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League of Legends Flash Wolves not competing in the League of Legends PCS in 2020 By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike NiP impress at BLAST Global Finals, but lose to Astralis 2-0 By M Alzamora League of Legends Pobelter rejoins Team Liquid for 2020 LCS as assistant coach By William Davis

League of Legends

New LoL game CONV/RGENCE revealed at The Game Awards Steven Rondina The Game Awards was very kind to League of Legends fans. Alongside winning two awards, two different spin-off titles were revealed during the event. In addition to Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, CONV/RGENCE: A League of Legends Story was also unveiled with a short teaser trailer. No gameplay was shown at The Game Awards, but one of the developers on hand gave fans an idea of what’s in …

League of Legends

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story revealed at Game Awards Steven Rondina A new League of Legends spin-off title has been revealed at The Game Awards. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story was revealed with a teaser trailer with former Marvel Comics artist Joe Madureira on hand to discuss it. He opened up that the title is a story-driven, turn-based RPG based in the League of Legends universe set after the Burning Tides event. Players will play as League champions and …

Counter-Strike

Evil Geniuses debut new logo as part of big esports expansion M Alzamora Evil Geniuses’ brand position has changed drastically in a short time, and today it has a brand new logo to go along with EG CEO Nicole Lapointe Jameson’s vision for the brand. In the past four months, the public has seen Evil Geniuses add two of the world’s largest esports games to its portfolio. Today, it made another drastic change. After 20 years, Evil Geniuses unveiled a total brand redesign …

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Every new roster change going into the 2020 LCS Spring Split Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Since developer Riot Games opened the doors for free agency announcements on November 18, the League of Legends community has been bombarded with rumors and official announcements of new roster changes and free agencies. Some of the LoL Championship Series teams don’t have their full rosters officially locked yet, but the situation for the 2020 season is becoming clearer with every passing day. Here’s an overview of all the current …

Fortnite How to participate in Fortnite’s new Star Wars premiere event By William Davis Counter-Strike NiP and Astralis off to quick starts at BLAST Global Finals By M Alzamora League of Legends League of Legends PBE gets new champion Sett, 12 new skins By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi

Dota 2

Philippines wins first esports gold medals in SEA Games 2019 gabhernandez The Southeast Asian Games 2019 featured a mix of competitions that included esports tournaments taking place alongside traditional sports. The SEA Games 2019 featured Dota 2, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Tekken 7, Arena of Valor, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. This marks the first esports medal event in a multi-sport competition approved by the International Olympic Committee. Sanctioning esports as a medal event at the SEA Games could be the IOC …

Dota 2

Dota 2 update 7.23d nerfs Outworld Devourer, Drow Ranger, outposts Steven Rondina One of the more subtle nuances of the massive Outlanders Update was a variety of features designed to shorten the length of games. Judging from the recently released 7.23d Dota 2 update, Valve felt like those measures were a bit too effective. A number of changes to the Outlanders Update have arrived that make gold and XP a bit more difficult to come by. Though the patch notes for 7.23d …

Counter-Strike

CLG’s missharvey talks women in esports and sexism in CSGO Olivia Richman Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Stephanie “missharvey” Harvey has been part of the esports industry since 2003, “before it was even called esports,” she joked. Missharvey has won five Women’s Electronic Sports World Cup titles, two of which were with CLG Red, where she was an original member.  Being around the esports industry this long, missharvey has grown to love the community while also recognizing what was missing: Women. Whether …

League of Legends

Cowsep discusses move to Facebook Gaming, mental health struggle Olivia Richman League of Legends streamer Joseph “Cowsep” Hursey is joining DisguisedToast and Smash Bros legend ZeRo at Facebook Gaming.  After streaming full-time on Twitch for five years, Cowsep discussed his move to Facebook Gaming with Inven Global. Unlike Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios’ YouTube video on the matter, Cowsep claimed the response to his YouTube announcement was mostly positive, although it didn’t get as much attention as he initially thought it would.  The majority of the streaming …

Riot Forge teases new games with four pieces of preview art William Davis League of Legends Developer Riot Games has announced a series of new projects during their tenth anniversary celebration, and now we are getting our first look at new content set within the League of Legends universe. Riot recently established a publishing studio called “Riot Forge” that will be working with third-party developers to create new video games set in the world of League of Legends. The team has been keeping quiet about projects …

Quick tips and guides for Shattered Web Week 4 missions M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s week four Shattered Web missions are a sniper’s paradise, but we’ve still got some quick tips that will help the stars roll in. Shattered Web’s week four operation missions are all focused around the SSG 08 Scout and the AWP. While there’s a MAG-7 thrown in the mix for this week’s Guardian mission, snipers are king. This week will be fairly simple for players familiar with the …

LoL fans want to remove TFT from future All-Star events William Davis League of Legends Teamfight Tactics was the least popular part of the All-Star Event and fans are asking Riot Games to avoid including this game mode in future events. The All-Star Event took place from December 5 to December 7. Through three days, professional players, online personalities, and content creators gathered at the Esports Arena Las Vegas to compete in a series of events. Teamfight Tactics, the newest game mode in League of …

MiBR drops LUCAS1, adds meyern ahead of CS Summit 5 M Alzamora Counter-Strike MiBR announced the signing of Sharks Esports player Ignacio “meyern” Meyer in a video on the organization’s official Twitter account. The signing comes a week after rumors surfaced that the Brazillian team was scouting him as a replacement for Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles. According to another tweet from MiBR, LUCAS1 is no longer on the roster. It is not clear whether he is a free agent or has been benched from the team. …

Soulbound class comes to Teamfight Tactics with patch 9.24 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Teamfight Tactics has been updated with patch 9.24, the final patch of the year. The patch added a new Soulbound class together with Senna, Lucian, and Amumu. Improvements to the interface and some balance changes were implemented as well. Riot Games announced that the new class featuring Senna and Lucian will be joining the second TFT set a few weeks ago. The two new units, alongside Amumu, are now available …

Cloud9 is interested in ATK CSGO roster, according to reports M Alzamora Counter-Strike Cloud9 is reportedly considering making an offer on the ATK Counter-Strike Global Offensive roster just days after shipping its remaining CSGO players to Gen.G. North American organization Cloud9 is considering the ATK CSGO roster as a potential replacement for its own recently departed players according to a report by DBLTAP. Cloud9 sent Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Damian “daps” Steele, and Kenneth “koosta” Suen to Gen.G on December 6. Some fans worried that …

ESL One Rio will be the first CSGO Major in Brazil and of 2020 M Alzamora Counter-Strike Tournament organizer ESL announced the first ESL One Rio Major tournament this morning in an official press release. ESL revealed the rumored ESL One Rio Major this morning in an official press release and through a teaser trailer for the tournament on Twitter. ESL One Rio will be the first CSGO Major of 2020. According to the press release, the LAN portion of the event will take place from May …

Furia Esports’ HEN1 out of CS Summit 5 due to visa, guerri in Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Another late roster change is shaking up CS Summit 5. Furia Esports has announced that visa issues will prevent Henrique “HEN1” Teles from competing at the event. In his stead, Furia coach Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira will come off the bench to fill in with the team. “Unfortunately, we can’t have our important player HEN1 at the CS_Summit. The athlete is in Brazil renewing his visa,” Furia stated on Twitter. “In …

summit1g apologizes to Sweet Anita for his girlfriend’s comments Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Twitch personality Sweet Anita was in the spotlight earlier this week after she was called out by another streamer for yelling racial slurs and anti-semetic statements. Some agreed with the streamer, wondering why Sweet Anita was yet to be suspended from the platform for using racial epithets when other streamers saw harsh punishments for the same explitives.  The difference? Sweet Anita has Tourettes syndrome, which causes her to have uncontrollable tics. …

Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai invests $10 million in G2 Esports Olivia Richman League of Legends Brooklyn Nets owner and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Joe Tsai has just invested in G2 Esports.  Tsai invested $10 million into the esports franchise, valuing G2 at $100 million. The organization is hoping to expand its presence in Asia thanks to this investment. According to the South China Morning Post, there are more gamers in China than there are people in the United States, making it a lucrative market …

Schalke 04 completes 2020 LEC roster with Gilius signing Nina Forneloza League of Legends Schalke 04 has finally completed its roster going into League of Legends’ 2020 LEC season by signing Erberk “Gilius” Demir for the team’s jungler position.  Fans will not have seen Gilius since the 2018 Spring Split, where he competed on the starting roster for Team Vitality. Vitality ended that season in fourth place and Gilius was replaced by Mateusz “Kikis” Szkudlarek. He has also represented G2, Giants, and Unicorns of …

Patch 9.24 live in League of Legends with Braum, Diana changes Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends League of Legends is ready for patch 9.24, the final update of the year. The patch will implement a number of champion balance changes, updates to runes, visual updates, and more. Riot has taken time since the start of preseason to collect player feedback and identify features that felt out of place. Patch 9.24 is bringing new Dawnbringer, Nightbringer and Sugar Rush skins, the Legend of the Poro King game …

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