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Dota 2 J.Storm seemingly loses Dota 2 team, possibly dissolving By Steven Rondina League of Legends Machine to serve as host for LEC 2020 Spring Split weeks 3 and 4 By Steven Rondina Fortnite Esports Arena launches Series E League with Fortnite and Smash By Olivia Richman

Counter-Strike

Devilwalk on GODSENT and how to keep a rising team from falling M Alzamora 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 …

League of Legends

G2 picks up Ibai, LVP casters for new Spanish content house Syed Mujtaba Naqvi 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 …

League of Legends

Riot announces the official launch date for Clash game mode Syed Mujtaba Naqvi 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 …

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Broxah gives fans a final update on visa for LCS with Team Liquid Syed Mujtaba Naqvi 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 …

News Hero Pools arrive in Overwatch PTR days away from OWL Season 3 By gabhernandez News Overwatch League Stats Labs gives fans long-awaited in-depth data By gabhernandez League of Legends TFT patch 10.3 removes the Spatula from the item carousel By William Davis

League of Legends

LoL patch 10.3 completely breaks runes, forcing default setups William Davis 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

Fortnite update 11.50: new engine, Valentine’s Day, and bad bugs Olivia Richman 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 …

Counter-Strike

GODSENT explains why it’s going to ESL Pro League, not B Site M Alzamora 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

Fortnite teases Harley Quinn crossover as Birds of Prey premiers Olivia Richman 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 …

LoL patch 10.3 improves jungling and hits Akali with a big nerf William Davis League of Legends League of Legends Patch 10.3 has arrived! Patch 10.3 is currently live and it targets some of the most problematic champions in the game. On the visual side of the game, Patch 10.3 adds three new skins. True Damage Senna Prestige Edition, Heartseeker Jinx and Heartseeker Yuumi. The new skins will be available on the store on February 6. Akali is currently the most banned champion in professional play, as …

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 returns, Mortal Kombat out for EVO 2020 Steven Rondina News The lineup of main tournaments for EVO 2020 has been revealed and it has inspired a mixed response from the various fighting game fandoms. For the most part, the lineup of games is quite similar to that of 2019. Only two games were swapped, but those two mark the end of an era for their respective series. The list of main tournament titles for EVO 2020 is: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH …

T1 overcomes Damwon Gaming to kick off 2020 LCK Spring Split William Davis League of Legends T1 opened the 2020 LCK Spring season with a victory over Damwon Gaming. The LCK is back and it started with a bang as T1 met Damwon in the first series of the split. T1 arrived at the LoL Park with a new look, new roster, and new coaching staff. On the other side, Damwon kept the same roster and added new coaches. Interestingly, both coaches were actually working against …

Dota 2 fans furious over ESL One Los Angeles regional slots Steven Rondina Dota 2 The regional slot allocation for the ESL One Los Angeles Major has been revealed and Dota 2 fans are displeased with it. Each Dota 2 major cycle sees slots for the event distributed differently based on regional strength. While there will always be some debate regarding how to best handle this, fans are almost unanimously frustrated with how things are set up for the ESL One Los Angeles Major and …

After 2 weeks, LCS Monday Night League is a viewership flop Olivia Richman League of Legends The League of Legends Championship Series’ Monday Night League concept appears to be a flop.  The LCS introduced a new schedule for the 2020 LCS Spring Split, with each week of the LCS now taking place across Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Adding that extra day was meant to attract new audiences, but it seems to be having the opposite effect. Despite featuring some pretty big matches, including Team Liquid vs. Team …

The latest Dota 2 update brought bugs that ruin games and more Steven Rondina Dota 2 The most recent Dota 2 update has left the game in a bad spot for many different players. A small patch arrived on February 3, bringing various small tweaks to things like localization and cosmetic slots. Those changes had a much greater effect on Dota 2 than just that however, as a slew of bugs have popped up as a result. Dota 2 players have reported a wide-ranging number of …

Coronavirus hits Dota 2 with delays to ESL One Major qualifiers Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2 isn’t immune to the effects of the coronavirus. Just a few days out from the ESL One Los Angeles Major qualifiers, Valve has rescheduled the proceedings for the Chinese region. While the open qualifiers will kick off on February 7 for the other five regions, China’s schedule was pushed back five days to February 12. The announcement was made through Huomao TV in a notice on social media …

CSGO Shattered Web Week 12 Mission Guide: Glocks, drones, and MVPs M Alzamora Counter-Strike Shattered Web’s week 12 missions and challenges are live on the Counter-Strike Global Offensive client right now, and there are some fun missions hidden among the ones fans have seen before. Like always, there are six missions included this week.  The normal six stars are also up for grabs. Here’s the list of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s missions for Week 12 of Shattered Web. Down and to the Right: “Get 5 …

Where to save CSGO config files and how to find your SteamID M Alzamora Counter-Strike It’s the one thing that every Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player from Silver to FPL has in common. Despite the community’s obsession with configs, autoexecs, and pro player settings, no one can ever remember where they’re saved. “Where do I save my config file, again?” has been uttered hundreds of thousands of times. Maybe millions. Valve added to the confusion when they changed the default location some time ago, but WIN.gg …

Once blamed for TSM’s failures, C9 Zven now stands atop LCS Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Cloud9’s Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen is currently standing as the best bot laner in the 2020 LCS Spring Split in terms of stats. After being considered Team SoloMid’s weakest link during the previous season, Zven is popping off under Cloud9’s banner. Two weeks into the 2020 LCS Spring Split, he has a perfect KDA, he’s a top farmer amongst the bot laners, and has the highest gold per minute. To be …

Half-Life: Alyx is poised to bring big new content to CSGO M Alzamora News The world collectively lost their minds when Valve announced the new installment in its Half-Life franchise in November 2019. The game is exclusive to VR, and Valve has announced that for anyone who purchases its Index VR headset or hardware before Half-Life: Alyx’s release in March will receive exclusive content. Index owners get Alyx for free, but Valve has listed more bonus content that will come with the game for …

Call of Duty’s Nuketown recreated in Fortnite Creative Mode Olivia Richman Fortnite Even if you don’t play Call of Duty, you’ve probably heard of Nuketown.  Now the classic map has been expertly recreated in Fortnite. Built by creative designer “JESGRAN,” the CoD-inspired map is available in Fortnite’s Creative mode if you plug in the codes. Those codes can be found on JESGRAN’s tweet, in which he calls the map a “throwback.”  The tweet also announces that it’s not just a perfect recreation …

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