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Dota 2 PaiN Gaming, Virtus.pro finish last in DreamLeague Season 13 By gabhernandez League of Legends Cloud9 Academy spotlights its 2020 roster ahead of debut By William Davis News ELEAGUE announces Super Punch live show on Twitch and TBS By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Riot announces Bud Light as a new official LCS partner Olivia Richman League of Legends is about to get lit.  Bud Light will be available at the LCS Arena for the Spring and Summer Split finals thanks to a new partnership between Riot Games and Bud Light. “Sipping a Bud Light and cheering on your team is a time-honored tradition of sports, and the LCS is proud to join that tradition and introduce brand new ways for fans to enjoy Bud Light …

League of Legends

LCS releases new documentary too early, removes it from YouTube Syed Mujtaba Naqvi On December 20, the LCS published a short documentary titled “Eyes on LCS: New Teams Return” on its YouTube channel. But the video seems to have come out too early, as it was pulled down within an hour of its release. The documentary included features on three teams that are rejoining the League of Legends scene in the 2020 LCS Spring Split. These include Evil Geniuses, Immortals, and Dignitas. All three …

Counter-Strike

Xyp9x, EliGE to lead CSPPA as CSGO tournament wars begin M Alzamora The Counter-Strike: Professional Players Association announced that its player board has elected Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth and Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski to Chairman and Vice-Chairman positions. In an official press release, the CSPPA announced that the Astralis and Team Liquid stars now hold the top positions available at the association. The CSPPA Chairman and Vice-Chairman positions are elected by a board of active Counter-Strike players. The board is currently made up of …

Counter-Strike

Fifflaren joins Dignitas as coach, completing NiP reunion M Alzamora Alongside the news that Dignitas had signed Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, Adam “friberg” Friberg, and Richard “Xizt” Landström to its roster, Robin “fifflaren” Johansson has now joined the team as its coach. Fifflaren announced the news on his Twitter account today, bringing together all five of the original members of the Ninjas in Pyjamas under one banner. The former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player competed with NiP from August 2012 to November 2014, He …

Counter-Strike Shattered Web’s Week 10 challenges are the most difficult yet By M Alzamora Dota 2 Evil Geniuses rally past Nigma, advance in DreamLeague Season 13 By gabhernandez Dota 2 Liquid posts stunning comeback over VP at DreamLeague Season 13 By Steven Rondina

Counter-Strike

f0rest rejoins GeT_RiGhT and former NiP teammates with Dignitas M Alzamora Dignitas has announced the signings of four members of the legendary Ninjas in Pyjamas roster through a post on their official Twitter account. Dignitas revealed that the organization has signed Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, Adam “friberg” Friberg, and Richard “Xizt” Landström to the team’s new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. This returns Dignitas to CSGO for the first time since dissolving its CSGO division in August 2018. The signing confirms the rumors earlier this …

Counter-Strike

f0rest leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas as Dignitas rumors swirl M Alzamora Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg has left Ninjas in Pyjamas, setting the stage for a reunion with his former teammates on Dignitas. Update: Dignitas has confirmed the addition of f0rest and other ex-NiP players Ninjas in Pyjamas has officially released f0rest this morning, according to a blog post on the team’s official website. f0rest’s release means that all of Dignitas’ rumored players are no longer under contracts with other teams. Dignitas teased adding f0rest …

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Brigitte gets a special goat skin in honor of GOATS meta gabhernandez Blizzard has announced a new GOAT Brigitte skin, an homage to the Overwatch League meta that just about everyone hated in spite of its very long tenure on the game’s biggest stage. “To celebrate the Greatest Of All Time,” Blizzard tweeted. “Goat Brigitte will be available February 6 to kick-off the start of #OWL2020.” The reaction was instant and varied widely. Overwatch content creator Tom “Stylosa” Stewart chimed in with …

Dota 2

Nigma, Natus Vincere looking strong in DreamLeague Leipzig Major gabhernandez After a successful group stage, Nigma and Natus Vincere have become two the DreamLeague Leipzig Major. Nigma veered away from its lower bracket tradition as the team won the top seed of its group. The squad is well-known for thriving under pressure in the lower bracket. This reputation is well-earned, coming from the team’s run at The International 2017 which saw them win the event after Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi famously …

Mobile games generated over $60 billion in revenue in 2019 William Davis News Mobile games’ share of the overall video game market has steadily grown over time, and that trend didn’t change in 2019 Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates that $61.7 billion was generated by mobile games through the Google Play and Apple Store last year. Mobile games consisted of around 74% of the total $83.5 billion spent on mobile digital storefronts. This was a 17% increase from the $71.3 billion generated in …

Gen.G, Complexity, and forZe make DreamHack Open Anaheim M Alzamora Counter-Strike Gen.G, Complexity Gaming, and forZe took the final three spots at DreamHack Open Anaheim. Gen.G defeated Choas Esports Club and Riot Squad to earn their spot at the event. With Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand finally in the server, Gen.G’s long-awaited roster rolled through the closed qualifiers with ease to snag their first tournament spot this year. The squad only lost a single map, thanks in part to a tremendous performance from …

Zyw0o beats s1mple to become the top-ranked player of 2019 M Alzamora Counter-Strike Team Vitality member Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut is the number one player in HLTV’s rankings for 2019. ZywOo beat out Natus Vincere’s Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev for the number one spot. The 19-year-old French player impressed throughout 2019, growing into a dangerous presence on any server. Since he joined Team Vitality in October of 2018, ZywOo helped Vitality win DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018, Charleroi Esports 2019, cs_summit 4, and ECS Season 7. ZywOo and …

Changes to Summoner’s Rift improved blue and red side balance Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends In the recent developer blog, Riot Games shared the latest on the long ongoing issue with the blue side in League of Legends having an advantage over the opposite side. Riot claims that this imbalance has now been fixed, specifically in ranked games. A few features made the blue side stronger in the past, mostly caused by the positioning of jungle camps, intended pathing, and big objectives. Before Summoner’s Rift …

TSM announces 2020 LCS jersey with new stars, fans not impressed Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Team SoloMid shared the design of its new jersey for the 2020 LCS Spring Split, and fans are already making fun of it. It’s standard for big League of Legends teams to have new jerseys each season. Besides carrying player and sponsor names, jerseys represent the brand with their iconic colors and need to be fashionable enough to make fans want to buy them. Given that the colors of TSM are …

Huni and Aphromoo share why they joined Dignitas for the 2020 LCS Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Esports journalist Travis Gafford sat down with Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black and Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon to talk about their decision to join Dignitas’ starting roster for the 2020 LCS Spring Split. When roster shuffles started in the 2020 offseason, DIG was often talked about. After the rumor the organization paid Huni to stay on the roster for two years over $2 million, many were assuming there wasn’t enough money left for …

CR4ZY sends roster, ESL One Rio Major spot to c0ntact Gaming Steven Rondina Counter-Strike The previously rumored transfer of CR4ZY’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster has turned out to be true. The organization released a statement confirming that its successful squad is being sent to c0ntact Gaming. “My first reaction was ‘there’s no way this is happening again.’ However, I also realized the opportunity for the players and decided this would be the best for them. I would never do anything to stop them from …

NiP kick Gunnar, reveal plans for ESL One Los Angeles major Steven Rondina Dota 2 Nico “Gunnar” Lopez yet again finds himself without a team. The American was given the boot from Ninjas in Pyjamas. This comes a week after the team suffered an early elimination from the WePlay! Bukovel Minor. The organization chalked up the move to a lack of success in events to this point in the Dota Pro Circuit season. “Gunnar signed up for this journey at the beginning of the season …

Natus Vincere upset Evil Geniuses in DreamLeague Season 13 gabhernandez Dota 2 Natus Vincere kicked off DreamLeague Season 13 in impressive fashion. After a failed attempt to compete in the MDL Chengdu Major, Na`Vi came back strong in Leipzig. The team impressed fans by going 2-0 to claim a spot in the upper bracket playoffs. The group stage saw the Ukranian team upset North America’s favorites, Evil Geniuses. The series started with an eccentric Riki carry pick for Evil Geniuses, which follows …

Overwatch pros consider strike over OWL 2020 travel obligations Olivia Richman News Some Overwatch League players may be going on strike in the near future.  As the 2020 season draws near, some OWL pros are becoming wary of the intense traveling requirements of the new global schedule. While teams will start off playing opponents from their own division, they will soon need to fly around the world. Concerns over these travel obligations were raised shortly after the initial announcement, but with February 8 …

OWL fans can earn exclusive in-game sprays by attending games Olivia Richman News Jet setting Overwatch League fans who attend matches in the 2020 season will receive exclusive in-game sprays.  Each spray will represent the city where the tournament is being hosted that weekend. So far, only Dallas and New York’s sprays have been revealed, leaving the rest a surprise to Overwatch League fans. Dallas’ spray features a bloodshot eye engulfed in blue flames, while New York’s spray depicts a tour bus with …

Australian color caster EGym joins the LCK English broadcast William Davis League of Legends Riot Games Korea has announced Bryce “EGym” Paule as the new LCK caster for 2020. Formerly an OPL caster, EGym is joining the LCK English cast in 2020. EGym joins as the replacement for Christopher “PapaSmithy” Smith, who stepped down and joined LCS team 100 Thieves as its League of Legends general manager. EGym, who had a brief career as a professional player in Australia, joins the LCK English broadcast after …

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