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Fortnite Cloud9 Fortnite roster recruitments continue, Nosh joins second By Fariha Bhatti Apex Legends The best Apex Legends landing spots in World’s Edge Season 6 By Olivia Richman News shroud mocks new streaming sensation Among Us on Twitch By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Riot reveals info on 2020 Worlds Pick’em with a new prize William Davis 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 …

Dota 2

KuroKy misses OGA Dota PIT Season 3 with injury, return unsure Steven Rondina 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 …

League of Legends

Kanavi, Loken renew contracts with JD Gaming ahead of Worlds 2020 William Davis 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 …

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Drama grips NiP Valorant team with Sayf signing, Hyp benching Olivia Richman 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 …

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Counter-Strike

woxic signs $1.3 million contract to join Cloud9’s CSGO team M Alzamora Cloud9 and it’s new general manager have had a busy weekend, announcing the signing of former mousesports player Özgür “woxic” Eker as their roster’s third official player. The news came only hours after Cloud9 revealed that it had inked British rifler William “mezii” Merriman to a $426,000 contract. Cloud9’s general manager, former Counter-Strike player and commentator Henry “HenryG” Greer, kicked off his new role at the North American esports organization …

Counter-Strike

Cloud9 signs GamerLegion’s mezii to deal worth over $400,000 Fariha Bhatti William “mezii” Merrimanis is the second British addition to Cloud9’s new “Colossus” Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster.  The North American organization acquired the British rifler from Team GamerLegion for a transfer fee of $83,000. Cloud9’s general manager Henry “HenryG” Greer announced the news and details about Mezii’s contract in a tweet. He confirmed that the deal between Cloud9 and Mezii is a three-year contract worth a total of $426,000.  The young …

League of Legends

Broadcast talent for LoL Worlds 2020 includes Machine, Allorim William Davis The 2020 League of Legends World Championship will be broadcasted off-site from around the world. This drew questions regarding who would be working the event, but answers have finally come.  A number of talents have announced on social media that they will be taking part in Worlds 2020.  Casters and hosts from the LEC, LCS, LCK, and OPL will be participating at Worlds, though no members of the English-language LPL …

Fortnite

Everything you need to know about Fortnite pro Bugha Olivia Richman After winning the Fortnite World Cup, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf became a millionaire and a household name. But before Epic’s big $30 million Fortnite tournament, Bugha was playing Fortnite for Sentinels. He was pretty well known in the Fortnite community since he was so talented at the game. Still, nobody would have guessed he would win the tournament. Except perhaps for Bugha himself.  Today’s the day — Bugha (@bugha) July 28, …

Mobile gaming is becoming more and more popular William Davis News Mobile gaming is becoming a large industry, even bigger than console and PC gaming. As smartphones become more prevalent, there’s no signs of mobile gaming slowing down any time soon.  According to Statistica, there’s over 2.4 billion mobile gamers in 2020. It will most likely reach 2.7 billion by next year. The gaming market will reach $165 billion worldwide. That’s 51% of the gaming industry revenue, making mobile gaming the …

The numbers say these are the best pro players in Dota 2 today Steven Rondina Dota 2 Tracking the best Dota 2 players in the world is a difficult endeavor. But using a new algortihm, we can help. There are six regions that operate in unison almost year-round, with 2020 seeing them compete in a nonstop grind of regional leagues. There’s just too much Dota 2 for any one person to keep up with, never even mind sorting through who the best individual players are.  That’s why …

Overwatch League All-Stars dates, events, and players revealed gabhernandez News The players, special matches, and Talent Takedown teams for the 2020 Overwatch League All-Stars event have been revealed and it promises two exciting weekends of action. All-Stars players were nominated by the fans and there are two separate weekends for each region this year. The top players in the Asia and North America region were chosen to represent their division. All-Stars Asia will take place Saturday September 26, and North …

All you need to know about the 2020 LoL World Championship pass William Davis League of Legends The 2020 World Championship kicks off on September 25, and League of Legends will celebrate it with a month-long in-game event. The event will start on October 1 with patch 10.20 and will run through November 9. Players have until November 24 to spend the Worlds Tokens they acquire along the way. The 2020 Worlds Pass will be available on October 1, right before the start of the World Championship …

G2 Esports may be bidding to take NiKo from FaZe Clan Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike G2 is reportedly bidding to acquire Nikola “NiKo” Kovač for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lineup. The Spanish esports organization is already in talks with FaZe Clan to sign Niko in, according to a report by HLTV and 1pvr. NiKo has recently been under fire due to his team’s subpar performance in his leadership. The Bosnian veteran’s individual rating also coincided with a drop off in his team’s performance as soon …

Na’Vi releases 3 players, looks to rebuild for next DPC season Steven Rondina Dota 2 Natus Vincere’s 2019-2020 Dota 2 team has been generally disappointing and that has the organization clearing the slate once again. The organization has announced the release of most of its Dota 2 roster. Carry Vladyslav “Crystallize” Krystanek, mid laner Nikita “young G” Bochko, and off laner Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov have all been released from the team. This leaves the organization with just two players in supports Alexander “Immersion” Hmelevskoy and …

How are western players doing on the Chinese super server? William Davis League of Legends The western teams participating at the 2020 World Championship have been boot camping in Shanghai for around one week and grinding solo queue all the while. But how are the pros doing so far? All the best players from around the world are gathered on the Chinese super server, and big streamers are spectating them to provide content for hungry LoL fans. The games have been bloody and the individual …

CuVee says Riot Games has not paid World Champions skin sales William Davis League of Legends Former Gen.G top laner Lee “CuVee” Seong-jin revealed on stream that the 2017 World Champions are yet to get their cut for the skin sales. CuVee and Samsung Galaxy were all the rage in 2017 when the team took down SK Telecom T1. As part of the prize, the team received an exclusive skin line to commemorate their victory. It’d be the second skin line for Samsung, and this time …

Illegal coaching exploit was used by at least 10 CSGO teams M Alzamora Counter-Strike News of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s coaching exploit has rocked the competitive scene, with up to 15 teams being investigated by the Esports Integrity Coalition for cheating. The exploit has been patched out of the game, but it originally started as a simple bug that was fixed with a server restart. At some point, someone realized that it could be triggered intentionally in order to give coaches a bird’s eye view …

OG star and TI champ Topson announces birth of his first child Steven Rondina Dota 2 A two-time The International champion is now a one-time father. Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen announced the birth of his first child on social media. The OG mid laner and his girlfriend Mawar Remy welcomed a daughter into the world. It’s a girl, Mawar and I couldn’t be happier and the birth went smooth. I love her so much already ???? pic.twitter.com/rKy7N5CTjH — Topias Taavitsainen (@TopsonDota) September 18, 2020 The news …

Riot Games reveals new item shop details, updates item icons William Davis League of Legends Another update on the upcoming preseason has recently been revealed, this time centered around the new item shop and some updated item icons.  Lead gameplay designer Mark “Scuffy” Yetter has been providing League of Legends fans with many updates the past week about the big upcoming preseason changes. The most recent one involves the new item shop and its icons. The item shop will see a big visual overhaul, but …

Rek’Sai worst jungler in League thanks to patch 10.19 bug Olivia Richman League of Legends League of Legends champion Rek’Sai is basically unplayable right now.  After Riot attempted to fix a bug in Patch 10.19, Rek’Sai experienced a game-brekaing glitch that has made her unplayable. The bug fix in Patch 10.19 targeted an issue where Rek’Sai’s ability cooldowns wren’t working as initially intended.  Patch 10.19 Highlights!Read the full patch notes ???? https://t.co/cd3mm6DInn pic.twitter.com/PM4NOzzosn — League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) September 15, 2020 Rek’Sai has been frustrating …

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