News

News How will the esports market develop in the future? By Jared Wynne Counter-Strike ESL One Cologne 2020 schedule, opening matches revealed By M Alzamora News Does Surefour deserve more recognition in the Overwatch League? By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Riot Games wants ADC item builds more diverse this preseason William Davis Riot Games recently presented their preseason 2021 item overhaul in which marksmen will be given more build diversity.  The 2020 season is going into its late stages and Riot is slowly starting to tease its plans for the upcoming preseason. The first major preseason report is about items, that will get a big overhaul. Very big new blog about this preseason’s item overhaul:-Healing reduction and grievous wounds-CDR is changing into …

League of Legends

Riot is completely changing items for LoL preseason 2021 William Davis Riot Games has just announced its plans for the big preseason 2021 item overhaul, in which items for all roles will be adjusted.  Items in League of Legends have seen updates most every year, but this preseason seems to include the biggest item update in the history of the game. Riot is looking to target most roles in the game with this update, including reworks to specific in-game stats and …

News

Team Liquid signs fish123 and ScreaM to enter Valorant esports Olivia Richman Team Liquid has finally entered the competitive Valorant scene. And they have entered in style.  The rumors are true: Team Liquid has signed four members of the European Valorant team fish123 and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom to create a very promising Valorant squad.  “We are proud to announce that Team Liquid will be entering Valorant!” Team Liquid announced on their official Discord. “We hope you’re just …

Fortnite

Tfue reveals the reason why he hasn’t been streaming Fortnite Olivia Richman Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s fans have noticed that the popular streamer has been playing a lot of Call of Duty: Warzone, and not much Fortnite. With over 8.85 million followers, Tfue has become quite famous on Twitch for his Fortnite streams. So a lot of his fans have been wondering why he’s decided to start playing a first-person shooter title instead of the popular third-person battle royale, especially when it was …

Counter-Strike CSGO releases new Fracture weapons case, updates new maps By M Alzamora Counter-Strike FaZe Clan reportedly adding Kjaerbye for ESL One Cologne 2020 By M Alzamora Counter-Strike Envy involved in major CSGO roster shakeup, LEGIJA returns By Jared Wynne

Counter-Strike

MAD Lions adds Polish veteran innocent ahead of DreamHack Summer Jared Wynne MAD Lions has completed its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster with Polish rifler Paweł “innocent” Mocek. innocent replaces Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen, who departed for Astralis last week. “Thrilled to have the opportunity to join a team like MAD Lions. If you know me, you know I will work my ass off to make it work, as I did last year in order to be here. Hopefully I can use this chance …

Counter-Strike

Ex-Virtus.pro star pashaBiceps joins Team Liquid Stream Team Jared Wynne Team Liquid has announced the signing of Counter-Strike legend Jarosław “pashaBiceps” Jarząbkowski to its Liquid Stream Team.  In its announcement on Twitter, the organization included a mock-up WhatsApp chat mockup between their current roster, where they said PashaBiceps would be joining as a ‘streamer and certified Liquid supporter’. “Ok boys. Papito is coming! I’m joining Team Liquid and becoming their new friend, which will support them for better or worse. …

League of Legends

Donald Trump almost banned League of Legends purchases in the US Steven Rondina The video game industry received a major scare from the United States government. American president Donald Trump has been beating a drum in recent weeks in regards to banning popular social media platform TikTok from the United States due to national security concerns. On Thursday, he took action by signing an executive order in an attempt to force TikTok parent company ByteDance into selling the app. Caught in the crossfire …

League of Legends

Fans accuse T1 of disrespecting Faker after Clozer substitution William Davis T1 recently replaced Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok with the talented rookie Lee “Clozer” Ju-hyeon in the Korean team’s starting roster, and it’s not something that the esports organization’s fans are very happy about. T1 is known for developing new and talented players that later achieve great success on other teams, but it’s rare to see the greatest LoL player of all time getting subbed out in the middle of a split. …

Some CSGO talents boycott BLAST over partnership with NEOM Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Soon after the BLAST Premier Pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament series announced a new partnership with NEOM, some top CSGO talent came out to make clear that they wouldn’t work with BLAST any longer.  NEOM, a developing tourist attraction in Saudi Arabia also came under fire in the LEC when League of Legends talent revolted after Riot Games’ European competitive league had partnered with NEOM. The LEC wound up ending …

Riot wants Killjoy disabled in FaZe Clan Invitational event Olivia Richman News Riot Games does not feel confident in Killjoy’s “stability” just yet.  To ensure competitive integrity, the 12th agent will be disabled in the FaZe Clan Invitational tomorrow.  “Due to the recency of Killjoy’s release, there is a risk that multiple issues may negatively impact the competitive integrity of this weekend’s tournament,” FaZe Clan tweeted. The esports organization noted that Killjoy had been disabled at the request of Riot Games developers, …

Dr Disrespect announces his streaming return on Instagram Olivia Richman News Almost 60,000 viewers tuned in to Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm’s sudden Instagram Live stream, and they were not disappointed with what they were told.  “Dr Disrespect may return to streaming as soon as today. This is some big, big name from the two-time streamer of the year,” an announcer reported.  The video ended with them saying that their sources are “actually legit,” which may be a stab at esports insider …

PowerOfEvil explains why FlyQuest won’t scrim Cloud9 during LCS William Davis League of Legends Recent rumors have offered that LCS teams FlyQuest and Team SoloMid have recently refused to scrim Cloud9, and now we might finally have an explanation as to why. The scrim rumors began after Cloud9 bot laner Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen mentioned in an interview that both FlyQuest and TSM would no longer scrim with him and the rest of Cloud9. The comment ignited conspiracy discussion on social media, with many fans …

Rumors say Eurus out of Vici, fy and Somnus leaving PSG.LGD Steven Rondina Dota 2 The Chinese Dota 2 scene may be undergoing an enormous shakeup. Over on Chinese social media platform Weibo, there is a great deal of chatter hinting at a major player shuffle that is impacting PSG.LGD, Vici Gaming, and more. This comes from VP Esports, who found a number of interesting posts. In particular, PSG.LGD is set to lose its two longest-standing players in Lu “Somnus” Yao and Xu “fy” Linsen. …

HarryHook released from Dallas Fuel for sexist comments Olivia Richman News The Dallas Fuel released support Jonathan “HarryHook” Tejedor Rua soon after the Overwatch League pro was accused of making sexist comments to women online.  “Today, we informed Jonathan ‘HarryHook’ Tejedor Rua of his release from the Dallas Fuel as a result of player misconduct. We thank him for his four years with the organization and wish him the best in the future,” the team tweeted.  Despite being such a prominent …

Pokimane taking month-long break from Twitch due to burnout Olivia Richman News The most popular female streamer on Twitch is taking a much-needed break. Imane “Pokimane” Anys took to Twitter on August 5 to announce that she is stepping away from streaming to take a month-long break, something she hasn’t done for the past six years. Pokimane admitted that she’s been lacking motivation to create content because of the ongoing global health situation, missing her family, conventions, traveling, and meeting fans. This …

Valve and Sony face questions over use of conflict minerals Steven Rondina News One might not expect gaming consoles and cell phones to be directly linked to human rights abuses, but in reality they very well may be. Each year, many top tech companies disclose where they source materials such as gold and tin that they use to produce electronics devices. The purpose of these disclosures is to identify companies that are purchasing materials from countries that have poor working conditions and those …

Bot TI3 is returning in 2020 thanks to Beyond the Summit Steven Rondina Dota 2 The International 10 isn’t happening in 2020, but artificial intelligence doesn’t have to worry about that. Bot TI is set to return for the third year in a row, with Beyond the Summit announcing the event on YouTube. Bot TI is an interesting concept that has grown in popularity every year. Instead of featuring actual players in competition, Beyond The Summit looks to determine the best hero in Dota 2 …

DreamHack Open Summer North America is TL Grim’s first big test M Alzamora Counter-Strike DreamHack Open Summer is the first chance for fans to see how North America’s participating teams measure up after the player break. The first tournament after CSGO’s player break can be a sloppy one, with many teams returning to practice only days before it begins. Fans can see it in their play, as teams that usually showcase impressive coordination and creative executes might come into the second half of the …

League of Legends themed Red Bull cans, tournament arriving Olivia Richman League of Legends Riot Games and Red Bull have partnered up to bring League of Legends fans limited-edition themed cans and a new amateur tournament series.  The amateur tournament series, Red Bull Solo Q, is a chance for amateur League of Legends players throughout the United States and Canada to get some new recognition. It will feature 1v1 tournaments across North America that let players “flex those 1v1 sills in a toplane battle …

CLG reportedly benches Pobelter during 2020 LCS Summer Split William Davis News Counter Logic Gaming mid laner Eugene “Pobelter” Park will be benched from the LCS roster in week 9 of the 2020 LCS Summer Split, according to streamer and former professional player Christian “IWillDominate” Rivera.  You know I got my ear to the ground with this shit, so let me inform you that for some god forsaken reason Pobelter is benched for this week of LCS — Christian Rivera (@IWDominateLoL) August …

WIN.gg gathers news and guides from around the world covering every point of the modern gaming industry in all of its many forms.