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How to get the new Thousand-Pierced Volibear skin for free League of Legends How to get the new Thousand-Pierced Volibear skin for free By William Davis Valve just increased the rewards for every TI10 Battle Pass owner Dota 2 Valve just increased the rewards for every TI10 Battle Pass owner By Steven Rondina Valorant 1.0 patch notes released ahead of launch News Valorant 1.0 patch notes released ahead of launch By Olivia Richman
MbS has reportedly spent over $6,000 on TI10 Batle Pass Dota 2
MbS has reportedly spent over $6,000 on TI10 Batle Pass Olivia Richman One of the biggest spenders in Dota 2 is Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, according to reports. Since the International 2020 Battle Pass arrived two weeks late, the Saudi Crown Prince has spent over $6,000 on his account that has the handle Purrrrrfect Devil Angel Yukeo. WIN.gg could not independently verify whether the account belongs to MbS. The battle pass attached to the evel 14,430 in just four days, which …
Valorant release time for North America, European players revealed News
Valorant release time for North America, European players revealed gabhernandez Riot Games’ tactical shooter Valorant is set to launch on June 2. Fans who didn’t get a chance to play and players from the closed beta alike are chomping at the bit to get their hands on the game as soon as possible. LAUNCHING —In 12 hours – Korea, Japan, and most of Asia-PacificIn 18 hours – Europe, Turkey, MENA, Russia, and CIS countriesIn 25 hours – North America, Latin …
New CSGO Source 2 hints drop along with Dota 2’s TI10 Battle Pass Counter-Strike
New CSGO Source 2 hints drop along with Dota 2’s TI10 Battle Pass M Alzamora New CSGO code was found inside DotA 2’s TI10 Battle Pass update and a recent update to Half-Life: Alyx that has to do with graphical improvements to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and its long-awaited Source 2 port. Fans have heard this before. Over the last several months, several changes relevant to CSGO have appeared inside updates to both Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx. That may sound odd to newcomers given that …
This 64-tick Mirage smoke is going to win you more games Counter-Strike
This 64-tick Mirage smoke is going to win you more games M Alzamora Of all the big Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maps, the second most popular has to be Mirage. And there’s a great smoke that could dramatically increase your win rate on the popular map. Whether playing on FACEIT, ESEA, or just regular old matchmaking, Mirage pops up a ton. While even players of the lowest rank can throw the A-site stairs smoke, players are hard pressed to find someone who knows a …
Overview of new Valorant map Ascent leaked ahead of its release News Overview of new Valorant map Ascent leaked ahead of its release By Olivia Richman Why is OG still struggling with stars Topson and SumaiL? Dota 2 Why is OG still struggling with stars Topson and SumaiL? By Steven Rondina Did you know silent jumping in CSGO isn’t really silent? Counter-Strike Did you know silent jumping in CSGO isn’t really silent? By Steven Rondina
Can TI10 Battle Pass rewards be earned without spending money? Dota 2
Can TI10 Battle Pass rewards be earned without spending money? Steven Rondina Dota 2 fans have had about a week now to familiarize themselves with The International 10 Battle Pass, and familiarity breeds contempt. The TI10 Battle Pass is being criticized by fans across social media for a number of different reasons. From Reddit to Twitter to YouTube, people have been doing deep dives into the battle pass, and while few are denying that it has a stellar set of rewards, many …
Reyna’s abilities revealed ahead of Valorant’s official release News
Reyna’s abilities revealed ahead of Valorant’s official release Olivia Richman Ever since the front of Reyna’s shoe was revealed in a teaser tweet for Valorant’s June 2 launch, fans of the FPS have been buzzing about the vampire-like agent.  Valorant officially announced Reyna yesterday with a tweet accompanied by a short video that seemed to show off some of Reyna’s abilities. But Valorant players were left with more questions than answers, with many wondering what those creepy, purple, eyeball-like orbs …
LoL Wild Rift alpha gameplay details, list of champions revealed League of Legends
LoL Wild Rift alpha gameplay details, list of champions revealed William Davis Riot Games announced when the League of Legends: Wild Rift Regional Alpha will arrive in Brazil and the Philippines. From June 6 to June 27, the game will be available for all players with Android phones that registered during the 10-year celebration in October. Riot is hoping to test the gameplay, the game system, and the stability of the servers. The announcement included a deeper look into the game’s mechanics. …
Study says Dota 2 has most foul-mouthed community in online gaming Dota 2
Study says Dota 2 has most foul-mouthed community in online gaming Steven Rondina Most gaming communities are toxic in one way or another, but which is the most toxic? To the surprise of some outside of it, but none within it, Dota 2 is statistically the worst community in gaming according to one study. Or at least, it’s the most foul-mouthed. Online Gambling researched the matter by scanning the largest Reddit communities for a number of prominent video games and finding the rate …
xQc, Voyboy, Forsen, and more competing in Twitch chess tourney Olivia Richman News In the past few months, chess has become one of the hottest categories on Twitch.  At the beginning of May, five-time United States chess champion and world-ranked chess player Hikaru Nakamura became the top English language stream on Twitch. But despite his big platform, chess tournament organizer Chess24 got quite upset at the popular chess personality hosting their tournament broadcast on his own channel.  Nakamura fought back, stating that his …
100 Thieves re-signs Ssumday through 2022 ahead of LCS Summer Split Olivia Richman League of Legends 100 Thieves may have had a rough Spring Split, but they are still confident in Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho. The LCS team re-signed the top laner for two more years. The announcement on Twitter stated that they had “many great memories” with Ssumday and that there are “so many more to come.”  From the very beginning ’til now. So many great memories, and so many more to come.We’re to excited to have …
Valorant reveals new agent Reyna, along with new map Olivia Richman News Reyna’s attitude and glowing purple hands may be familiar to Sombra mains, but Valorant’s 11th agent has nothing else in common with the Overwatch hero.  Hailing from Mexico, Reyna has a unique kit revolving around vampire-like abilities. Valorant’s short trailer showed her draining nearby enemies of their health, but not much else was revealed besides a few badass voice lines. “They’re dead and I’m still hungry,” Reyna proclaims at the …
Team Liquid vs. Team Nigma ESL One Birmingham Online betting analysis Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Once again, Team Liquid and Team Nigma will face off in an intriguing matchup. The ESL One Birmingham Europe and CIS group stage is almost over. The tournament has featured top-notch games from the best teams in Dota 2. In Group A, Team Liquid and Team Nigma will battle it out for seeding heading into the playoffs. Team Nigma remains undefeated at 5-0 while the 3-2 Team Liquid could be …
Did Valorant just tease a new agent named Reyna? gabhernandez News Valorant is set to release to all players on June 2, and now that the date is nearing, fans have received a glimpse of the first-person shooter’s newest hero. On the Valorant Brazil YouTube, a hype trailer for the game appeared. At the end, fans saw the new hero that was teased when developers announced that the game would be released on June 2 with a new hero, a new …
Dendi’s B8 drops two players after 26-game losing streak Jared Wynne Dota 2 The last couple of months have not been kind to Danil “Dendi” Ishutin. Dota 2’s most popular player has had a hard time adjusting to life after Natus Vincere, with his B8 organization going on a record-breaking, 24-game losing streak earlier this year. Due to the team’s consistently poor form, Swedish carry player Steve “Xcalibur” Ye and Serbian support Nikola “LeBronDota” Popovic have been released from the roster. Xcalibur addressed …
Fortnite data miner claims aim assist was nerfed, no word from Epic Olivia Richman Fortnite Keyboard and mouse Fortnite players on Windows and Mac may possibly have reason to rejoice.  Trusted Fortnite data miner Lucas7Yoshi has found some new information that could potentially mean aim assist is being nerfed on PC. He said that a simple restart of your game should apply the changes uncovered.  A hotfix was deployed adjusting aim assist on Windows and MacI do not know what these values exactly mean, but …
Ninja bans ZexRow from Ninja Battles tournament for insults Olivia Richman Fortnite After swearing and insulting other competitors, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins decided to ban Anthony “ZexRow” Colandro from future Ninja Battle events.  Ninja announced his own Fortnite tournament series on May 28. The six-week online competition features an $80,000 prize pool each week. After only the first week of play, one pro player has already been banned from future editions of the event.  Team SoloMid’s ZexRow had 59 points at the end …
Two TFT comps you should play before the mid-set update William Davis League of Legends Teamfight Tactics patch 10.11 is the final update before the Galaxies mid-set update, a major content update available on June 9. Patch 10.11 is also the final chance to grind before the rank reset on June 8. TFT: Galaxies has accomplished a healthy state where almost every composition is viable. As a result, players feel free to explore different strategies instead of forcing the same compositions over and over. With …
Valve just teased a new in-game statistics feature in CSGO M Alzamora Counter-Strike A brand new stats feature may soon be coming to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some fans might have thought that the recent update for CSGO was a little underwhelming. While the update did a ton of work on CSGO’s backend code, there wasn’t much added to the game besides some main menu customization options and an admittedly awesome Warhammer 40K sticker capsule. But a closer look at the screenshots released with …
TI10 Battle Pass drives prize pool over $10 million in 3 days Steven Rondina Dota 2 The International 10 Battle Pass has already hit another milestone. The prize pool for TI10 has cleared the $10 million mark. This came less than 72 hours after the TI10 Battle Pass’ launch, with this milestone being reached faster than any other previous installment. The success of the TI10 Battle Pass in its first few days is music to the ears of both Valve and pro Dota 2 players.  Though …
Quincy Crew reveals new Dota 2 roster after Biver goes on hiatus Jared Wynne Dota 2 Quincy Crew’s Malthe “Biver” Winther has announced that he will be taking a break from the competitive Dota 2 scene.  The Dane cites both fatigue and lack of motivation as the driving factors behind this decision. In his official TwitLonger statement, Biver said that he plans to return but will be taking a break for an indefinite length of time. “In the last month or so, I’ve been dealing with …

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