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Counter-Strike Team Envy revealed as 7th founding member of Flashpoint, 3 more remain By M Alzamora Dota 2 New Cloud9 Dota 2 debuts at The Summit 12, full team lineup revealed By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Riot launches client cleanup campaign to fix LoL’s buggy client By William Davis

League of Legends

Valorant lead dev talks agents and maps, system requirements revealed Olivia Richman Valorant lead game designer Trevor “Classick” Romleski answered fan questions about the new title in an AMA session on Discord earlier this week. Fans gathered to ask him about the game’s agents, weapons, gameplay, and everything in between.  Inspired by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s realistic take on weaponry, Valorant will have a variety of guns, all with different recoil and accuracy. Like CSGO, player movement impacts accuracy, but one weapon, the …

Counter-Strike

One key smoke on every map that all CSGO players need to know M Alzamora There are few things more important than utility when it comes to winning a game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. There’s nothing worse than getting only silence in return when you ask your matchmaking team if anyone knows any smokes. The problem can be even worse when third-party platforms offer better servers than Valve’s at attractive rates for free players and subscribers. There, the hardcore Counter-Strike Community meets the casual, and …

League of Legends

LoL patch 10.5 targets support items, adds value to turrets William Davis It’s time for League of Legends patch 10.5! Patch 10.5 is now live and it brings key changes for the top laners. Riot Games said that it was committed to making the top lane experience better so the players feel like they have an impact on the game. The changes keep coming and Riot additionally addresses those pesky enchanting supports that keep flexing to the top lane. Patch 10.5 marks …

Dota 2

fy allegedly set to depart PSG.LGD amidst team’s struggles Nina Forneloza A report about Xu “fy” Linsen is creating a buzz within the Dota 2 community. Since 2017, PSG.LGD is under the guidance and captaincy of Dota 2 legend fy. He is famed for being one of the best supports in the professional scene. His signature heroes are Rubick, Tusk, and Earthshaker. Fans and Dota 2 personalities called him “fy God” for his exceptional playstyle as position 4 player. But Sun …

Counter-Strike Former CSGO pro facing life in prison for embezzlement crimes By Olivia Richman Dota 2 EG, Fnatic, and OG.Seed will all play at Dota Summit 12 By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Counter Logic Gaming drops Crown after poor performance By Olivia Richman

Counter-Strike

ALEX splits from Vitality ahead of ESL Pro League Season 11 M Alzamora Team Vitality and  Alex “ALEX” McMeekin have officially parted ways. Both the team and the player have issued statements confirming the split. In a post on Twitlonger, ALEX cited the exhaustive travel and intense schedule of competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as the reason for the split. Team Vitality officially announced the news today on the team’s official Twitter account, confirming yesterday’s rumors that ALEX had left the team. Vitality took the …

Dota 2

ESL issues statement on coronavirus fears over ESL One LA Major Nina Forneloza The show will go on for Dota 2 fans at the ESL One LA Major. Despite coronavirus concerns swirling, ESL assured fans that the tournament is currently slated to continue on as planned. With less than two weeks to prepare and esports events around the world being impacted, North American Dota 2 fans had serious cause for concern. “The ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Major will happen as planned on March 20-22 …

League of Legends

Riot reveals key details on TFT: Galaxies’ new gameplay, Pass+ William Davis The release of Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies is fast approaching and Riot Games has shared new information about the set. TFT: Galaxies is the next update for the autobattler. The new, space-themed set will include new traits and characters. On top of that, Riot is improving the rewards, gameplay, and even the Little Legends system. The developers took everything they learned from the first two sets, to improve TFT: Galaxies. According …

League of Legends

Doublelift benched from LCS by Team Liquid due to motivation William Davis Team Liquid’s Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng is benched due to motivation problems, the bottom laner confirmed the situation through Twitter. Liquid has decided to bench Doublelift for the foreseeable future. Co-CEO Steve Arhancet said on Twitter that the team is evaluating the situation week to week, but for now Edward “Tactical” Ra is the starter. Liquid signed Richard “Rikara” Oh as the new bottom laner for Team Liquid Academy, so Tactical …

Flashpoint Global LAN schedule detailed as competition starts M Alzamora Counter-Strike Flashpoint’s Global LAN qualifiers start today and run through Wednesday, March 5. The winning teams from across the European, North American, and South American regions will compete in two groups to decide who will represent their region at Flashpoint. Eight teams are participating in Flashpoint’s Global LAN qualifiers named the Pinnacle Open, started this morning. With the results in, fans now know the matchups for each group’s elimation and deicder …

These are the 10 best legendary skins in Overwatch Olivia Richman News There’s nothing that keeps people playing Overwatch despite the cries of “it’s a dead game” quite like loot boxes. But most people only open loot boxes for one thing: The legendary skins. Of course, some skins are only available for a limited time or during certain events each year. That only makes them all the more exciting when players find them.  So here is our list of the top 10 …

Shattered Web’s final mission week returns to Kasbah for finale M Alzamora Counter-Strike Shattered Web is slowly coming to an end, and with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s final week of its latest operation, players have some classic challenges to complete. In addition, Valve has included a second cooperative strike with today’s patch that takes players back to the Kasbah to destroy Kreigeld and his virus in “Quarantined, Isolated, Eliminated.” This week’s missions are a mix of the classics, taking queues from previous CSGO Operations. …

League of Legends says final farewell to its community boards Olivia Richman League of Legends League of Legends players have just a few more days to use the game’s official boards before they close on March 9.  The boards are a platform where League of Legends players and fans could voice their opinions on various elements of the game, similar to a Reddit forum. The boards were also used by Riot to share updates and game changes with players. But after a decade of service, …

Treasure of the Fallen Cinder arrives in latest Dota 2 update Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Valve has kept Dota 2 fans on their toes of late with regular updates to Dota 2. The latest example of this was a major shift to the MMR system, but packaged alongside of it was a new set of cosmetic items. Treasure of the Fallen Cinder dropped yesterday, featuring new item sets for Clockwerk, Meepo, Elder Titan, Shadow Shaman, Oracle, Pangolier, Outworld Devourer, Viper, Beastmaster, Phoenix, and Wraith King.  …

Fighting PandaS signed by CR4ZY ahead of next Dota 2 minor Steven Rondina Dota 2 The Fighting PandaS have finally found themselves a sponsor. Croatian esports organization CR4ZY has announced its acquisition of the Fighting PandaS roster. The organization revealed the news in a post on its official website. “We are very excited to share that CR4ZY will be competing in Dota 2 esports going into the future, after picking up a team known as Fighting PandaS…The team acquisition also means that for the first …

OG, TNC Predator receive invitations to ESL One Birmingham 2020 Nina Forneloza Dota 2 OG and TNC Predator are among the first invitees to ESL One Birmingham 2020. ESL has started announcing the participants for the upcoming event. The tournament boasts a prize pool of $300,000. Although it is not a Dota Pro Circuit event, the ESL One event series still attracts many of the best teams in the world. Part of this is the ESL One Most Valuable Player Award, which gives top performers …

EternaLEnVy rejoins former teammates on new Cloud9 Dota 2 team Steven Rondina Dota 2 Cloud9’s Southeast Asian Dota 2 lineup was short-lived, but fans of the brand should be very excited about the new roster. The organization has confirmed the long-rumored signing of former Fighting PandaS players Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao and Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu, while also revealing the acquisition of former Team Secret and Ninjas in Pyjamas player Marcus “Ace” Hoelgaard. The news was broken on the team’s official website, with the new roster …

LCK Spring Split indefinitely delayed after spike in coronavirus cases William Davis League of Legends The 2020 LCK Spring Split will be indefinitely postponed starting March 6. The LCK is the latest victim of the coronavirus. The delay includes all LCK matches, Challengers Korea matches, as well as the additional content created for the Korean broadcast. The decision was made after a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea. Riot Games took preemptive measures at the start of the season. All LCK …

Boombl4: “Every time they went for me, I would just kill them” M Alzamora Counter-Strike After Na`Vi’s exceptional win against G2 Esports at CSGO’s IEM Katowice 2020, the team sat down to talk about the preparation that went into the tournament, Kirill “BoombI4” Mikhailov’s affinity for SMGs, Egor “flamie” Vasilev’s dominant play, and just how much the win meant to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive star Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev. During the interview, Head Coach Andrey “B1ad3” Gorodenskiy also dished the dirt on just what new addition Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy has brought to …

New MMR system removes Core and Support scores in Dota 2 update Steven Rondina Dota 2 Valve is once again shaking up Dota 2’s ranked roles matchmaking. This time, an update brings a new MMR system that functionally gives players separate MMRs for each of the five roles included in ranked roles. “Today’s update features a change to the rank system that replaces the Core/Support separation with a single rank that uses handicaps for each of the five ranked roles, representing your relative strength playing each …

Dota Summit 12 announced for the week before ESL One LA Major Steven Rondina Dota 2 Beyond The Summit is hosting the 12th installment of the Dota Summit event series next week. Some might be surprised by this, wondering how they missed the announcement and how it crept up so quietly. Don’t feel bad, though. Because in reality, BTS sprang this on everyone. The popular tournament organizer revealed the LOOT.BET Dota Summit 12 on March 2. The event will run from March 10 to 13. The …

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