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Valorant players can choose their skin variants in new patch
M Alzamora
With Valorant ditching Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s weapon loot boxes, Riot will now allow players to buy every type of skin outright. Starting with patch 1.09, Valorant players will be able to purchase a specific variant of a weapon skin, according to Riot’s ongoing question and answer series where the game’s developers answer community questions. While games such as CSGO already feature weapon skins, Valorant has taken the idea a step …
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Overwatch League 2020 All-Stars Skins revealed for D.Va, Reinhardt
Olivia Richman
Blizzard is celebrating Overwatch League All-Stars by releasing legendary in-game skins. Reinhardt and D.Va will be receiving Overwatch League All-Stars skins, available September 29 to October 12. Each skin will cost 200 League Tokens, which will drop throughout all of the upcoming All-Stars events. A legend is born. ???? Here are your #OWL2020 All-Star skins! pic.twitter.com/wtAKgX7ShQ — Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) September 13, 2020 The legendary skins were revealed in the …
Counter-Strike
FalleN steps down from MIBR roster after recent changes
gabhernandez
FalleN’s announcement to step down from the active roster of MIBR came soon after the Brazilian organization decided to drop Fernando “fer” Alvarenga, Epitacio “TACO” de Melo, and coach Ricardo “dead” Sinigaglia. The CSGO veteran attributed his departure to MIBR’s decision to drop the team’s most experienced players. FalleN disagrees with the organization’s abrupt decision to cut off the players and ex-coach. “I’m not satisfied with the recent decision. Last …
League of Legends
Fnatic confirms MagiFelix as its 6th player for Worlds 2020
Tokoni Uti
As the team travels to Shanghai for the 2020 World Championship, Europe’s Fnatic has confirmed academy mid laner Felix “MagiFelix” Boström as its 6th man for the tournament. Riot is continuing to allow one substitute player per team at Worlds, though Fnatic has not utilized any talent outside of its main roster so far this season. Jungler Daniel “Dan” Hockley had been promoted from academy squad Fnatic Rising for last …
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This is how many new agents Riot plans to add to Valorant
Olivia Richman
Valorant developers are planning to add a lot more agents to the game’s roster. The team at Riot Games has already confirmed that it plans on releasing six agents per year. The plan is to release one for every Act, meaning that the 13th agent will arrive on October 13. But will they continue giving players six new agents every year? According to Valorant developer Chris “Pwyff” Tom, that will …
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Team Envy add food and crashies, drop 2 others from Valorant team
Fariha Bhatti
Only a week after getting released by T1, North American duo Austin “crashies” Roberts and Victor “food” Wong have found a new home in Team Envy. The duo will be replacing Adam “aKis” Kisseberth and Abdo “c4Lypso” Agha who have been moved to the team’s reserve roster. VALORANT Roster Update@aKisCSGO & @c4Lypso_ have been moved to the reserve roster.@Crashies & @food_cs will be playing on the starting roster.#TeamEnvy — Envy …
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MIBR cuts fer and TACO in shock move, FalleN remains with team
M Alzamora
MIBR has cut superstar players Fernando “fer” Alvarenga and Epitacio “TACO” de Melo, as well as head coach Ricardo “dead” Sinigaglia from its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Team after a series of poor performances. The release came a little over a week after dead was caught and suspended for his use of the CSGO coaching exploit in official tournament matches. The cuts follow several tournaments’ worth of poor performances from the …
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Ex-NiP AWPer draken joins top Swedish Valorant team Bonk
Fariha Bhatti
Bonk, one of Europe’s most prominent Valorant teams, has announced the acquisition of former Ninjas in Pyjamas AWPer William “draken” Sundin. After less than a month of playing for Team Inferno with underwhelming results, draken will be taking a step up by joining one of Europe’s most successful teams. Ranked third in the region in the official Valorant rankings, Bonk has emerged as a dominant force in the scene. Despite …
How do the ranks in Valorant compare to ranks in CSGO?
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Valorant has three more ranking sections than CSGO, meaning that in theory, its ranks can be more accurate than CSGO’s. Rank is important to any competitive video game, and esports’ biggest first-person shooters are no exception. As Valorant’s audience grows and CSGO struggles with both a pervasive exploit issues in professional matches and accusations of matchfixing, casual players are paying more attention than ever to the kinds of ranks that …
Coach Kim resigns from T1 after missing Worlds 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
T1 coach Kim Jeong-soo has resigned from T1 after the results of the Worlds Regional Qualifiers. According to T1, the decision was mutual and the organization respects Kim’s decision. The announcement was anticipated by many fans after a lackluster split where T1 did not manage to qualify for the 2020 World Championship. Dear fans,Following the results of the Worlds Qualifiers, Jung Su “KIM” Kim has decided to resign. T1 respects …
How do CSGO Wingman ranks compare to competitive ranks?
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
CSGO’s Wingman game mode is a competitive two-versus-two setting with ranks that can help players to improve their competitive play. While Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s main competitive mode is a five-versus-five affair, the game’s Wingman mode has its own ranks and helps players to better hone their skills. Each mode starts off with two players on each team and is a perfect practice ground for the late-game situations in the game’s …
Can the NA region and its LCS teams perform at Worlds 2020?
William Davis
League of Legends
North America as a region has been struggling to find success at the annual League of Legends World Championship. But this year might be the one where an LCS team makes an unexpected deep run at the tournament. LCS teams are often considered worse than the other major regions, but is that a fair assessment by League of Legends fans? And will that assessment hold up this year? LCS teams …
FACEIT looking to fix North American CSGO with new FPL Cup events
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
FACEIT is overhauling its long-running FPL program by introducing team qualifications and cash prizes to the system. The third-party tournament organizer announced a complete rework of its FPL circuit, a division of its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive services that offer the opportunity for growing players to gain experience by playing with professionals. Instead of qualifiying individually for FPL as they did before, players will now qualify as a team and compete …
These champions could end up dominating LoL Worlds 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
The 2020 League of Legends World Championship kicks off in under two weeks and the Worlds patch is hitting live servers very soon. The Worlds patch is usually one of the most exciting of the year because Riot wants to guarantee the game is in perfect shape for the largest event of the year. Every year brings a new meta that sees a few champions dominate the picks and bans phase. …
Fans concerned with EDG response to sexual harassment claims
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Some League of Legends fans are not happy with how EDward Gaming is responding to sexual harassment allegations against an employee. A former EDG employee came forward with sexual harassment allegations against the organization’s official photographer. According to the previous employee, EDG had attempted to pay her off to keep her from going public with the story. Eventually, they “forced her out of the organization.” tw // sexual harassmentA former …
Ninjas in Pyjamas announces eMIL as Valorant head coach
Olivia Richman
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As more and more big esports organizations enter Valorant, Ninjas in Pyjamas is making big roster moves. Ninjas in Pyjamas was one of the first major European organizations to enter Valorant, transferring its Paladins roster to te Riot-made game. When that roster fell apart, the Swedish organization signed Emir “rhyme” Muminovic and Niels “luckeRRR” Jasiek, former NiP stand-ins. This was followed by three more promising newcomers. Rounding out the team …
How will the new Mythical items change League of Legends?
Nicholas James
League of Legends
The new item overhaul for Season 11 looks to bring big changes to how players build and purchase items while adding fresh and sometimes strange effects to new and existing items alike. Mythical items are the cornerstone of this update with activatable spells, potentially insane statistical buffs, and buffs to other items already in the player’s inventory. There is speculation on what these new changes will bring to the game …
Twitch suspends YouTuber Leafy after Pokimane harassment
Olivia Richman
News
Controversial YouTuber LeafyIsHere has been banned on Twitch. Leafy was banned from YouTube last month for continuously creating videos about streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys. Many of the videos were considered to just be clickbait since Pokimane was in the thumbnail but the videos were largely about investing. Previously, Leafy had infamously published a video calling out Pokimane for having a boyfriend. Leafy also took the drama to Twitter, where he …
Gen.G and Fnatic are dark horses to watch for at Worlds 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
The favorites for the 2020 World Championship have already been agreed upon by both experts and fans. But which teams could end up surprising everyone with a deep run at the tournament? 22 teams will fight for glory and the Summoner’s Cup at Worlds in Shanghai, and some teams are bigger favorites than others. The LPL is considered the strongest regional league, represented by favorites such as Top Esports and …
Destiny loses Twitch partnership for “encouraging violence”
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Popular streamer Steven Kenneth “Destiny” Bonnell II has lost his Twitch partnership for “encouraging violence.” Destiny is a variety streamer with over 576,000 followers on Twitch. He’s well known for playing League of Legends, although he’s been found in the Just Chatting category in recent broadcasts. Although there has been no official statement from Twitch on the partnership matter, Destiny did note earlier today that the streaming platform had emailed …
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