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These digital gaming trends might be ready to boom
Jared Wynne
The gaming industry is one of the most competitive arenas in the world, and it’s not limited to competition between gamers. The industry’s developers and innovators need to keep improving to hold onto their slice of the market. One extraordinary move by a competitor and a rival company could lose vast amounts of revenue. For this reason, the gaming industry is constantly evolving and full of new trends. Below you …
Counter-Strike
CSGO’s 2020 player count shows that it’s more popular than ever
M Alzamora
As recently as the summer of 2019, CSGO was filled with players saying that the game was dead or dying. Looking at Counter-Strike’s 2020 player counts, it’s safe to say that things have changed. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is as strong as it has ever been, and its player counts back that up. On March 15, CSGO passed the one million concurrent player mark more than eight years after its release …
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CSGO veteran Mixwell returns to G2, this time to play Valorant
Olivia Richman
Oscar “mixwell” Cañellas Colocho is back in competitive gaming, and this time it’s to play Riot’s new first-person shooter Valorant. On Twitter, Mixwell announced that he was joining G2 Esports’ Valorant roster as their captain. “G2’s history shows that they are competitive in every game they’ve been part of and their content is also top, most of my fans are also G2 fans so it makes even more sense for …
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Ranked play, competitive mode coming to Valorant next week
Olivia Richman
Ever since Valorant was officially launched, players have been wondering when the game’s official ranked mode would be added. For a while, all that the Valorant community knew was that it was coming after “a few patches.” But game director Joe Ziegler finally confirmed on Twitter that competitive mode was finally coming to Riot’s FPS. “It’s been hectic, so I haven’t had a lot of time to post. To answer …
Dota 2
IceFrog teases big changes, release date for Dota 2 update 7.27
Steven Rondina
Valve seems to be poised to change its approach to Dota 2 updates in a newly permanent way. Game creator IceFrog made an announcement to fans regarding Dota 2 update 7.27. On the Dota 2 developer forum, he stated that the plan was for something in line with the initial rollout of the 7.26 update. “We are planning on releasing the first part of 7.27 in a couple of weeks, …
Dota 2
Things fans should know about Beyond Epic Online League
Nina Forneloza
Fans can virtually cheer for their favorite teams from Europe, CIS, and China in Beyond Epic Online. Beyond Epic Online League will treat fans to some quality Dota 2 action. Beyond The Summit, along with Epic Esports Events and RuHub, will be organizing two regional leagues for Europe and CIS, and China. The tournament features a $250,000 prize pool. The Europe and CIS league will retain most of the cash …
Dota 2
What is Dota 2’s player count in 2020, and is Dota 2 dying?
Steven Rondina
Officially, Dota 2 is a juggernaut in the video game industry. The MOBA generates massive amounts of revenue, is home to the most lucrative annual esports event, and was the largest game on Steam for years. Despite all of these grand successes, Dota 2 fans’ feelings on the game have traditionally bounced between doom and gloom. Some of this is just a matter of the game’s persistently toxic community, but some …
Dota 2
The fiery Battle Pass’ Queen of Pain Arcana has released
Nina Forneloza
The Queen of Pain Arcana parades Akasha in an all-new blazing look, complete with a fresh voice and other special effects. Battle Pass owners have rejoiced as Valve released Eminence of the Ristul. The Queen of Pain’s Arcana features a new model, items, a loadout pedestal, and voice lines. It has customized animations, effects, and hero assets. The exclusive item comes in two styles, the second being a blue and …
CSGO players just found a new Overpass boost that changes games
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Overpass has been host to many memorable events in CSGO. From Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson’s famous flaming defuse to Cloud9’s 16-10 win on the map that helped the team win its first CSGO Major title at ELEAGUE Boston 2018, Overpass has become iconic. But the map is also known for featuring a number of crazy boosts. More than any other map, Overpass’ multilevel layout lends itself to boosting, where one …
Former fnatic veteran dennis officially joins Apeks
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Dennis “dennis” Edman has finally found a home after an extended shuffle between European Counter-Strike teams. Apeks officially announced that they had officially signed the former fnatic rifler to their roster through a post on the team’s official Twitter account. PRESS RELEASE????Signing @denniscsgod full time – read more in our press release on Facebook!https://t.co/wGgeRppsej pic.twitter.com/chncKhtdzZ — Apeks (@apeksgg) June 15, 2020 dennis has been a part of competitive CSGO since …
FURIA tops Liquid, BIG reverses G2 in DreamHack Masters Spring
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
The DreamHack Masters Spring finals treated CSGO fans to some hotly competitive action in Europe, while the North American competition was surprisingly one-sided. FURIA Esports, which started with a one-map lead after clearing the upper bracket, demolished Team Liquid 3-0 to reclaim a spot among Counter-Strike’s elite. On the other side of the Atlantic, BIG pulled off the reverse sweep against a powerful G2 Esports team. While DreamHack Masters Spring …
Team Liquid beats Doublelift and TSM to start LCS Summer Split
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Team Liquid started the Summer Split with a convincing win over TSM. The four-time LCS season champions came into the Summer Split with something to prove. After placing ninth in the Spring Split, it became quite clear that some things had to change. The first was dropping their long-time Leauge of Legends coach Kang “Dodo” Jun-hyeok, who Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng had accused of poor communication. The organization then dropped Doublelift, …
Fissure says Vancouver Titans cut him without contract payout
Olivia Richman
News
Overwatch League pro Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung took to Twitch to publicly call out his former organization, the Vancouver Titans. Fissure claimed that his team had “forcibly” removed him and the rest of the roster and have since avoided paying out his contract. He explained that he had attempted to play until the end of the season, even making an attempt to learn English, but the organization decided to cut the …
TI10 Battle Pass Collector’s Cache voting features cool new sets
Nina Forneloza
Dota 2
Fans once again get to choose what items will appear in the TI10 Battle Pass Collector’s Caches. Valve encouraged fans to weigh in on the selection process of this year’s exclusive treasure with a voting system built into the game. Players can flip through the candidates and give them a thumbs up or thumbs down, which will be used to determine which items get included. Every year, the developer calls …
The new Queen of Pain Arcana has a bug that ruins your games
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
“Pay to win” is a phrase that is thrown around a lot with any free-to-play game, but Valve actually flipped that around in Dota 2 by making the new Queen of Pain Eminence of Ristul Arcana a “pay to lose” affair. The new premium cosmetic from the The International 10 Battle Pass significantly overhauled the game’s resident succubus, giving her a new color scheme, new weapon, and new voice. The …
CSGO visual update contains bug that lets players wall hack
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
A recent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update created a serious issue that can bestow a massive competitive advantage to some players. A Redditor showed off a bug that allows players to see the outline of enemies through Nuke’s B-site silo. The bug seems to be caused by Counter-Strike’s contrast update. The patch added a new contrast setting to the popular FPS and was meant to make player models stand out from …
TSM names Parth head coach at Doublelift and Bjergsen’s request
William Davis
League of Legends
Team SoloMid has reinstated Parth Naidu as its LCS head coach, the organization announced just one day before its debut in the 2020 LCS Summer Split. TSM is really going for a throwback feel with Parth as the team’s head coach. Peter Zhang will return to TSM Academy and share coaching duties there with Joshua Mabrey. According to the announcement, newly signed AD carry Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, along with mid …
xQc gets banned from Twitch, again, for showing animal sex
Olivia Richman
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You read that correctly. Former Overwatch League pro turned Valorant and chess streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel received a 24-hour ban from Twitch for accidentally showing two gorrillas having sex during a live stream. xQc had opened a video sent in by a viewer that showed the Nintendo GameCube loading animation. Before xQc knew what hit him, the video quickly flashed to a clip of two gorillas going at it. He immediately …
Why Valve is likely to forgo CSGO sequel to focus on Source 2 engine update
Jared Wynne
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Between varied evidence found in the game’s updates and the logic behind the potential move, it is becoming increasingly clear that Valve will be bringing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to its Source 2 engine. The move only makes sense for Valve. Creating an entirely new entry in the venerable Counter-Strike franchise would break up the game’s current base of players. This was a problem previously seen when player counts were split …
CIS ranking tournament Clutch Island announces groups and teams
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
CIS’s second Regional Ranking tournament, Clutch Island, has announced its groups for stage one of the tournament’s closed qualifiers. WePlay!’s Clutch Island has released the teams participating in the tournament’s first stage of its closed qualifiers that will eventually lead to the main event. Five teams were automatically invited to the tournament’s closed qualifiers and will face off against the winners of Clutch Island’s three open qualifiers. The groups for …
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