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Dota 2 Virtus.pro announces VP.Prodigy Dota 2 academy team By gabhernandez League of Legends New Valorant agent Jett revealed by Riot Games ahead of beta launch By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike ESL One Rio will require teams to requalify for November CSGO major By M Alzamora

League of Legends

2020 LCS playoff preview: Teams, schedule, tournament bracket William Davis It’s time for playoffs in the 2020 LCS Spring Split. This year, the teams are competing in a new format that gives the top four seeds more than one chance to make it to the finals. The regular season ended with three teams fighting for sixth place and a three-way tie for second. With all of the tiebreakers out of the way, the stage is nowset for the playoffs. This …

League of Legends

Faker is here to tell you whether to use the F or D key for Flash Olivia Richman The Unkillable Demon King has spoken. T1’s Sang-hyeok “Faker” Lee has finally weighed in on one of the biggest League of Legends debates of all time. In a recent stream, the Korean LoL star told his followers his opinion on if Flash should be bound to the “F” key or the “D” key.  “Don’t fight over Flash on D or F, guys. Everyone has their own preference,” Faker said. “Just because …

League of Legends

TFT adds new galaxies mechanic with new patch 10.7 William Davis The galaxies mechanic is now available! Patch 10.7 marks the release of the highly anticipated galaxies mechanic. Now players will get a chance to play in one of the new galaxies: The Neekoverse: Everyone gets two free copies of Neeko’s Help. Lilac Nebula: The first carousel contains only four cost units. Medium Legends: Little Legends are larger and you have +25 starting health. At the beginning of each round, the …

Counter-Strike

AVANGAR disbands shortly after selling CSGO team to Virtus.pro M Alzamora AVANGAR has revealed through its official Twitter account that the esports organization would cease all operations. This was relayed through several messages saying goodbye to the organization’s fans and followers, with a promise of promoting esports interests in Kazakhstan in the future. The move comes several months after the organization sold its previous Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster to Virtus.pro for a hefty price. AVANGAR famously made the grand finals at …

Dota 2 s4 rejoins Alliance after splitting from Evil Geniuses By Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2 pros unsure of future as Valve remains silent on coronavirus By Steven Rondina League of Legends 2020 LEC playoffs preview: Teams, schedule, tournament bracket By William Davis

League of Legends

Patch 10.7 buffs Akali and Galio, adds new Fiddlestick rework William Davis It’s time for patch 10.7! The most recent update for League of Legends is ready to go. This update brings changes to popular mid laners, the ranked system, and the new April Fools skins. Furyhorn Cosplay Veigar, Pengu Cosplay Tristana, and Pajama Guardian Cosplay Urgot are available now. Like every new skin, each April Fools skin goes for 1350 RP. These are not the only skins coming with patch 10.7, …

Apex Legends

Apex Legends Global Series adds online events $100K prize pools Olivia Richman The Apex Legends Global Series is going online as part of EA’s Stay and Play initiative.  Instead of physical tournaments, Apex Legends pro teams will compete for $100,000 and ALGS points in multiple online tournaments. On top of that, the tournaments wil be heavily broadcasted to allow fans to watch the action while in isolation.  “As the global coronavirus situation evolves, we want to help the world find more ways …

Fortnite

Grenades removed from Fortnite due to game-breaking glitch Olivia Richman Per usual, gamers can’t have nice things. Epic Games has temporarily disabled grenades in Fortnite after some gamers discovered discovered a game-breaking bug where they could throw more than one grenade at once.  “Due to an issue, the Grenade has been temporarily disabled in Battle Royale. We’ll provide an update when the Grenade has been re-enabled,” Fortnite tweeted out.  The maximum grenades people can carry in battle royale mode is six. …

Dota 2

PSG.LGD wins China Dota 2 Professional League with new roster Nina Forneloza PSG.LGD bested Vici Gaming and took the China Dota 2 Professional League crown. PSG.LGD had a shaky start when it returned to the professional scene. The team began its Dota Pro Circuit journey with underwhelming results, failing to qualify for both DreamLeague Season 13 and the ESL One LA Major. After several roster shakeups, the storied organization has possibly returned to form. Its newest roster debuted at WeSave! Charity Play …

New CSGO update adds Prisma 2 case, new maps Anubis and Chlorine M Alzamora News Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Operation Shattered Web has ended, but fans still have something to grind for. The latest CSGO update introduces the Prisma 2 case, filled with 17 new skins for a variety of weapons. The update also shipped with some map changes. Both Breach and Studio have been retired while Chlorine and Anubis take their place. The two new maps come from the Mapcore community contest. Both maps are …

April Fools comes early to Overwatch, brings googly eyes to heroes gabhernandez News It’s already April 1 in some parts of the world and that means that April Fools jokes are circulating. Overwatch is no exception. Last year, Reinhardt players were in for a surprise when they typed in chat. Instead of normal text, players would submit their text in all caps, several exclamation points, and a random Reinhardt phrase to follow. This year, the prank is much more noticeable. The developers have …

All Overwatch League 2020 homestands have been cancelled gabhernandez News Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Blizzard has announced that all remaining games in the Overwatch League 2020 season will be played online. This means that all remaining homestands have been cancelled. This is a disappointing decision for fans who were excited for the new homestand format in OWL’s third season. The league was looking to establish OWL as a global series of events, with each franchise hosting shows in their …

Alliance releases two players, 33 joins OG as ESL One LA sub Steven Rondina Dota 2 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 …

CSGO breaks new records as players crash the CSGO item sever M Alzamora Counter-Strike 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 …

PUBG Mobile keeps stealing weapon skins from CSGO Olivia Richman Counter-Strike 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 …

Here’s how to get a spot in the Valorant closed beta gabhernandez League of Legends 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 …

Artifact to receive closed 2.0 beta with new economy system Steven Rondina Dota 2 True to the company’s word, Valve is detailing its new plans for fixing Dota 2 spin-off Artifact. On a post made to the game’s official Steam page, the publisher detailed its plans for an “Artifact Beta 2.0” that will reimagine the game and make the title more accessible for newcomers. “We’ve been focusing on gameplay changes first. The biggest change is zooming out to allow players access to all three …

Valve building new subscription service with Half-Life 2 remaster M Alzamora News Huge changes are coming to Steam in the near future. Updates deployed to Dota 2 confirm that the Steam Client is coming to MacOSX, Linux, and Windows XP with native support. Dota 2 will join Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Counter-Strike: Source, and Left 4 Dead as just a few of the many Valve games on their way to the operating systems.  Their inclusion comes with something gamers have never ever before, …

WeSave! Charity Play nets huge sum of money for coronavirus relief Nina Forneloza Dota 2 WePlay! has gathered more than $188,000 from donations with its WeSave! Charity Play Dota 2 tournament. The pandemic has put a pause on the esports calendar, sparking WePlay! to launch a charity tournament to help in the battle against COVID-19. WeSave! Charity Play featured 24 teams from six different regions. Fans saw their favorite teams participate in the event, including huge names such as OG, Team Secret, Evil Geniuses, Vici Gaming, …

Valorant closed beta release date revealed, affected by COVID-19 Olivia Richman League of Legends 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 …

These are the most expensive cosmetic items in Dota 2 Steven Rondina Dota 2 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 …

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