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Pick-URF returning to League of Legends, release date announced League of Legends Pick-URF returning to League of Legends, release date announced By William Davis Fortnite will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X at launch Fortnite Fortnite will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X at launch By Steven Rondina Griffin looking to terminate player contracts after poor LCK split League of Legends Griffin looking to terminate player contracts after poor LCK split By Olivia Richman
Steam’s massive update details reward points, custom animated profiles News
Steam’s massive update details reward points, custom animated profiles M Alzamora Over the past year, Valve has laid the groundwork for the addition of multiple new and improved features for its Steam client, the company’s widely adopted digital distribution platform.Several new features have appeared in the Steam client’s code over the past 12 months that will overhaul how users interact with the Steam Store, developers, curators, and each other in what might be the largest series of updates to the platform …
Soraka is about to make a big comeback after LoL patch 10.10 buffs League of Legends
Soraka is about to make a big comeback after LoL patch 10.10 buffs William Davis League of Legends patch 10.10 has arrived to the live server. The most recent update in League of Legends brings a new event and adds new skins to the Pulsefire skin line. Pulsefire Lucian, Pulsefire Lucian Prestige Edition, Pulsefire Pantheon, Pulsefire Fiora, and Pulsefire Ekko are coming to the shop of May 14. The Pulsefire event starts on that same day. Each skin will sell for 1,350 RP. While the …
CSGO star s1mple is showing off his Dota 2 skills on stream Dota 2
CSGO star s1mple is showing off his Dota 2 skills on stream Steven Rondina Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev is the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player in the world. CSGO isn’t the only game he plays, though. The Natus Vincere star has been branching out on his Twitch channel lately and one of the games he’s been dabbling in Dota 2. Though his skills in the tactical shooter may or may not actually translate to the MOBA, he has looked pretty darn good in his Dota …
Riot has already banned over 8,800 cheaters from Valorant News
Riot has already banned over 8,800 cheaters from Valorant Olivia Richman Valorant’s anti-cheat software, Vanguard, hasn’t been too popular with the gaming community but it seems to be doing its job well.  Riot anti-cheat data engineer Phillip Koskinas revealed on Twitter that 8,873 cheaters have been banned already.  “Located a Valorant universe where there were 8,873 less cheaters and moved us all into it,” Koskinas joked. “Please be careful, as your bones may have shifted during dimensional travel.”  located a VALORANT …
Massive Valorant patch hits Sage, Split, and buffs rifle accuracy News Massive Valorant patch hits Sage, Split, and buffs rifle accuracy By M Alzamora WINNERS League S4 teams, tournament structure, and prize pool revealed Counter-Strike WINNERS League S4 teams, tournament structure, and prize pool revealed By Olivia Richman Gamers Without Borders hosts $1.5M Dota 2 event with OG, Secret, more Dota 2 Gamers Without Borders hosts $1.5M Dota 2 event with OG, Secret, more By Steven Rondina
This Valorant shotgun reload bug lets shotguns fire non-stop News
This Valorant shotgun reload bug lets shotguns fire non-stop M Alzamora Shotguns aren’t always a popular class of weapon in competitive first-person shooters. An oversight by Riot Games could quickly change all that. The Bucky is one of Valorant’s two shotguns, and normally players have to sit through a long reload after they use the weapon’s five chambered rounds. But a recent video shows a new way to keep the Bucky firing for much longer by reloading between each shot. The …
Forsen reveals the reason behind his Twitch ban in defiant rant News
Forsen reveals the reason behind his Twitch ban in defiant rant Olivia Richman Four days after Sebastian “Forsen” Fors was banned from Twitch, the streamer has come forward with the reason behind his lengthy suspension.  “I was banned for two weeks for saying ‘retarded Russians’ instead of ‘retarded people who can’t participate in voice comms in Valorant due to legal reasons,'” Forsen said on Twitter.  Banned for 2 weeks for saying retarded russians instead of retarded “people who cant participate in voice comms …
Virtus.pro vs. FlyToMoon Epic Prime League playoffs betting analysis Dota 2
Virtus.pro vs. FlyToMoon Epic Prime League playoffs betting analysis Steven Rondina The group stage of the Epic Prime League has wrapped up and the playoffs will begin soon. The more interesting matchup now set is Virtus.pro vs. FlyToMoon. The two teams have had an interesting rivalry over the last few months, a rivalry that has changed as often as the two teams’ rosters. They now face off once again in a fairly high-stakes matchup that will set the stage for the …
Topson announces return to competitive Dota 2 after disappearing Dota 2
Topson announces return to competitive Dota 2 after disappearing Steven Rondina It seems like Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen will be getting back in action before long. OG’s star mid laner took to Instagram and released a post that suggested he will be returning to the team in the near future. The caption for the post reads “soon back in action #DreamOG. Stay strong everyone.” OG has been incredibly active over recent months, taking part in a number of online Dota 2 …
Leaked CSGO patch improves weapon pickup, fixes grenades and sv_pure M Alzamora Counter-Strike Developers have made several adjustments to two of CSGO’s oldest issues in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s latest patch. First, Valve has finally fixed a widespread issue that has plagued both professional and casual CSGO players for years. When a player dies in CSGO, they drop both their primary weapon, if they have one, and their most expensive grenade. Since both are dropped at the exact same time, it was common to …
FaZe Clan owner admits he ran a CSGO skin gambling site Olivia Richman Counter-Strike FaZe Clan owner Ricky Banks recently revealed on an episode of the BADNWZ podcast that members of the FaZe esports organization ran a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin gambling website.  A little before 2016, FaZe Clan started looking for a new CSGO roster to invest in, which Banks stated was going to cost them $1 million. It was an amount the organization did not have at the time. He told the …
ATK makes roster moves after flexeeee release M Alzamora Counter-Strike After a tough run at the original ESL One Rio Minor championship, ATK has announced changes to its South African roster that include the release Rieghardt “flexeeee” Romatzki, and the additions of AWPer Aaron “SloWye” van der Walt and entry fragger Johnathan “Doru” Fox. Both SloWye and Doru come to ATK from the South African team Big 5. SloWye spent just over a year with his former team and regional …
Kobbe officially released from TSM, joins Misfits in the LEC William Davis League of Legends Danish bottom laner Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup has joined Misfits after being released from Team SoloMid. Kobbe is returning to Europe to play under Misfits’ banner in the upcoming 2020 LEC Summer Split. The announcement comes after weeks of speculations regarding the future of Kobbe’s career. Kobbe joined TSM ahead of the 2020 LCS Spring Split where he found mild success. His tenure with TSM was cut short when TSM announced …
Justice’s Corey is latest OWL player to leave for Valorant esports gabhernandez News Corey “Corey” Nigra is the latest Overwatch League pro to exit the scene in order to pursue a career in Riot Games’ Valorant. “This may come as a surprise to many of you and maybe not so much to a few, but my time with Overwatch has come to an end. I’ve officially retired from Overwatch,” Corey said on Twitter. He went on to thank various individuals he worked with …
Astralis says if they perform, 20% roster change penalty won’t matter M Alzamora Counter-Strike Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive organization Astralis officially announced Jakob “JUGi” Hansen’s signing in a press release, calling it a “second increase” and leaving room for the addition of even more players beyond its new seven-man roster. The move continues Astralis’ pursuit of what it describes as “the most competitive and healthy environment for the players.” Rumors have swirled for weeks that Astralis didn’t plan to stop adding players to its …
Figuring out why Amouranth was banned on Twitch for the third time Olivia Richman News Twitch partner Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa has been banned from the streaming platform once again.  Amouranth’s Twitter has continued to be a stream of sexy Patreon photoshoots, with no official comment regarding her ban from Twitch. Despite her silence, some fans think her ban was due to a viewer purposely changing their profile picture to a penis during a live broadcast in an attempt to get her suspended. This theory has …
Freakazoid, Zellsis, other CSGO pros leave for Valorant esports Olivia Richman News Ryan “freakazoid” Abadir is the latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro to leave the scene to pursue a career in Riot Games’ new first-person shooter, Valorant.  “Sometimes life says out with the old and gotta go with the new. I’m quitting CS and going to be playing Valorant,” freakazoid tweeted earlier today.  The 27-year-old CSGO veteran was in the pro Counter-Strike scene for 10 years. He played for Cloud9 in 2015 …
Kyle criticizes “dull” Dota 2 meta, wants roaming to return Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2’s meta isn’t in an especially good place right now. That’s something that players of all levels are agreeing on, but former Complexity Gaming captain Kyle Freedman is giving voice to that at the professional level. The Dota 2 caster spoke out on the slower pace of games right now, and he left no wiggle room for how he feels about the current state of the game in an …
Is Kirby coming to Fortnite? Party Royale trailer gives new clues Olivia Richman Fortnite Fortnite recently revealed their new Party Royale mode, which takes away the closing circle that makes rotation such an intense part of the original battle royale format. But it wasn’t the new mode that had people all over the internet talking about the trailer: it was the Kirby sighting.  Kirby can first be seen at the start of the trailer, possibly dancing near the bottom of the screen where Epic …
TimTheTatman continues Fortnite controller debate with a big insult Olivia Richman Fortnite Cross-platform play in Fortnite hasn’t united the gaming community like Epic thought it would. Instead, it started an ongoing debate with seemingly no end over keyboard and mouse versus controller players.  The competitive community has been consistently divided on this topic, with many keyboard and mouse players claiming that they’re not only superior in their mechanics, but that Epic’s attempt to make controller players feel equal has backfired. Keyboard and …
blameF drops more than 50 frags on one map vs Dignitas in Road to Rio M Alzamora Counter-Strike ESL’s Road to Rio has been full of surprises so far, but Complexity’s Benjamin “blameF” Bremmer’s performance during the tournament’s last-place decider match has to take the cake.  Complexity has been a difficult team to nail down since putting together its new roster after the StarLadder Berlin Major, with big ups and downs over the first half of 2020. In their recent Road to Rio matchup against Dignitas however, blameF was …

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