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League of Legends Team Liquid encourages fans to donate blood with special merch By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Dota 2 Febby coaching debut at DreamLeague Season 13 off to shaky start By gabhernandez League of Legends Quick build guide for Sett, from his best runes to his best items By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi

Dota 2

Na’Vi vs. Alliance, EG vs. Nigma set for DreamLeague Season 13 Steven Rondina The group stage at the DreamLeague Season 13 major is now complete and with that, the brackets have been set for the playoffs. The opening eight matchups for the event have been revealed and fans have some exciting matchups to look forward to in the early goings of the tournament. Old rivalries are set to have new life breathed into them while regional matchups can be found up and down …

Apex Legends

Apex Legends fans locked out of accounts for reaching level 500 Olivia Richman Respawn Entertainment has announced that a fix is on the way for the game-breaking bug affecting level 500 Apex Legends players.  After developers revealed that the battle royale’s maximum level cap had been increased, casual and competitive players alike have been grinding their way to the prestigious level 500. But instead of getting a badge or in-game cosmetic, players have been met with a bug that bars them from accessing …

League of Legends

Here are the 2020 League of Legends watch missions and rewards Syed Mujtaba Naqvi The first 2020 League of Legends esports watch mission is live and Riot Games announced what players will need to do to earn their rewards for the spring season. Similar to last season, players will be able to win prizes if they watch games from top regional leagues such as the LCS and LEC through the official LoL website. Depending on the number of games watched, different rewards will be …

Dota 2

How to play core Riki like a pro in your Dota 2 games Steven Rondina Despite losing to Nigma in the grand finals, Royal Never Give Up were the breakout stars of the WePlay! Bukovel Minor. The Chinese squad demonstrated incredible savviness, synergy, and flexibility throughout the tournament, which saw them smash all comers en route to the grand finals. Though it was overlooked among RNG’s many other successes, the team surprised fans and pundits during its series against Geek Fam by locking in a …

League of Legends Syndra, Lux, and Sett banned for start of 2020 LEC Spring Split By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifiers includes Gen.G, Complexity By M Alzamora Counter-Strike Singularity shorthanded for DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifiers By M Alzamora

Counter-Strike

Mythic Reborn adds DAVEY, confirms polen before DreamHack Anaheim M Alzamora Mythic Reborn has added David “DAVEY” Stafford to its official ESEA roster, and confirmed current player Adam “polen” Polen for Season 33 of the Mountain Dew League. The announcement was made on the team’s official Twitter account. Polen returns for another year on the Mythic squad, while DAVEY steps in to replace Samuel “SileNt” Portillo. The fan-favorite stream team is headed by Eric “fl0m” Flom and made waves with the …

Counter-Strike

Valve making big changes to CSGO majors with circuit qualifiers Nina Forneloza According to a report from HLTV, Valve is planning big changes to the qualification system for official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive majors. This will end the previous format, where 14 teams received an invitation based on their performance in the last major while 10 more qualified through regional minors. The new approach will involve a point system where teams can work their way into the major through strong performances in multiple …

Fortnite

Here’s how much money the Epic Games Store made in 2019 William Davis The Epic Games Store has seen massive growth over the course of the year. Despite a rocky start full of security issues and pushback from gamers, the Epic Games Store attracted an estimated 108 million store customers. That figure comes from Epic Games in a blog post, with the publisher also flaunting how gamers spent approximately $680 million on the Epic Games Store during the year. $251 million of this …

League of Legends

Former Fnatic and TSM player YellOwStaR comes out of retirement William Davis Former Team SoloMid support Bora “YellOwStaR” Kim is back on the rift as a player for LDLC OL. YellOwStaR retired from professional play back in 2016, and at the time the former player joined Paris Saint-Germain as a manager. In 2017, YellOwStaR signed with LDLC as head coach role that he occupied until his transition to the support role earlier this week. YellOwStaR, who is a French resident, has played …

Overwatch League reveals new jerseys for 2020 season in hilarious way gabhernandez News Fans in the North American region were getting ready for bed when a number of Overwatch League team accounts threw them into a tizzy with one single word. Coo. The Guangzhou Charge started it off when their profile picture changed to the silhouette of a bird, which was followed by a tweet that simply read “coo.” Before anyone could react, numerous other teams joined in by changing their avatars to …

Swole Patrol, Riot Squad reach WINNERS League Season 3 NA semifinals M Alzamora Counter-Strike In the first matchups of the North American WINNERS League quarterfinals, Riot Squad defeated Mythic and Swole Patrol stomped Station 7 to advance to the Season 3 semifinals. WINNERS League lets up and coming teams make their mark and gain international recognition that may help them break out onto the national stage. In the North American division’s quarterfinal matchups, all four teams managed to post attention-grabbing plays. Both Swole Patrol …

Griffin adds Ucal to its mid lane for 2020 LCK Spring Split William Davis League of Legends Griffin has announced former Afreeca Freecs mid laner Son “Ucal” Woo-hyeon as the new member of its 2020 roster. After months of controversy and scandal, Griffin is ready to start 2020 with a clean slate. The organization underwent some serious changes that includes new players. Ucal is the most recent addition to the lineup, and the mid laner will share playing time with Shin “Rather” Hyeong-seop and Yoo “Naehyun” Nae-hyun. …

Riot dev shares upcoming nerfs for Akali with less escape Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games is preparing some new changes to Akali. The League of Legends champion is possibly getting nerfed again, even though her win rate hasn’t been in a good place lately. Lead gameplay designer for League Mark “Scruffy” Yetter shared that the developer is preparing Akali changes to go up for testing with patch 10.3 on the public beta environment server. This doesn’t necessarily mean the changes will be going live in …

FACEIT scraps ECS and partners with B Site, reports say M Alzamora Counter-Strike Reports say that FACEIT will no longer put on its ECS tournament series and will instead partner with B Site. FACEIT will no longer run its tournament circuit ECS, and will instead throw its hat in the ring with the North American league codenamed B site, according to a report from DBLTAP. FACEIT’s ECS was the main competitor to ESL’s ESL Pro League, now part of the ESL’s larger tournament …

The best T side strats and grenades for Shortdust in CSGO Wingman M Alzamora Counter-Strike Shortdust is one of the most popular maps in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and it’s an easy map to win with the right strategies and grenades. The miniature version of CSGO’s Dust restricts players to a central site, but much of the action takes place around the outside of the map. The site itself has four entrances, and each side has two that favor their starting spawns.  Winning Wingman matches on …

2020 LCK Spring Split schedule announced, features T1 and more Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends With the LCK returning early next month, the Korean Esports Association has announced the full schedule for the upcoming split. The 2020 LCK Spring Split will begin on February 5, with 10 teams starting a new journey towards playoff qualification. The tournament is set as a double round-robin group stage, and five teams that end the split highest in the standings will get an opportunity to grab a spot at …

Fnatic releases Xizt as Ninjas in Pyjamas reunion rumors loom M Alzamora Counter-Strike Fnatic has announced the departure of Richard “xizt” Landström. The news was revealed on the organization’s Twitter account. This continues to add credibility to rumors of a reunion of the 2014 Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster under the Dignitas umbrella. Dignitas has been linked to a plan to acquire most of the players from the legendary lineup, including Adam “friberg” Friberg, Christopher “GeT_RiGhT’ Alesund, Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, and xizt  Fnatic originally benched xizt alongside Simon …

Here are the Prestige skins coming to LoL in early 2020 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games has announced new Prestige skins coming to League of Legends in the first half of 2020. Some of the new skins will be coming to the 2020 Prestige shop, while others will come along with thematic events, such as Mecha Kingdoms event that introduced the Prestige edition of Mecha Kingdoms Garen. Three new skins will be available through Prestige point crafting, and two in addition to Garen are …

Fugly’s benching from Team Envy leads to huge drama on Twitter M Alzamora Counter-Strike Jacob “Fugly” Medina released a tell-all Twitter post on his time with Team Envy and it paints an unflattering picture for the organization. Included in the story are allegations of a number of internal issues with the company, especially in regards to the structure of its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. Fugly’s post details an organization with deep-seated communication troubles and serious issues with inner turmoil. Fugly puts the majority of the blame …

P1noy joins G2 as substitute ADC for the 2020 LEC Spring Split Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Kristoffer “P1noy” Pedersen has joined G2 Esports as a substitute bot laner for the 2020 LEC Spring Split. The strongest European League of Legends team and the 2019 World Championship runner-up G2 is strengthening its roster for the upcoming season with the addition of P1noy, a veteran bot laner that hasn’t been competing on the main stage of the European league since 2015 and has spent the latest season competing …

Ranked queue gets another major shakeup in latest Dota 2 update Steven Rondina Dota 2 Valve seems to be declaring its ranked roles experiment a failure. A significant update has dropped in Dota 2, bringing with it multiple changes to the ranked matchmaking experience. While ranked matchmaking has largely revolved around a role-specific queueing system in recent months, Valve is offering players the chance to enjoy the classic free-for-all experience, entitled “Ranked Classic.” “We are making this change because the slow/fast queue concept has not …

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