD’s …
Riot hires anti-cheat ‘vigilante’ to help clean up Valorant
Olivia Richman
News
Valorant developers have always been serious about catching hackers and cheaters but Riot is making a surprising move in those efforts. Mohamed “GamerDoc” Al-Sharif announced that he was hired as part of the developer’s anti-cheat team. GamerDoc is well known for his cheat hunting in the gaming community. The 24-year-old was catching cheaters in Overwatch and Valorant before being hired by Riot, maintaining Discord channels dedicated to getting cheaters removed …
Valorant’s new skin bundle EGO set, new knife variants to come
M Alzamora
News
A tweet from the official Valorant Twitter account for its new skin line EGO is a perfect time to step up the knife game. Titled “Feed Your Ego,” the tweet featured a wireframe outline of one of the game’s new knives from the upcoming EGO by OneTap skin collection, set to drop on live servers on Septemeber 17. The skins themselves are impressive, with stark color schemes across the board. …
Worlds broadcast team revealed, no English LPL casters included
William Davis
League of Legends
After the conclusion of the 2020 World Championship group draw, Riot Games announced its broadcasting approach for the upcoming event, and it seems to be without any of the English LPL broadcasters. The Worlds games will take place in Shanghai, but the broadcast itself will be produced from different parts of the world. Right after the group drawing, it was announced that this year’s Worlds will be a multi-city production …
Riot Games gives first preview of its new Dragonmancers skin line
William Davis
League of Legends
It hasn’t been long since Riot gave a detailed update on its plans for skins for the rest of the year. The update gave fans a look at the last champions who will be receiving a new skin in 2020. Five champions will receive a new skin from the new Dragonmancers skin line within the next few patches. As the name indicates, the skins will have a dragon theme and …
Is Valve extending The International 10 Battle Pass end date?
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Officially, The International 10 Battle Pass is set to wrap up later this week. Unofficially, that might not end up being the case. In theory, The International Battle Pass is exactly that. A battle pass that begins with the push towards The International and ends upon the event’s conclusion. But for one reason or another, Valve has consistently found a reason to push out its end date. Valve has already …
Vici Gaming announces Eurus departure, reveals new roster
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
More changes have come to Vici Gaming’s Dota 2 roster. The organization has revealed its new Dota 2 roster while also confirming the departure of longtime carry player Zhang “Eurus” Chengjun. The new roster retains three members of the 2019-2020 season’s roster while adding two somewhat surprising names. The new Vici Gaming roster stands as follows: Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon Zeng “Ori” Jiaoyang Ren “eLeVeN” Yangwei Xiong “Pyw”‘ Jiahan Ding “Dy” …
Analyzing all the groups at LoL Worlds 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
The groups for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship are decided. 22 teams were seeded into different groups and the favorites and underdogs are now clear. New rivalries and new faces will be present for Worlds 2020, meaning this could be the most competitive Worlds to date. This year, the VCS won’t be participating in the event, so there’s a change of format. 10 teams will be split into …
LoL Worlds 2020 play-in, main event groups revealed
William Davis
League of Legends
The groups for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage and main event have been revealed. Fans around the world are waiting for Worlds to kick off on September 25, but their appetites have been whetted with the announcement of some of the matches they can expect. As always, the main event group stage will consist of four groups, with four teams in each. 12 teams are qualified …
Origen rebrands as Astralis, Origen GM Deficio steps down
William Davis
News
Astralis Group has announced that it will merge all activities and teams into the Astralis brand, including the LEC team Origen. The merge will happen with immediate effect, which means that Origen and the FIFA roster Future FC will now be known as Astralis. According to Astralis Group CEO Anders Hørsholt, the merger of all team brands will “position them as a leading organization in international esports”. The Astralis logo …
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