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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 …
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. …
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 …
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xQc, Voyboy, Forsen, and more competing in Twitch chess tourney
Olivia Richman
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 …
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Did Valorant just tease a new agent named Reyna?
gabhernandez
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 …
Dota 2
Dendi’s B8 drops two players after 26-game losing streak
Jared Wynne
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
Fortnite data miner claims aim assist was nerfed, no word from Epic
Olivia Richman
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 …
Fortnite
Ninja bans ZexRow from Ninja Battles tournament for insults
Olivia Richman
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 …
lolvvv’s new Clash tool is the latest weapon in League of Legends’ Clash events
Jared Wynne
League of Legends
Players looking to get an edge in their next Clash tournament have a new tool available to them that may put their team over the top. League of Legends data platform lolvvv has introduced a new Clash feature that quickly and thoroughly breaks down any and all relevant information behind competing players and teams in the popular MOBA’s Clash tournaments. This enables users to get a leg up on their …
Tyler1 reaches Challenger rank using only jungle champions
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
League of Legends streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is well known for his skills on Draven. But recently, Tyler1 reached Challenger in solo queue playing only in the jungle. Even though Tyler1 was once an AD carry player, he recently set off on a quest to reach Challenger while playing only jungle champions. The popular and often controversial streamer had a 52% win rate overall, with 947 wins and 864 losses. …
As esports booms in 2020, Canada dominates the industry with advancements on all levels
Jared Wynne
News
It’s no secret that esports is a thriving industry on the rise. The shifting social climate of today and continued developments in corporate interest mean that massive growth for the market has become almost inevitable, and it’s a race to see which countries will come out on top. Though competition is high, Canada continues to surprise with constant contributions and achievements in the booming industry. The future looks bright, and …
Xyp9x officially breaks from CSGO, Astralis adds Heroic’s Snappi
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Another one of Astralis’ stars is set to take a break from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The Danish organization confirmed previous reports that Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth is set to step away for the game for an indefinite period of time. In his stead, the team will add Heroic’s Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer. This follows months of roster shuffles and uncertainty at Astralis despite the team enjoying years sustained of success. Xyp9x …
Schedule revealed for Twitch Rivals Valorant, the game’s biggest event
Olivia Richman
News
Valorant’s closed beta servers may have shut down today, but the action is still continuing. Riot’s new first-person shooter is launching June 2, but fans don’t have to wait until then to see more Valorant gameplay from their favorite pros and content creators. Earlier today, Valorant announced that they were “teaming with competitive FPS creators” to hold a global Twitch Rivals tournament. There will be a $200,000 prize pool split …
LoL patch 10.11 buffs all ADCs to bring power back to the bot lane
William Davis
League of Legends
League of Legends patch 10.11 is live, and it brings the new Volibear, a skin line from out of this world, and major changes for the game’s marksmen. On the cosmetic side, patch 10.11 added Astronaut Poppy, Astronaut Gnar, and Astronaut Bard to the shop. Additionally, the update added new chromas for Astronautilus and Astronaut Teemo. The new and improved Volibear is finally available on the game. It includes a …
Huni to sign with Evil Geniuses after being dropped by Dignitas
William Davis
League of Legends
Evil Geniuses has acquired top laner Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon ahead of the 2020 LCS Summer Split, ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reported on Wednesday. The formerly second-highest paid player in the LCS found a new home. After being dropped by Dignitas back on April, Huni will join Evil Geniuses for the next split. The terms and conditions will be different from the $2.3 million contract that Huni previously signed with Dignitas. According …
Spica promoted to starting jungler for TSM as Dignitas adds V1per
William Davis
League of Legends
Team SoloMid has revealed its full roster heading into the 2020 LCS Summer Split. TSM introduced its new roster which includes: Top lane: Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik Jungle: Mingyi “Spica” Lu Mid lane: Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg ADC: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng Support: Vincent “Biofrost” Wang Spica, a former TSM Academy jungler, has been promoted to the main roster starting this season. The move was leaked on May 13 when support Biofrost …
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