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Counter-Strike
CSGO’s new player models show Valve’s focus on monetization
M Alzamora
A story has unfolded slowly through October and November 2019, and the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s first operation in two years has finally confirmed it. Valve’s decisions over the past months have shown that the company has shifted more than ever before towards increasing profits and away from their founding mission. At the 2014 Games Developer Conference, Valve gave a presentation on the CSGO economy. Monetizing CSGO was the main focus, …
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PUBG Mobile North American Super League coming to 16 US cities
Olivia Richman
PUBG Mobile is getting its own league. Super League Gaming revealed details for the upcoming PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile North American Super League. The city-based league will take place in 16 cities across the United States. The PUBG Mobile North American Super League will feature a quarterly City Champs tournament as well as community social nights starting in December 2019. According to the official website, the tournaments will be held at …
Fortnite
Epic Games addresses major glitch in Fortnite Championship Series
Olivia Richman
Epic Games has finally offered a solution to an ongoing scoring issue in the Fortnite Championship Series. Big-name pro Fortnite players like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Benjy “Benjyfishy” Fish had their squads fall victim to a major glitch where they were queued into matches with an incomplete team. For the teammate that failed to load into the game, their points were seemingly erased from the event scoreboards. This is a …
Counter-Strike
CSGO’s Agents are hard to see, especially for the colorblind
M Alzamora
Shattered Web is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s first operation in two years, and its release has brought out the helpful side of the CSGO community. As players band together to help each other with the operation’s first week of missions, some fans and pros are concerned about the new agent models and their visibility on competitive maps. Some models models, like the FBI SWAT Operator, tend to disappear into the background …
Counter-Strike
CSGO observer Rushly works EPL Season 10 blindfolded, nails it
M Alzamora
The most impressive thing seen in CounterStrike: Global Offensive this week wasn’t Robin “flusha” Rönnquist’s ace on Inferno. No, it was veteran CSGO observer Alexander “Rushly” Rush’s performance on November 18 during a meaningless game in the ESL Pro League Season 10 Europe Division. By the time Team Vitality and HellRaisers faced off, both had been mathematically eliminated from qualifying for the EPL Season 10 Finals. ESL and Rushly had something prepared for fans that stuck …
League of Legends
Macaiyla says LoL ban unfair because Tyler1’s behavior is much worse
William Davis
Popular Twitch streamer and Instagram model Macaiyla is making an appeal to have a banned League of Legends account restored. She says that the ban, which was for toxic behavior, is illegitimate because her actions were no worse than those of her boyfriend, streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp. Macaiyla’s LoL account “HYPUHS” was banned over a year ago. A chat log was included in the streamer’s ban message citing her toxicity. …
Dota 2
Public blowout during MDL Chengdu leaves EHOME without carry
Steven Rondina
One of China’s top Dota 2 teams is embroiled in some nasty drama after an early exit from the MDL Chengdu Major. EHOME carry Cheng “vtFaded” Jia Hao has announced that he is taking a break from competitive Dota 2. He cited public criticism from EHOME coach Zhang “xiao8” Ning as the reason behind his decision. “Xiao8 mentioned on his live stream that he felt EHOME’s position 1 and 2 …
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Tencent profits down 13%, blame falls on Chinese regulations
Olivia Richman
PlayerUnknown’s Battleground’s owner Tencent has reportedly seen a 13% dip in profits this quarter. The profit loss is most likely due to China’s very strict regulations on the video game market. One of the country’s recent regulations prevented Tencent’s new title, Perfect World Mobile, from being monetized as had been planned. The world’s largest gaming firm reported a $2.91 billion (20.38 billion yuan) profit for the third quarter of 2019, …
Golden Guardians adds Closer from the TCL, GoldenGlue from C9
William Davis
League of Legends
Turkish jungler Can “Closer” Çelik and North American mid laner Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer have joined Golden Guardians as LCS starters. Golden Guardians is starting to make moves in the offseason. The team recruited Closer and Goldenglue as the new starters for the LCS roster. Closer recently took part in the World Championship with TCL champion Royal Youth. Goldenglue joins the team after playing for Cloud9 Academy. The decision to sign …
DisguisedToast hints he could be the next streamer leaving Twitch
Olivia Richman
News
Jeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang may be the next streaming sensation to leave Twitch. Earlier today, DisguisedToast tweeted a cryptic message to fans that had the streaming community speculating that he may not be on Twitch for much longer. “I want to tell YOU all something. It’s time to FACE the facts. I have to MIX things up,” he tweeted. Fans immediately put together that the famous Hearthstone player was referencing YouTube, …
XY Gaming rebrands as Repeat following fresh investment
Jared Wynne
News
Esports tournament and gaming platform XY Gaming is getting a new name and a fresh coat of paint as it becomes Repeat.gg. The competition hub recently secured a new infusion of investments that will enable it to grow over the coming months and years. That growth begins internally with the team doubling in size, but it extends far beyond that. Repeat will be dramatically increasing the number of games available …
CLG recruits Crown while Ruin returns for one more year in LCS
William Davis
League of Legends
Mid laner Lee “Crown” Min-ho has joined Counter Logic Gaming for 2020, while the team also confirmed the return of top laner Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min to the starting roster. Crown is staying in the LCS. The mid laner was officially transferred from Immortals to CLG where he is taking over the mid lane. Crown will replace Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage, who decided not to renew his contract with the team. Crown …
100 Thieves adds Meteos, Ssumday back to LCS roster for 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
Jungler William “Meteos” Hartman and top laner Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho are back in the 100 Thieves LCS roster for 2020. 100 Thieves revealed two members of its LCS starting roster, Meteos and Ssumday. 2020 will be a bit of a homecoming for these two players as they will return to the main roster in the spring. Ssumday spent most of 2019 playing for 100 Thieves Academy. In the summer, the …
Tricked Esports sell CSGO team to unknown buyer for massive sum
Olivia Richman
Counter-Strike
Tricked Esports has sold its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $300,000. The Danish organization has not yet revealed who the buyer is, but claimed on their official press release that “the sale bears good news” for the roster. According to Tricked Esports, the players will “take a seat much higher within the esports ecosystem” while being able to “hold onto every asset they own.” “In other words, they will not be …
TFT Patch 9.23 resets ranked, adds True Damage Little Legends
William Davis
League of Legends
The TFT ranked system is back with Patch 9.23, the first update since the release of Set 2: Rise of the Elements. In Patch 9.22, TFT changed completely. Set 2 introduced new units, synergies, and classes. Riot Games gave players two weeks to adapt and then relaunched the ranked system with a hard reset. Everyone is back in Iron and must play five games to determine their starting point in …
FlyQuest signs IgNar as new support for the 2020 LCS season
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
South Korean League of Legends player Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun has joined FlyQuest as the team’s new support, the organization announced on Twitter. After having played the 2019 season with the German team FC Schalke 04 Esports, and the fourth-place team in the 2019 LoL European Championship Summer season, IgNar is moving to North America. From one of the best teams in the LEC, IgNar is transferring to NA to play …
Riot fines Cloud9 for breaking LCS rules over player equity
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
News
Riot Games’ Lol Esports staff shared on November 20 that Cloud9 is getting fined due to the organization’s equity plan, which violates the rules of the League of Legends Championship Series. Cloud9 needs to pay a total of $175,000 in fines in addition to removing and repaying stocks that their players hold in the organization. C9 issued stock to seven of their players, which would’ve been fine prior to 2017 but has …
Evil Geniuses buys out Bang from 100 Thieves for 2020 LCS
William Davis
League of Legends
According to a report by ESPN, Bae “Bang” Jun-sik will join Evil Geniuses’ League of Legends team for the 2020 season. The newest team in the LCS paid an undisclosed sum of cash to 100 Thieves for the former World Champion AD carry. He joins fellow recent additions Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen and Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam, who were acquired by Evil Geniuses from Cloud9. Evil Geniuses seems committed to putting together …
Clid, Rascal, and Bdd sign with Gen.G for 2020 LCK season
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
Gen.G has announced that Kim “Clid” Tae-min, Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee, and Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong have been signed to the organization’s League of Legends roster for the 2020 LoL Championship Korea season. News of Rascal leaving DragonX and Bdd splitting off from KT Rolster wasn’t a shock to fans. Far more surprising was the reveal that T1’s jungler was splitting off from the organization after a highly successful 2019 season. Clid was part of the SK …
Evil Geniuses lose, Fighting PandaS eliminated in MDL Chengdu Major
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Day one of the MDL Chengdu Major was a tough one for the CIS region. Day two was rough for China. On day three, it was North America’s turn. All three teams from the region, Evil Geniuses, J.Storm, and Fighting PandaS, absorbed losses at the MDL Chengdu Major. This sees Evil Geniuses and J.Storm drop to the lower bracket, while Fighting PandaS is eliminated. For Evil Geniuses and J.Storm, this …
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