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News Changing regions may wipe Valorant accounts, including skins By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Natus Vincere vs. Complexity ESL One Cologne Betting Analysis By M Alzamora League of Legends Why is LCK the fastest region in LoL while the LCS is slowest? By William Davis

Counter-Strike

Coldzera eliminates MIBR from ESL One Cologne with huge clutch M Alzamora FaZe’s Marcelo “coldzera” David didn’t hesitate for a second against his former team.  In ESL One Cologne’s lower bracket, FaZe Clan and MIBR faced off in what would’ve been a must-watch CSGO match at one point. Unfortunately, due to MIBR’s recent public struggles and FaZe’s recent roster changes, neither team has looked very good. That changed at the very end of the match as coldzera knocked out his former teammates …

League of Legends

New visual effects for Malzahar, Nocturne, Victor in patch 10.18 William Davis Riot is looking to update the visual effects on Malzahar, Nocturne, Viktor, and the Ignite summoner spell in patch 10.18. In a recent post on social media by visual effects lead artist Beardilocks, it was announced that the visual effects team is looking to update a few more of the oldest champions in the game.  The goal is to improve the overall gameplay clarity and VFX of the selected champions …

League of Legends

K/DA to premiere new song The Baddest, release date announced Steven Rondina K/DA is making a comeback. League of Legends’ virtual K-pop girl group is set for a return in the very near future. After an extended silence over the future of the brand, Riot Games surprised fans by launching an official Twitter account for K/DA. The initial tweet gave fans that still have POP/STARS on their go-to playlist a treat with the announcement of a second single, which will be released …

Counter-Strike

smooya leaks failed North deal on ESL Cologne stream M Alzamora Owen “smooya” Butterfield announced to viewers that he was set to join North’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster prior to a regional matchup between Ninjas in Pyjamas and his former team BIG Clan at ESL One Cologne. While BIG would go on to lose a close best-of-three against a young NiP side, smooya revealed that he’s still entertaining offers from some of CSGO’s top teams. When ESL hosts Hugo “Hugo” Byron, …

League of Legends Is Cloud9 tilting after LCS summer playoffs loss to FlyQuest? By William Davis Counter-Strike Valve responds to Jamppi’s request to lift VAC ban temporarily By Olivia Richman Dota 2 Dota 2 streamer Attacker has officially joined Team Nigma By Jared Wynne

Fortnite

Twitch streamer TimTheTatman finally won a game in Fall Guys Olivia Richman Streamer Timothy John “TimTheTatman” Betar has finally won a single game of Fall Guys. And yes, that’s big news.  Even Fall Guys recognized the momentous achievement, calling it one of the “biggest gaming moments of our lifetimes” on Twitter.  WE JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMING MOMENTS OF OUR LIFETIMESFOR YEARS TO COME, PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING EACH OTHER:”Where were you when @timthetatman got the dub?!?” pic.twitter.com/zVrENcdcpS — Fall Guys …

Counter-Strike

MIBR’s European region switch isn’t working as team implodes M Alzamora MIBR’s switch to the European region for ESL One Cologne hasn’t gone exactly to plan. When news came through that Brazilian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team MIBR planned to switch to the European region to compete in ESL One Cologne, many fans were confused. MIBR had been struggling in North America, most recently at CS Summit 6, losing to both FURIA and Team Liquid in miserable fashion. While Europe’s Regional ESL …

Dota 2

MATUMBAMAN schools NiP with mid Lycan in Omega League Steven Rondina The ending of the “Zoo Meta” seemingly meant the end of Lycan’s relevance in professional Dota 2, but Lasse Aukusti “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen must not have read those patch notes. In Team Secret’s second match of the Omega League Europe Immortal Division, the star player ran wild on Ninjas in Pyjamas using the split pushing specialist.  Though Michał “Nisha” Jankowski has been getting most of Secret’s reps in the mid lane, …

League of Legends

DAMWON Gaming could be the biggest threat to LPL teams at Worlds William Davis DAMWON Gaming has been dominating the 2020 LCK Summer Split and is currently sitting in first place with the league’s best overall record. But will they have enough to challenge the top LPL teams at the upcoming world championship? DAMWON started out the summer split well, but with a few teams still ahead of them in the standings. Going into week 5, DAMWON found its momentum and suddenly no team …

Fans are already upset with new Pudge arcana in TI10 Battle Pass Steven Rondina Dota 2 The fourth premium skin of The International 10 Battle Pass has arrived. The Toy Butcher hero persona for Pudge has been added to Dota 2. The skin joins previously released arcanas for Queen of Pain and Wraith King. It also comes following the launch of the controversial Anti-Mage hero persona. As with other hero persona skins, the Toy Butcher reimagines Pudge’s character while keeping his in-game skills and abilities the …

DIGNITAS jumps into Valorant with team led by Fortnite star psalm Jared Wynne News DIGNITAS is the latest esports organizations to form a professional VALORANT roster and it’s a colorful one, to say the least.  DIGNITAS has announced the acquisition of four of the five players that played under the name Homeless. The roster is a motley crew of players from a number of different esports titles.  This place is nice. Let’s take it. Welcome our new @PlayVALORANT team!???? @psalm ???? @dephh_csgo ???? @POISEDcsgo …

Gorgc splits from OG after 7 months over Omega League conflict Jared Wynne Dota 2 One of the most popular Dota 2 streamers and content creators, Janne “Gorgc” Stefanovski, has announced that he will be parting ways with OG. The decision stems from diverging interests between the streamer and organization. While his tenure with the team was originally imagined around Gorgc casting OG’s games, the situation got complicated after OG became involved in organizing tournaments.  Due to OG’s involvement in arranging the Omega League, scheduling …

Valorant developers reveal the truth behind agent designs Olivia Richman News Not everyone is happy about the addition of Killjoy. A lot of Valorant players feel like she lives up to her name thanks to an overpowered flame attack. She was also banned from upcoming Valorant tournaments because developers felt she isn’t “stable” quite yet.  But this is all part of the process of designing new agents, according to lead character designer Ryan “Morello” Scott. In a new Dev Diaries video, …

Valorant patch 1.06 is bringing a big nerf to shotguns Olivia Richman News Valorant developers have shared the notes for patch 1.06, and the focus seems to be on shotgun consistency.  Valorant developers felt as though shotguns weren’t consistent enough, creating a lot of frustrating and possibly unfair in-game moments. This was mostly because of the fact that shotguns didn’t lose any accuracy when the weapons were shot in mid-air.  “We hope to curb some of those encounters while still making them possible …

Cloud9 signs second, all-Korean Valorant roster of ex-OWL, PUBG pros Jared Wynne News Cloud9 will start competing in Valorant, with a surprise twist. The organization has announced the signing of an all-Korean roster that will compete at the regional level. “With VALORANT esports seeing continued growth, we wanted to increase and broaden our involvement in the scene. Cloud9 has been invested in the Korean esports scene for quite some time, and we saw another opportunity to further support Korean esports in VALORANT. We …

Is TSM replacing Treatz with Biofrost for Golden Guardians set? William Davis League of Legends After Team SoloMid dropped to the lower bracket in the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs, the team has seemingly been evaluating their bottom lane once again. TSM recently announced on Twitter that Erik “Treatz” Wessén will be the starting support for the academy team when they face Evil Geniuses Academy in the summer split semifinals.  Vincent “Biofrost” Wang will be scrimming with the LCS roster in the meantime. According to …

Esports, iGaming, and online casinos all see massive growth across shared industries Jared Wynne News Over the past decades, and especially in the past few years, there has been a significant growth of user engagement in online casino games and esports. This has led to certain innovations in the industries, skyrocketing revenues for operators, and overall greater development potential for digital gambling. Now, esports and iGaming industries are two thriving branches of the global casino network as more players are going digital. The online casino …

G2 Esports vs. MAD Lions: 2020 LEC playoffs betting analysis William Davis League of Legends G2 Esports and MAD Lions will clash in the winner’s bracket round 1 at the 2020 LEC Summer Split playoffs on Saturday, in an important match to decide qualification directly to the semifinals.  MAD Lions performed well throughout most of the  split, finishing in second place right behind Rogue. MAD Lions has shown that they can beat any given LEC team on the right day.  G2 on the other hand …

PapaSmithy and 100 Thieves respond to criticism for playoff loss Nicholas James League of Legends After 100 Thieves lost in a 0-3 sweep to Evil Geniuses in the lower bracket of the 2020 LCS Summer Split Playoffs, many fans and analysts were quick to criticize the performance of the team’s young players. Users across social media pointed to 100 Thieves’ newest editions, Tommy “Ryoma” Le and Philippe “Poome” Lavoie-Giguere, as pivotal reasons for why the team left the playoffs in the first round. While neither …

Despite money flex, Ninja can’t keep up in Fall Guys bidding war Olivia Richman Fortnite Fall Guys may not be as competitively viable as Fortnite, but the new battle royale is creating quite the competition on Twitter.  In a bid to raise money for Special Effect, a UK-based charity that supports gamers with disabilities around the world, Fall Guys is offering an in-game skin created for the person who donates the most to the cause.  One of the first big donations came from G2 Esports, …

shroud has become the most-viewed streamer on Twitch after return Olivia Richman News Michael “shroud” Grzesiek was the most-watched content creator on Twitch last week.  It all started when the popular former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro returned to Twitch on August 12. He surpassed 500,000 concurrent viewers just moments after going live on the streaming platform. He then hit 22,000 subscribers after only two hours of streaming.  “It feels good. I wasn’t nervous at first, but then I saw the viewers climbing. I …

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