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News New CSGO update adds Prisma 2 case, new maps Anubis and Chlorine By M Alzamora News April Fools comes early to Overwatch, brings googly eyes to heroes By gabhernandez News All Overwatch League 2020 homestands have been cancelled By gabhernandez

Dota 2

Alliance releases two players, 33 joins OG as ESL One LA sub Steven Rondina Alliance has been one of the biggest surprises in Dota 2 to this point in the season, but that apparently isn’t enough to keep the team together. The organization has announced the releases of Adrian “Fata” Trinks and Neta “33” Shapira. The news was revealed in a statement on the team’s official site. “I’m very thankful for everything Fata and 33 has achieved with our team. When they joined us …

Counter-Strike

CSGO breaks new records as players crash the CSGO item sever M Alzamora While Counter-Strike: Global offensive quietly listed over 1.31 million actives, players were much more concerned with one thing: “Do I have the Agent I want?” Prices skyrocketed as fans realized that Counter-Strike’s batch of agents might actually be collectibles instead of trading cards. In fact, Counter-Strike hasn’t seen anything quite like this before. Previously, each operation came with a single case that would drop from players’ weekly rank ups. Shattered …

Counter-Strike

PUBG Mobile keeps stealing weapon skins from CSGO Olivia Richman Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans are not happy with a new weapon skin in PUBG Mobile.  Developers recently introduced an M16A4 skin called Psycho Savage, which is almost an exact copy of CSGO’s AK47 skin, Neon Revolution. The only notable differences are the white stripes PUBG added on top of the original design. Everything else is disturblingly similar.  While this latest skin has definitely riled the CSGO community up, it’s apparently …

League of Legends

Here’s how to get a spot in the Valorant closed beta gabhernandez Riot Games’ highly anticipated tactical shooter Valorant will begin a closed beta period on April 7. Fans of both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends are desperately scrambling to get a spot in the beta, but it isn’t as simple as entering into a lottery or creating an account. In order to be selected for the closed beta, prospective players must sign up for, or sign in to, a …

Dota 2 Artifact to receive closed 2.0 beta with new economy system By Steven Rondina News Valve building new subscription service with Half-Life 2 remaster By M Alzamora Dota 2 WeSave! Charity Play nets huge sum of money for coronavirus relief By Nina Forneloza

League of Legends

Valorant closed beta release date revealed, affected by COVID-19 Olivia Richman Riot Games announced today that a closed testing period for Valorant will start April 7.  The closed beta for the new character-based FPS title will be available in Canada, Europe, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. There’s a possibility the closed beta will become available to more regions in the future, depending on the current coronavirus pandemic.  “Our plan was to bring the Valorant closed beta to as many players …

Dota 2

These are the most expensive cosmetic items in Dota 2 Steven Rondina Valve’s multiplayer titles have spawned unique in-game economies featuring rare and expensive items. Dota 2 is at the top of this list, featuring several cosmetics that fetch top dollar on the market. The game has long encouraged players to customize their favorite heroes, and players are willing to throw down a lot of money on some rare skins. Over the years, several items have become highly sought after, which has …

League of Legends

Team Liquid shatters Quarathon COVID-19 charity stream goal Olivia Richman After a weeklong charity stream, Team Liquid raised $72,615 towards coronavirus relief efforts. Throughout the past week, Team Liquid streamers and players participated in a streamathon with the goal of raising $50,000 for Direct Relief. Called the Quarathon, the organization hoped the “quarantine stream marathon” would inspire their fans to help support people going through a “rough time” due to COVID-19’s impact. They went over their goal by over $20,000.  …

Counter-Strike

Steam sets new player records for the second week in a row M Alzamora Valve’s Steam platform has continued its run of form, breaking its record for concurrent users for the fourth time in four weeks.  The software developer and digital distributor surpassed its previous record by more than 300,000 people, set the day before on March 28.The immensely popular storefront seemed unphased by the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s battle royale mode as it plowed through previous record with ease. Steam …

Great first knives for players looking to enter CSGO’s skin game M Alzamora Counter-Strike Alongside its competitive esports scene, Counter-Strike’s player-driven economy is the beating heart of the game’s mass appeal. While it will always be a game rife with tactical depth to its hardcore fans, Counter-Strike will never shake the idea that its competitive matches are a place to show off a player’s flashiest skins.  At the top of CSGO’s loot list are its infamous knives. Uncommon in the lower ranks, knives serve …

Here’s how to find the best jungle paths in League of Legends William Davis League of Legends It’s universally acknowledged that the team that wins the jungle, wins the game. To help the new generation of junglers jumping into Summoner’s Rift, Jung.GG developed a tool that shows the optimal jungle pathing for every champion. Season 10 changed the XP granted by jungle camps and players that aren’t accounting for this become irrelevant in the game very quickly. Optimal pathing is fundamental, like knowing when to smite and …

LPL team Rogue Warriors fined more than $400,000 over match fixing William Davis League of Legends LPL organization Rogue Warriors is being punished with a $400,000 fine for covering up a match-fixing incident. The LPL Discipline Committee is not going easy on Rogue Warriors, the committee issued a warning with a three million RMB fine, equivalent to $423,687.50 USD. The punishment comes after an investigation into the allegations against former jungler Wang “WeiYan” Xiang for match fixing. According to several reports, WeiYan had agreed to an …

Four Evil Geniuses players have now reached 10K MMR in Dota 2 Steven Rondina Dota 2 There’s a debate to be had about who the best Dota 2 team in the world is. OG has possibly the most talented lineup, Team Secret looked dominant at the last major, but TNC Predator stands atop the Dota Pro Circuit standings. Evil Geniuses can also enter into that conversation on the merit that they likely have the highest combined MMR of any Dota 2 team in the world today. …

Dodo on Liquid LCS struggles: “We just have to go back to the start” Olivia Richman League of Legends Team Liquid probably lost its chance to compete in the 2020 LCS Spring Split playoffs with their defeat at the hands of FlyQuest. Though the team hasn’t been mathematically eliminated, a number of upsets will need to occur in order for Liquid to make the cut. This is not something coach Kang “Dodo” Jun-hyeok likes to dwell on, but it’s hard to stay positive at this point. Despite this, he told WIN.gg that he …

Twitch implements harsher punishment for banned users, locks down chat Olivia Richman News Twitch has long been blasted for not seeming to care about their content creators but now, the platform has given streamers more control over their channels.  “Your well-being is important. We are taking steps to improve that, starting with your peace of mind. Blocking users now removes them from your Followers list. Channel banning users will remove them from your Chat list so you don’t have to see them anymore,” …

Here’s who to play in Valorant, based on Overwatch and Apex mains Olivia Richman News Riot’s new first person shooter, Valorant, borrows heavily from a number of other esports titles. The gameplay itself, including maps, rounds, and purchasing weapons is clearly something that comes from tactical shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But the addition of abilities has former Overwatch League pro Félix “xQc” Lengyel saying that CSGO players won’t stand a chance in the game once it comes out. He likely expects Valorant to be a game where …

More changes hit OWL S3 online matches just before play begins gabhernandez News Due to the health concerns related to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Overwatch League continues to make decisions to keep the season alive, including most recently moving to an online-only competitive format. Although this is OWL’s third season, this was supposed to be the first year for the league’s matches to be hosted primarily in host cities. US-based fans were able to get a glimpse of what homestands were like in …

SumaiL returns to 10K MMR club after slipping down rankings Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Once again, Syed “SumaiL” Hassan is a part of the 10K MMR club. OG’s carry player reached 10,000 MMR after random picking in public games. The player is famed for his exceptional mechanical skill and consistently stellar plays. In his latest stream, he showed that his MMR value is 10,020. He clarified that this is not his first time reaching the 10,000 milestone, as he previously reached the 10,100 mark. …

Valve’s patience and Perfect World’s marketing fuel CSGO records M Alzamora Counter-Strike On March 22, CSGO reached another milestone on its way up the charts, totaling 1,102,067 players in-game and breaking its previous record set just earlier that day by almost 15 thousand. So why is this happening now? Eight full years after release, CSGO hit the million concurrent player mark for the first time on March 14. The first-person shooter has continued to gain players since. Even more exciting for Valve …

CSGO’s Nvidia commit fix confirms CSGO moving to Source 2 engine M Alzamora Counter-Strike After Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s beta branch went live with a fix for the stuttering that has plagued Nvidia users for several weeks, Valve pushed the update to CSOG’s live branch. When released, we thought Half-Life Alyx’s commemorative pins looked better than anything we’d seen before graphically. Looks like our eyes weren’t playing tricks on us. It turns out that the pins, stickers, and patches CSGO released alongside Alyx’s debut this …

How to play Nautilus in the mid lane just like FPX Doinb William Davis League of Legends In 2019, League of Legends players around the world were introduced to one particularly strange champion pick: Nautilus in the mid lane. It was first played in the LPL by FunPlus Phoenix’s mid laner and resident mad genius Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang, who then pulled it out at the World Championship. Doinb played three games on Nautilus in the semifinals against Invictus Gaming. He played the pick one more time in …

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