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Dota 2 New OG roster debuts by crushing opponents in ESL LA qualifiers By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike CSGO legends TaZ and NEO are coming back to form new Polish team By Olivia Richman News The biggest challenges in betting on esports and how to beat them By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Teamfight Tactics Mobile closed beta, release plans revealed gabhernandez Teamfight Tactics Mobile is set to come out in March, but a closed beta was abruptly launched less than 24 hours ago. TFT Mobile will be cross-compatible with other devices, carrying over all forms of progress including rank and inventory in most regions. The only exception are players on the Chinese and southeast Asian servers. Garena will still support PC TFT players, but mobile will not have the same benefits. …

League of Legends

Akali has been banned in every LCS and LEC game of 2020 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Akali has a 100% presence rate across Riot Games’ largest League of Legends tournaments, including the 2020 Spring Splits of LEC, LCS, LCK, and LPL. While casual League of Legends players wonder why Akali keeps getting balance updates, pro players are well aware of her overpowered potential. Since the start of the 2020 season, there hasn’t been a single game in which Akali wasn’t either picked or banned in North …

League of Legends

Riot is giving one more League of Legends refund token for free Syed Mujtaba Naqvi With the new season starting, Riot Games prepared a free refund token for every League of Legends player. Though League of Legends is essentially a free-to-play game, many players spend a decent sum of money purchasing items that are available for Riot Points. RP is Riot’s own currency that, when bought with real money, gives players the option to buy a number of different items available in the League of …

Dota 2

TNC top DPC standings before ESL One Los Angeles Major qualifiers gabhernandez Despite an early exit at the DreamLeague Leipzig Major, TNC Predator remains at the top of the Dota Pro Circuit rankings heading into the ESL One Los Angeles Major. The 12 teams with the most DPC points at the end of the season will receive a direct invite to The International 2020. While there is still a lot of Dota 2 left to play, these 12 teams are currently positioned …

League of Legends G2 Esports overcomes Rogue in tough game in LEC Spring Split By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike Ex6TenZ retires after 15-year CSGO career, eyes coaching role By M Alzamora Dota 2 PSG.LGD trades longtime carry Ame before Los Angeles Major By Steven Rondina

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Three Overwatch heroes nerfed, one buffed in latest PTR update Olivia Richman Several Overwatch heroes saw changes to their kit in the PTR patch released on Thursday.  Blizzard just released PTR Patch Notes two days ago for version 1.45, which also introduced hero pools and workshop updates. As promised, developers have already revealed more patch notes for the PTR, staying true to their goal of delivering more frequent patches in 2020.  The most the balance update delivered buffs or nerfs to Wrecking Ball, …

Counter-Strike

Valve will ban reported players from chat after new CSGO patch M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players sometimes run into cheaters, hackers, griefers, and even plain jerks while playing online. For new players learning how to play Counter-Strike, the toxicity is an immediate reason to walk away. It’s common to join a casual server and be blasted with generally poor behavior. Today, Valve finally announced that they’re going to work to correct the problem. A blog post on the official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive …

Dota 2

J.Storm seemingly loses Dota 2 team, possibly dissolving Steven Rondina The J.Storm esports organization seems to be done with Dota 2, and it might be shuttering entirely. An eagle-eyed Redditor spotted that the team currently has zero players attached to its roster on the official Dota 2 major registration page. The team previously attached to it, headed by veteran Clinton “Fear” Loomis, is currently operating under the handle of “business associates.” Neither the players nor the team have acknowledged any …

League of Legends

Machine to serve as host for LEC 2020 Spring Split weeks 3 and 4 Steven Rondina A fresh but familiar face is set to appear at the desk of the 2020 LEC Spring Split. The LEC announced that esports caster and host Alex “Machine” Richardson will serve as a guest analyst for weeks three and four of the season. The two sides briefly bantered about the news on Twitter, This will be Machine’s second time casting League of Legends. Machine appeared in the LEC as a host …

Esports Arena launches Series E League with Fortnite and Smash Olivia Richman Fortnite Esports Arena recently launched Esports Arena Series E, a semi-professional league that will debut in May.  Featuring Fortnite and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the league will be located in 18 Walmart Supercenters around the United States. This includes 11 new in-store arenas that will be opening in April with the support of Microsoft Xbox.  According to Esports Arena CEO Tyler Endres, Series E is the “next step” in their goal …

Devilwalk on GODSENT and how to keep a rising team from falling M Alzamora Counter-Strike WIN.gg sat down with GODSENT Counter-Strike: Global Offensive head coach and former professional player Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg this week at the GG.BET ICE Challenge to talk about GODSENT’s recent successes, stumbles, and the tools professional teams use when they get ready to compete. Devilwalk, a CSGO legend in his own right, brings over ten years of experience on both sides of the keyboard. Under his care, GODSENT won Season 2 of the …

G2 picks up Ibai, LVP casters for new Spanish content house Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends G2 Esports has announced its new Spanish content team, including some of the most popular Spanish League of Legends personalities. The Spanish Creator House is joined by three LVP shout casters Ander “andeR” Cortés, Ibai “Ibai” Llanos, and Ernesto “BarbeQ” Folch, as well as content creator Antonio “Reven” Pine. With G2 founded in Spain and the owner Carlos “ocelote” Santiago being Spanish, it’s no wonder the organization is looking to …

Riot announces the official launch date for Clash game mode Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games shared exciting news for League of Legends players. The official launch of Clash is happening this month! Clash is officially launching on all Riot’s servers on February 28, though some of the Garena servers in Southeast Asia and China won’t get the experience of the in-game tournament just yet. The developer doesn’t have exact dates on the upcoming Garena launch. For it to be a special event that …

Broxah gives fans a final update on visa for LCS with Team Liquid Syed Mujtaba Naqvi News Team Liquid Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen has announced that his U.S. Visa has been approved. He’s finally coming to play in the 2020 LCS Spring Split. Just two days ago, Team Liquid’s League of Legends team wasn’t sure if its main jungler will be granted entrance into the United States. But after a painstaking process, Broxah shared today that his visa has been approved, all with a big smile on his …

Hero Pools arrive in Overwatch PTR days away from OWL Season 3 gabhernandez News With less than one week left the start of Overwatch League Season 3, Hero Pools have been added to the PTR.  Hero Pools won’t be added into OWL mechanics until March 7, coinciding with the release of the feature for all Overwatch players. The hero rotation will affect all competitive ranked games in Overwatch, but it is still unclear whether the same pool of heroes will be blocked for the …

Overwatch League Stats Labs gives fans long-awaited in-depth data gabhernandez News Ben “CaptainPlanet” Trautman has revealed Stats Lab, a new tool for gathering statistics about Overwatch League matches In the past, Blizzard has been particularly aggressive with third-party statistics sites such as Pursuit and Visor, which used information to provide in-game alerts that Blizzard felt created an unfair advantage and violated the user agreement. Teams were unable to use these third-party programs to gather statistics because of the possibility of it …

TFT patch 10.3 removes the Spatula from the item carousel William Davis League of Legends Teamfight Tactics Patch 10.3 is now live. TFT patch 10.3 is smaller in size, but that doesn’t mean the changes made are insignificant. The first major update is hitting the loot system and especially the carousel. Spatulas are no longer available in the carousel, only through loot boxes. This change, while small, modifies all of the strategies that have been popular in Set 2. Players can no longer battle for …

LoL patch 10.3 completely breaks runes, forcing default setups William Davis League of Legends Setting up runes is an important part of preparing for a game of League of Legends, but the latest patch is causing the entire rune system to bug out. Patch 10.3 went live February 4 and brought a myriad of buffs and nerfs to various champions. The patch also glitched the rune system, causing players’ saved runes to no longer transfer into the game.  One of the preset rune pages …

Fortnite update 11.50: new engine, Valentine’s Day, and bad bugs Olivia Richman Fortnite Fortnite’s latest patch is already causing controversy. Fortnite players areup in arms after seeing Twitter user Jahlynz’s in-game discovery. According to their tweet from earlier today, “you can walk through fully built walls if you phase them for long enough.”  The disgruntled player included a video of the game-breaking bug, seemingly taken from a casual session with friends. In the video, his friends howl in amusement as Jahlynz continuously walks …

GODSENT explains why it’s going to ESL Pro League, not B Site M Alzamora Counter-Strike In an exclusive interview with WIN.gg, GODSENT CEO Ludwig Sandgren confirmed that the team would participate in ESL Pro League’s Season 11 over B Site, now announced as Flashpoint. Sandgren emphasized that GODSENT was only given the option to join B Site’s Flashpoint league very recently, opening questions as to whether Flashpoint is having trouble filling its set number of franchised team slots. Sandgren also offered his opinion on what …

Fortnite teases Harley Quinn crossover as Birds of Prey premiers Olivia Richman Fortnite Harley Qinn is coming to Fortnite.  Fortnite’s official Twitter account tweeted a teaser image of Harley’s signature mallot. The photo also included the dyed hair she sported in Suicide Squad.  “Treat me like a game and I’ll show you how it’s played,” the tweet said, using the hashtag “Harley Quinn.”  Last month, the Fortnite Twitter account replied to a video Birds of Prey posted with, “See you soon, Harley.”  While …

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