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Dota 2
Amid falling numbers, fans wonder if Dota 2 is doomed to die
Nina Forneloza
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. …
League of Legends
Project A renamed Valorant, gameplay and characters revealed
Olivia Richman
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 …
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Smash World Tour reveals largest prize pool in Smash Bros. history
Olivia Richman
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 …
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xQc apologizes to fans after Twitch upholds ban for nudity
Olivia Richman
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 …
League of Legends
Project A leaked images reveal first first character, abilities
William Davis
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 …
League of Legends
Team Liquid beats Team SoloMid without Doublelift in 2020 LCS Spring
William Davis
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” …
Counter-Strike
Na’Vi trounces G2 Esports, wins IEM Katowice 2020 in dominant fashion
M Alzamora
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 …
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New OWL jerseys prices draw anger from Overwatch fans
gabhernandez
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 …
FaZe Clan indefinitely suspends Dubs after racial slur on stream
Steven Rondina
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Daniel “Dubs” Walsh has landed himself in hot water. The Fortnite esports competitor has been suspended by FaZe Clan for using racist language. The moment came during another streamer’s broadcast, but was quickly clipped and spread across social media. During a firefight, Dubs clearly uses a racial epithet with an extended pause between the two. From there, his teammate shouts “yo, I’m streaming, I’m streaming.” A long, awkward pause follows …
Ninja and Nickmercs clash over Fortnite’s mouse vs. keyboard debate
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins called console players “trash” and apparently Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff didn’t take kindly to that. Keyboard and mouse have an advantage over console controllers thanks to their larger range of motion and higher sensitivity. Like many other developers, Epic attempted to balance the two by putting aim assist on controllers, allowing them to track their opponents more easily. This is something Ninja called “broken” in his recent stream. …
xQc banned from Twitch, this time for sexually suggestive content
Olivia Richman
News
Controversial Twitch streamer Félix “xQc” Lengyel has been banned from the streaming platform. Content creator and marketer Zach Bussey, who has a show on Twitch, revealed the reason on his own Twitter. He alleges xQc has been banned for anime nudity. According to Bussey, this usually amounts to a three-day ban from Twitch, but can be reduced to 24 hours if xQc is lucky. People who were watching xQc’s live stream …
Dr Disrespect thinks the Overwatch League is hard to watch
Olivia Richman
News
Ever since the Overwatch League’s inagural season, fans have had mixed feelings about the viewing experience. Unlike the simpicity of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or the aerial view of League of Legends, Overwatch League viewing consists of watching a blend of various views: an overview of the map and a camera that constantly changes between different players’ points of view. If you’re new to the game, watching the Overwatch League can …
Natus Vincere shreds Astralis, faces G2 in IEM Katowice 2020 finals
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Natus Vincere and Astralis squared off in a best-of-three that saw the number one team in the world crumble beneath the crushing weight of a frightening Russian squad. Dust 2 and Nuke were the staging grounds for a defeat that seemingly broke Astralis after the team cruised to the semifinals without dropping a single map. Natus Vincere took the series in two decisive maps and booked their tickets to the …
CSGO just set a new record for number of players in the game
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit another milestone this morning, smashing its previous concurrent player count record and setting a new standard for itself with 933,748 concurrent players. Since the StarLadder Berlin Major, Counter-Strike has seen a steady increase in players bolstered by its growing esports scene. While professional teams battle it out for prize pools in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Valve has taken a renewed interest in its flagship …
kennyS hammers Fnatic, sends G2 to IEM Katowice 2020 finals
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
G2 Esports is headed to the grand finals of IEM Katowice 2020. The fan favorite organization edged out Fnatic in the semifinals with a 2-1 score. The victory put G2 in position to post arguably its best tournament finish to date. G2 Esports got on the board first on Inferno with a clutch defusal by Audric “JaCkz” Jug, but it took a while before either team gained momentum. The two …
Doublelift to miss Liquid’s LCS match with Team SoloMid due to illness
William Davis
League of Legends
Team Liquid is facing another roadblock in the LCS. The team will play Week 6 in the 2020 LCS Spring Split without star player Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. It will instead start academy player Edward “Tactical” Ra. The bottom laner is currently recovering from laryngitis and cannot use his voice, forcing him out of Liquid’s upcoming showdown with Team SoloMid. Tactical trained with the LCS roster over the past few days and the …
2020 LPL Spring Split to resume in March amid coronavirus fears
William Davis
League of Legends
The 2020 LPL Spring season is back after a six-week hiatus, and the action will resume on March 9. On January 26, the LPL decided to postpone the activities due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. As the situation worsened in the country, fans started to wonder if the competition would take place at all. There were conversations about the Chinese teams missing the Mid-Season Invitational and possible repercussions in …
Dr Disrespect gets a challenge from WWE’s Undertaker
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
Twitch personality Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm IV’s charisma and gaming skill have combined to make his character’s history and lore fascintating enough to garner him a television show and memoir deals. But now Dr Disrespect’s timeline getting even jucier. In a recent stream, fans were on the edge of their seats when Dr Disrespect’s seemingly innocent stroll was interrupted by a message telling him to pick up. His followers frantically …
G2 Esports takes easy win over SK Gaming, but fans should be scared
William Davis
League of Legends
G2 Esports picked up a victory over SK Gaming in the 2020 LEC Spring Season to keep its spot in the three-way tie for first place with Origen and Fnatic. G2 took SK apart in a 25-minute map that bordered on being unpleasant to watch. G2 opted for an experimental composition with Taliyah in the bottom lane. SK tried to adapt as best as they could and ended up with …
Dupreeh: “I’ve never been a fan of the best-of-five format”
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Astralis took to the podium today to talk about their perfect run to the IEM Katowice 2020 semifinals, coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen’s book, and how the absence of Katowice’s crowd is a sad but smart decision from the people in charge of the event. Astralis came into IEM Katowice after bombing out of BLAST Premier’s group B while losing to both Complexity and Natus Vincere by a combined map score of …
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