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Dota 2 Virtus.pro deactivates Dota 2 team ahead of ESL One Germany By Fariha Bhatti League of Legends Riot sees big increase in viewership for 2020 LCS Summer Split By William Davis News Riot plans to have a limited live audience at Worlds 2020 By Olivia Richman

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Valorant to host First Strike event to crown first world champion gabhernandez Riot Games has announced First Strike, a series of regional tournaments that will determine a regional champion, then pit those teams against each other to crown a world champion. First Strike is the first tournament that is organized and funded solely by Riot games. Whalen Rozelle, Senior Director of Global Esports at Riot Games explained the tournament layout in a video posted to Twitter.  “This extended event will provide the …

League of Legends

New champion Samira gets nerfed just one day after release William Davis It didn’t take long before Riot Games stepped in to deliver a hotfix nerf to new marksman Samira. Samira made her debut in League of Legends recently, but despite being tested on the Public Beta Environment (PBE), she was way too strong on release. The new marksman is a mix between a ranged and melee champion, with a lot of mobility and damage available in her kit.  Players quickly realized …

League of Legends

Riot hotfixes game-breaking Rek’Sai bug with new update Olivia Richman Riot Games developers have quickly fixed a game-breaking bug on League of Legends jungle champion Rek’Sai. The League of Legends champion became the worst jungler in the game thanks to a bug introduced by patch 10.19. Even though developers meant to fix her in the patch, Rek’Sai was left even worse off than before the update. A glitch that made her cooldown for the “unborrowed” ability not tick down was …

Counter-Strike

Furia’s arT says the Krieg is useless, wants to see it buffed Fariha Bhatti Furia’s Andrei “arT” Piovezan has declared SG-553 Krieg to be useless in a Reddit “ask me anything” session. The in-game leader shared his opinion on a variety of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive weapons during the talk. The Brazillian rifler gave his fans carte blanche to ask him anything in the Reddit post. In one of  the answers, arT went ahead and gave a detailed analysis of different weapons in CS:GO.  “And …

News Valorant patch 1.08 leak hints at a mobile release By Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike oBo benches himself from Complexity’s starting lineup By M Alzamora League of Legends This is the best build for new marksman champion Samira By William Davis

League of Legends

New K/DA Song announced for Worlds with Seraphine Nicholas James Riot Games has announced that K/DA, the League of Legends K-pop group, will debut a new song on stage for the 2020 World Championship. In the Worlds 2020 Media Preview, Riot said that the group will perform the new song with its latest collaborator, Seraphine. Seraphine is K/DA’s newest collaborator and is rumored to be the next champion in the League of Legends roster. The new Riot Games character has …

League of Legends

Cabochard is exploring new options for the 2021 season William Davis Vitality top laner Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet recently announced that he will be exploring new options for the 2021 season despite still being contracted through November. The veteran top laner will possibly be looking for new career options after playing on Vitality for almost five years. Cabochard has been with the team since its debut on the biggest European League of Legends stage in the 2016 spring split. Vitality acquired Gambit …

Counter-Strike

ESL announces the 2021 CSGO Pro Tour schedule M Alzamora Esports tournament organizer ESL has released the its 2021 Pro Tour schedule while unveiling a brand new LAN studio. A tweet from ESL’s official Twitter account announced the schedule for the second year of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event organizer’s ESL Pro Tour. The schedule includes some of CSGO’s most popular events such as ESL One Cologne and next year’s version of the rescheduled 2020 IEM Melbourne. ESL also revealed …

League of Legends

These are the best champions for solo queue in LoL patch 10.19 William Davis Patch 10.19 has hit the live servers and players are already grinding solo queue. But which champions are the best to climb with? The Worlds patch brought changes to many high-impact champions for competitive play, but not many big changes that will impact the state of solo queue. Champions such as Azir, Twisted Fate, and Caitlyn got some nerfs to ensure they won’t dominate at Worlds, while Aphelios, Irelia, and …

CSGO’s best AWP styles start with dev1ce and end with s1mple M Alzamora Counter-Strike Professional CSGO AWPers have a wide range of styles, but two of the best are able to show off the weapon’s main styles and best uses. The AWP is the most powerful weapon in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s arsenal and can be both an aggressive nightmare or a defensive turret. The AWP retains its power no matter how the player uses it, especially when players study two of CSGO’s best AWPers: …

BlizzConline features cosplay, art contest, and talent spotlight Olivia Richman News Blizzard has announced the date for its new online convention, BlizzConline.  After BlizzCon 2020 was canceled, the Overwatch and World of Warcraft game developer has come up with an alternative event, premiering next year. BlizzConline will be taking place February 19 through 20, featuring a variety of community-oriented showcases.  “While circumstances are keeping us from gathering in person this year, we’re putting together a little something early next year to …

Valorant data miners find two new planned game modes M Alzamora News Data miners who had previously unearthed details about Riot Games’ Valorant have now uncovered potential new modes for the popular shooter. Three slots were found in Valorant’s patch 1.08, and one of them might bring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s community-retake mode to Valorant. Referred to as “SiteRush” in the tweet, Valorant data miners Valor Leaks tweeted that it had also found two modes named only “Alt 5” and “Alt 6” inside …

Cloud9 Fortnite roster recruitments continue, Nosh joins second Fariha Bhatti Fortnite Cloud9 is rejoining the Fortnite scene with Nosh being the second addition to its roster. The North American organization announced the news on Twitter with a video montage featuring Nosh’s in-game highlights. Nosh will be joining fellow countryman Avery “Avxry” LoPriore, who is also a new addition to Cloud9. The announcement of his recruitment was followed by Axvry’s arrival into the Cloud9 Fortnite roster.  “The second member of #C9FN NA …

The best Apex Legends landing spots in World’s Edge Season 6 Olivia Richman Apex Legends World’s Edge is back in Season 6 and it’s looking a bit different. There’s three new points of view and passageways, making the map more open than in past seasons. There’s a lot to explore and it can be difficult to know just where to begin. Here’s a closer look at each potential landing spot, helping players decide which POI is best for their specific playstyle and tactics.  High-level gear …

shroud mocks new streaming sensation Among Us on Twitch Olivia Richman News Streamers can’t seem to get enough of party game Among Us. Well, except Michael “shroud” Grzesiek.  Recently, shroud has been playing a lot of DayZ. But he took a break from the survival game to try out Among Us on September 20. His fans apparently loved the change of pace. His peak viewership of 35,533 viewers happened when shroud was playing Among Us with friends that evening. Despite the game’s …

Riot reveals info on 2020 Worlds Pick’em with a new prize William Davis League of Legends With the 2020 World Championship right around the corner, Riot Games has finally revealed information about the upcoming Pick’em competition and all types of rewards fans can earn throughout the tournament by watching and making predictions.  This year, new special rewards will be given to people who manage to get all of their Pick’ems correct. This means that you have to predict the outcomes of the group stage and all …

KuroKy misses OGA Dota PIT Season 3 with injury, return unsure Steven Rondina Dota 2 Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi will not be returning to Team Nigma’s starting roster quite yet. The team announced on Twitter that its captain remains out of commission due to ongoing medical issues. As a result, coach Roman “rmN-” Paley will continue filling in the No. 5 spot for the OGA Dota PIT Season 3 event. Our Captain is still recovering????@NigmaKuroKy is still going through his treatment and @rmN_dota will be …

Kanavi, Loken renew contracts with JD Gaming ahead of Worlds 2020 William Davis League of Legends JD Gaming jungler Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok and bot laner Lee “LokeN” Dong-wook have extended their contracts ahead of the 2020 World Championship according to a post on the Chinese site Weibo.  The two South Korean stars will extend their contracts with JD Gaming after a successful year in the LPL. Together with teammates Zhang “Zoom” Xing-Ran, Zeng “Yagao” Qi, and Zuo “LvMao” Ming-Hao, they are one of the favorites to …

Drama grips NiP Valorant team with Sayf signing, Hyp benching Olivia Richman News Ninjas in Pyjamas has made another major Valorant roster change.  NiP recently signed former Counter-Strike pro Saif “Sayf” Jibreel and benched Damien “Hyp” Souville and Enzo “Fearoth” Mestari. This change most likely came as a response to hiring a new head coach, Emil “eMIL” Sandgren. We say welcome to @DSajoof – an update on our Valorant rosterRead more at https://t.co/5pYmJDQl5G#GONINJAS #VALORANT pic.twitter.com/oW5kJyCfmD — Ninjas in Pyjamas at Home???????????? (@NiPGaming) September …

Pokimane successfully returns to Twitch despite controversies Olivia Richman News Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys has been back on Twitch for 10 days and it’s like she never left.  Pokimane left Twitch at the beginning of August, citing burnout and a lack of passion for creating content. Almost 30 days into her break, Pokimane had a surprise streaming session to tell fans that she was “deep in the process” of being motivated, excited, and ready to stream once again.  Pokimane …

Logic’s record label won’t allow streamers to use his music Olivia Richman News Retired rapper Logic, real name Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, has set his sights on Twitch.  After announcing a partnership with the streaming platform, Logic had a successful stream sharing music from his final album, “No Pressure.” Since then, he’s become quite a big name in the streaming community, spending about three hours every few days listening to music and playing games with followers.  As Logic has become more in …

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