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Dota 2 ESL issues statement on coronavirus fears over ESL One LA Major By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Riot reveals key details on TFT: Galaxies’ new gameplay, Pass+ By William Davis League of Legends Doublelift benched from LCS by Team Liquid due to motivation By William Davis

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Flashpoint Global LAN schedule detailed as competition starts M Alzamora 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 …

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These are the 10 best legendary skins in Overwatch Olivia Richman 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 …

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Shattered Web’s final mission week returns to Kasbah for finale M Alzamora 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. …

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League of Legends says final farewell to its community boards Olivia Richman 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, …

Dota 2 Treasure of the Fallen Cinder arrives in latest Dota 2 update By Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Fighting PandaS signed by CR4ZY ahead of next Dota 2 minor By Steven Rondina Dota 2 OG, TNC Predator receive invitations to ESL One Birmingham 2020 By Nina Forneloza

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EternaLEnVy rejoins former teammates on new Cloud9 Dota 2 team Steven Rondina 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 …

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LCK Spring Split indefinitely delayed after spike in coronavirus cases William Davis 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 …

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Boombl4: “Every time they went for me, I would just kill them” M Alzamora 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 …

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New MMR system removes Core and Support scores in Dota 2 update Steven Rondina 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 …

Amid falling numbers, fans wonder if Dota 2 is doomed to die Nina Forneloza Dota 2 A viral video on YouTube claims that Dota 2 is slowly dying. It’s a subject fans have increasingly discussed given falling player counts and other worrying metrics around the popular MOBA. The video was released on the YouTube channel Elwono. Wono is a content creator who started a French Minecraft channel in 2011. He began producing Dota 2 videos in 2014 and reached 1.1 million views in just six months. …

Project A renamed Valorant, gameplay and characters revealed Olivia Richman League of Legends Details on Riot Games’ hotly anticipated FPS game Project A have been revealed.  According to a press release, Project A has been renamed Valorant. The game is a competitive, five-on-five, character-based FPS for PC that will launch in the summer of 2020. It will be free-to-play, like Riot’s ever-popular League of Legends.  According to Riot, Valorant will allow players to enjoy “precise skill, high stakes, lethal gameplay, and clutch moments that reward …

Smash World Tour reveals largest prize pool in Smash Bros. history Olivia Richman News Super Smash Bros. players are finally getting an organized world tour. Smash World Tour 2020 promises more than 25 community events for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate, creating an actual tournament circuit for the NIntendo fighting game. It’s something that’s never been done before.  VGBootCamp and several other prominent event organizers have come together to create the tournament circuit, which is to be called the Smash World Tour …

xQc apologizes to fans after Twitch upholds ban for nudity Olivia Richman News Twitch partner Felix “xQc” Lengye is known for being a troll. In fact, he was removed from the Overwatch League for repetitive toxic behavior. But after being banned from Twitch, xQc decided to take a moment to be genuine with his fans.  xQc received a three-day ban for anime nudity after he purposely uncensored an image of a cartoon woman wearing no bra. While some in the streaming community felt …

Fortnite pro Bugha calls controller aim assist “hacking” Olivia Richman Fortnite Ever since Epic Games introduced cross-platform play to Fortnite, the community has been debating if keyboard and mouse players should be competing against controller players.  At first, this was because controller players were at a severe disadvantage, thanks to the keyboard and mouse’s superior accuracy and movement capabilities. But when Epic Games added aim assist for controller players, allowing them to more easily track targets, PC players began to feel …

Team SoloMid on LCS losing streak after loss to Counter Logic Gaming William Davis League of Legends Counter Logic Gaming got some revenge against Team SoloMid and secured a win in the 2020 LCS Spring Season. Just when everything seemed lost, CLG got a victory over its eternal rival in the sixth week of LCS action. When the teams clashed in Week 2, TSM had the upper hand and CLG walked away with wounded pride. This time around, CLG hit back and stayed afloat in one of the …

Valve looking for partners for next year’s Dota 2 majors, leagues Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Tournament organizers can now submit their proposals for hosting majors and leagues in the next Dota Pro Circuit season. This comes after Valve’s call for cities to bid on hosting The International 2021. The Dota Pro Circuit, which serves to determine the invitees to The International, received a significant shakeup this month. The 2020-2021 season will see its format changed to include regional leagues in place of a hectic tournament …

Project A leaked images reveal first first character, abilities William Davis League of Legends An anonymous source has leaked what appears to be images of Riot Games’ Project A, the developer’s first shooter title. In early February, Riot hosted a closed alpha in its office in Dublin, Ireland. A small group of players had a chance to get their hands on Project A and the feedback was positive. Former professional Counter-Strike player Henry “HenryG” Greer said that Project A is the best game since …

Team Liquid beats Team SoloMid without Doublelift in 2020 LCS Spring William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid picked up a critical win over Team SoloMid in the 2020 LCS Spring season. Liquid started the second half of the season with a massive victory and is ready to fight for a spot in the playoffs. Liquid came into Week 6 without its bottom lane star, with Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng missing the action due to a serious case of laryngitis. The team started Academy player Edward “Tactical” …

Na’Vi trounces G2 Esports, wins IEM Katowice 2020 in dominant fashion M Alzamora Counter-Strike After Saturday’s semifinals, many expected the grand finals of IEM Katowice 2020 to be a match of epic proportions. In reality, fans got yet another glimpse of what could be the most dangerous Natus Vincere team in history during the team’s 3-0 win against G2 Esports in Poland. Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov must have had whatever Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev had for breakfast yesterday, because the in-game leader for Na`Vi posted a …

New OWL jerseys prices draw anger from Overwatch fans gabhernandez News The Overwatch League shop dropped some new team jerseys recently, and fans are furious about the listed prices. The price point for a jersey without a player name is $90 USD and has caused some gripes for fans because of the consistent increase in price over the last three seasons. The quality of the jerseys last year made by Fanatics was a disaster, which didn’t instill a lot of hope …

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