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Dota 2 Royal Never Give Up take spot in WePlay! Bukovel Minor grand finals By Steven Rondina League of Legends 2020 LCK Spring Split start date, full list of teams revealed By William Davis Fortnite Allied Esports to open esports venue in Mall of Georgia in 2020 By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Showmatch between MAD Lions and Team Tyler1 is called off Syed Mujtaba Naqvi The showmatch between LEC team MAD Lions and Team Tyler1 from Twitch Rivals won’t be happening. And even if it were to somehow come through, there will be no broadcast of the game. Just two days ago, MAD Lions challenged League of Legends streamer and Team Tyler1 member Christian “IWDominate” Rivera on a match in response to him teasing the team’s Twitter follower count. IWDominate answered that he’d gladly play …

Counter-Strike

Cloud9 to attend WINNERS League Season 3 Playoffs M Alzamora Cloud9 will take on Faint Gaming in the first round of the WINNERS League Season 3 playoffs. The fan-favorite North American organization will go for the gold with the roster it acquired from ATK. The team will look to follow up on a successful run through the IEM Katowice 2020 Americas qualifiers. In early December, Cloud9 sent Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Damien “daps” Steele, and Kenneth “koosta” Suen to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive newcomer …

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Houston Outlwas forced to move out of Woodlands training facility William Davis The Overwatch League’s Houston Outlaws team is being forced to move out of its training facility in The Woodlands, a community located in Houston, Texas. Houston Outlaws general manager Matt Rodriguez shared on Twitter that the team is being forced to leave the 5900-square-foot home that was intended to be used as a training facility. According to Rodriguez, the players have their own living arrangements outside of The Woodlands. The …

League of Legends

LoL Warriors cinematic continues on lore of the Lux comic series William Davis Riot Games kicked off the 2020 ranked season with an epic cinematic short.  For the first time ever, Riot chose to use their annual animation to continue one of the major League of Legends lore threads.  Demacia and mage rebellions have been a recurring focus of media surrounding the game. That arc began with the release of the champion Sylas, whose backstory revolves around sparking a mage revolution against the …

League of Legends FunPlus Phoenix decide on 2019 Worlds champion skins By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Dota 2 Nigma beat Fighting PandaS, make WePlay! Bukovel Minor playoffs By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Cloud9 takes IEM Katowice spot over MiBR in stacked NA qualifier By M Alzamora

League of Legends

Riot Games Korea CEO Park Jun-kyu passes away William Davis Riot Games Korea CEO Park Jun-kyu passed away on January 9 after battling with liver cancer for almost a year. Riot Games Korea announced that its CEO passed away on January 9. Park Jun-kyu had been battling with liver cancer for the greater part of 2019 while working for Riot Games through one of the busiest years for the developer. Park Jun-kyu joined Riot Games in 2014 from CJ E&M, …

League of Legends

LCS tickets for sale, fans unhappy with Spring Pass pricing William Davis The tickets for the 2020 LCS Spring season are up for sale now. After releasing the full schedule for the 2020 LCS Spring, Riot Games is officially selling the tickets for next season. The LCS was by some metrics the third most popular major professional sports league in the United States in 2019 and is expecting to attract even more fans in 2020. Tickets are available online, and the price range …

Dota 2

Gambit Esports beats Fighting Pandas, goes to WePlay! Minor playoff Steven Rondina Gambit Esports has reached the playoffs of the WePlay! Bukovel Minor. The CIS squad picked up a key win over Fighting PandaS to advance into the playoffs of the event. This sets them up with a series against Geek Fam, and gives them good positioning as they look for a backdoor into the DreamLeague Season 13 major. The series opened in strange fashion. Gambit pinned its hopes on a late …

Fortnite

New Fortnite game mode Liferun will debut at PAX South with DrLupo Olivia Richman Fortnite is getting a new custom game mode.  Epic Games is debuting “Liferun” at the PAX Arena at PAX South in San Antonio, January 18. That’s when fans will have the chance to join Overwatch League pros on “Liferun” missions during the PAX Pro-Am. From 2 to 6 PM CST, the Houston Outlaws roster, including Shan “Rawkus” Flaherty and Dante “Danteh” Cruz, will take part in the special debut.  Big …

KT Rolster restricts trainee applications to players younger than 20 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Korean League of Legends team KT Rolster has opened applications for new trainees and they are looking for young talent. Exclusively looking for young talent, mind you. KT put out a call for trainees between the ages of 16 and 20. That hard ceiling at just 20 years of age stunned and angered the community on multiple fronts. Many pro players are trying to break the stigma of older age bringing …

Report points to Smooya bringing AWP to Chaos Esports Club M Alzamora News Owen “Smooya” Butterfield is set to join Chaos Esports Club in the place of Gage “Infinite” Green. After Chaos EC benched Infinite on January 3, the roster found itself in need of a fifth ahead of the 2020 IEM Katowice Closed Qualifiers and the WINNERS League Season 3 playoffs. A report from RushB media says the organization is set to sign the British AWPer, but a close look says the …

Aphelios breaks record in Korea as the most-banned LoL champion William Davis League of Legends Aphelios has broken the record as the most-banned champion in Korean solo queue, with a 223% ban rate. Aphelios, The Weapon of the Faithful, was introduced with Patch 9.24, the final update of 2019. The champion promised to be different from any other champion prior and it lived up to those expectations. While Aphelios’ kit is different from the rest in the game, it was also too powerful. Because of …

Evil Geniuses adds Lebanese player Korean Kid to complete Academy team William Davis League of Legends Evil Geniuses Academy has completed its starting roster with the addition of Lebanese mid laner Ahmad “Korean kid” Charif. Evil Geniuses Academy went all the way to the Middle East to find a new mid laner. Korean Kid recently took part in Nexus Arabia 2019, the first League of Legends event of its kind in Saudi Arabia. The mid laner was part of EGZ eSports, which won one of the tournaments …

TFT Patch 10.1 adds new Lunar trait and items, nerfs Nocturne William Davis League of Legends The first Teamfight Tactic update of 2020 is here. Patch 10.1 adds new champions, new Little Legends, and new items. TFT is starting the year with some major changes that include a new trait with two new champions. This will be the second set of new units to be added to Set 2 Rise of the Elements, the first one being Soulbound with Senna and Lucian. TFT Patch 10.1 adds …

CSGO pro settings and sensitivity for s1mple, ZywOo, dev1ce, more M Alzamora Counter-Strike Below are some of the top professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players’ settings from major pros like Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz. CSGO players are free to copy them into their configuration file or autoexec, but there are some things they have to keep in mind. Just because pro players use a certain crosshair or viewmodel doesn’t mean that it’s the best version. Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski of Team Liquid, for example, uses …

League of Legends 2020 teaser shows new Volibear, Clash, more Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games has shared a video teasing what’s coming in 2020 for League of Legends and beyond. From new champions and skins, a Teamfight Tactics update, and Riot’s new games, fans have a lot to be excited for this year. Head of League of Legends Joe “New001” Tung shared Riot will be updating players with details throughout the week, starting with explanations of where the developer is headed with limited …

Jeff Kaplan teases Baptiste nerf in Overwatch, leading to outrage Olivia Richman News One Reddit user’s prayers were answered when Jeff Kaplan responded to their pleas for a Baptiste nerf.  When they put forward the idea that Baptiste’s Immortality Field cooldown should start after it’s destroyed, the Overwatch lead designer responded. Blizzard’s popular executive said they have been “trying out some changes” to make Baptiste’s Immortality Field “less oppressive.”  It’s not clear what changes will come to the new support hero, but Baptiste’s …

Nigma upset by Fighting PandaS at WePlay! Bukovel Minor Steven Rondina Dota 2 Nigma underwhelmed in its live event debut. The team led by Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi played its first game in an offline setting since its split from Team Liquid in 2019 at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor. Despite being heavy favorites to win the event, they sustained an upset loss at the hands of Fighting PandaS to open their run at the tournament. Nigma went with a somewhat strange draft in …

League of Legends 2020 cinematic “Warriors” is now live Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends The 2020 League of Legends cinematic, titled Warriors, is live. Riot Games has been working hard to make players excited about the new tenth season of League of Legends. And it’s on a great track to do so, going from the 2020 season teaser where upcoming updates were announced to the high quality animation of the new cinematic. Imagine Dragons’ Warriors, a song that was written for the 2014 World …

Team Liquid announces Pobelter as temporary jungler for LCS William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid has announced Eugene “Pobelter” Park as its temporary starting jungler for the 2020 LCS Spring season. Desperate times demand desperate measures and Team Liquid could not be more desperate. After announcing that Danish jungler Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen was still in the process of getting his visa approved, Team Liquid had to find a replacement. The organization shared that Team Liquid Academy jungler Shern “Shernfire” Cherng Tai was also …

Gen.G starts boot camp in China, will train with Royal Never Give Up William Davis League of Legends The 2020 LCK Spring Split is getting closer and teams are looking to get into peak form for the competition. While some organizations are hitting the beach and doing bonding exercises, Gen.G has decided to pack its bags and boot camp in Shanghai, China. Gen.G revealed on Twitter that the organization was setting up camp in China as part of its offseason preparation. The team also shared that they will …

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