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Counter-Strike mousesports bench woxic despite promising ESL One Cologne start By M Alzamora Counter-Strike Stewie2k is in control of Team Liquid, and that’s a good thing By M Alzamora Dota 2 Aster parts ways with Fade and Sccc, adds ex-Royal Never Give Up stars By Fariha Bhatti

Dota 2

Omega League Asia division sees surprise victory for 496 Gaming Steven Rondina In a surprise turn, a Vietnamese team dominated the Omega League Asia Divine Division. Besting a number of formidable foes from both China and Southeast Asia, 496 Gaming walked away with a $14,000 top prize. This was a huge win for the little-known team. ⚡️@496_dota are the Champions of the OMEGA League Asia Divine Division⚡️Congratulations on your well-deserved title!Read more: https://t.co/cYWk4AjxYq#OMEGAdota @DOTA2 #WePlayOMEGA pic.twitter.com/h7TmTO0OqK — WePlay! Dota2 | #WePlayOMEGA (@WePlayDota2_) …

Fortnite

Fortnite Season 4 trailer confirms new Marvel Comics crossover Olivia Richman Fortnite has just revealed that Marvel Comics characters returning to the popular battle royale.  On Twitter, the official Fortnite account shared a vague 12-second video that hinted that Marvel’s return won’t just be skins and limited-time modes. There is also a story that explains how popular Marvel heroes ended up within the game.  The Herald has found The Island.The prelude to War has begun. Experience Part 1 in-game now…#FortniteSeason4 8.27.2020 …

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Changing regions may wipe Valorant accounts, including skins Olivia Richman The Valorant community is not happy after it became clear that changing regions may completely wipe a player’s account.  A frustrated player took to social media to describe their situation after they lost their rank, paid skins, and everything else on their Valorant account after moving from Australia to Belgium.  A member of Riot Games support had been helping them change their region during the move. The email stated that …

Counter-Strike

Natus Vincere vs. Complexity ESL One Cologne Betting Analysis M Alzamora ESL One Cologne continues on August 23 with what should be a great matchup between Natus Vincere and Complexity in the upper bracket semifinals. Both teams are going into this best-of-three for a spot in the upper bracket finals looking strong. Na`Vi is coming off a solid win against a resurgent mousesports team that looked great until it ran into MAD Lions in the tournament’s lower bracket. Even though it …

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 By M Alzamora League of Legends New visual effects for Malzahar, Nocturne, Victor in patch 10.18 By William Davis

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? William Davis It did not go as planned for Cloud9 when the team met FlyQuest in the upper bracket of the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs.  C9 went into the match as the heavy favorite, but the pressure seemingly got to them right from the start. C9 has been used to dominating the LCS for all of 2020, but recent weeks have shown that other teams are now more able to compete.  …

Counter-Strike

Valve responds to Jamppi’s request to lift VAC ban temporarily Olivia Richman The ongoing drama between pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen and Valve is still going. But this time, Valve has spoken out against Jamppi directly. Jamppi filed a lawsuit against the Counter-Strike developers in March when Valve barred him from all Valve-sponsored tournaments due to a VAC ban. The 19-year-old was seeking €268,092 in compensation for “missed earnings.” He also demanded that his VAC ban be lifted, claiming …

Dota 2 streamer Attacker has officially joined Team Nigma Jared Wynne Dota 2 Team Nigma has announced the signing of Mohammed “Attacker” Almheiri as the team’s first official streaming personality. Although the signing might come as a surprise considering the recent streaming controversy involving Gorgc and OG, it looks as though Nigma have different things in mind with Attacker. The team has been promoting Dota 2 in the MENA region, most notably through the Rising Stars tournament that boasted a $10,000 prize pool. …

Twitch streamer TimTheTatman finally won a game in Fall Guys Olivia Richman Fortnite 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 …

MIBR’s European region switch isn’t working as team implodes M Alzamora Counter-Strike 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 …

MATUMBAMAN schools NiP with mid Lycan in Omega League Steven Rondina Dota 2 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, …

DAMWON Gaming could be the biggest threat to LPL teams at Worlds William Davis League of Legends 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 …

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