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Dota 2 Gabbi honored for MDL Chengdu Major performance with MVP award By gabhernandez Counter-Strike Astralis and Team Liquid the big favorites at ECS Season 8 Finals By M Alzamora League of Legends Doublelift talks Pobelter, calls him a top-three LCS mid laner By William Davis

League of Legends

Riot reveals Dawnbringer and Nightbringer skins, upcoming event Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Riot Games has developed new skins to add to the Dawnbringer and Nightbringer theme. Champions receiving new skins are Karma, Nidalee, Lee Sin, Vladimir, and Soraka. New Sugar Rush skins for Braum, Evelyn, and Ziggs, and Hextech Swain are coming as well. The skins come along a new Night and Dawn event that will go live with patch 9.24 and bring Poro King back to ARAM and the Howling Abyss. …

Counter-Strike

Mousesports to play at EPICENTER Moscow after Fnatic drops out M Alzamora In an odd mirror of last year’s EPICENTER, a top team has withdrawn from the tournament at the last minute. Fnatic’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad announced this morning that the team will not attend EPICENTER Moscow 2019 in a tweet from their official Twitter account.  “Sadly, we today announce that we won’t be attending @epicentergg 2019 this December. We hope you understand why we’ve reevaluated the remainder of our 2019 …

Dota 2

Team Secret, Nigma not invited to DreamLeague Major qualifiers Steven Rondina The initial entrants into the DreamLeague Leipzig Major regional qualifiers have been revealed and there are a few surprising additions and omissions therein. All six regions have had their competitors confirmed. All six regions will see 10 teams competing, with eight slots determined by Dota Pro Circuit qualifying points and two slots being awarded to open qualifiers. While this approach makes sense on some levels, this forces the elite teams …

League of Legends

Riot Games postpones cvMax ban after community backlash Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Riot Games has decided to postpone the competitive ruling on Griffin’s former League of Legends coach Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho, Inven Global has reported. After having decided to indefinitely ban cvMax from the League of Legends Champions Korea due to accusations of player abuse, Riot is pressing pause on the ban while a new investigation is conducted. The information came just a short time after DragonX signed cVmax as the head …

League of Legends Longtime SKT coach kkOma leaves to join LPL’s Vici Gaming By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Dignitas sign Johnsun after Huni signing leads to tight budget By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Dignitas pursuing GeT_RiGhT as potential fifth for CSGO return By M Alzamora

Dota 2

OG announces second Dota 2 team for DreamLeague Leipzig Major Steven Rondina OG won’t be competing at the DreamLeague Leipzig Major, but also they will be. That was the confusing message delivered to fans of the two-time major-winning organization in a short video on Twitter. The team clarified what their plan is in a post on their official website, announcing plans to sponsor a second Dota 2 team, OG Seed. “Today, we’re proud to announce OG Seed and we hope that it can …

League of Legends

FlyQuest adds PowerOfEvil to LCS roster for 2020 William Davis FlyQuest has officially announced Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage as its starting mid laner for the 2020 LCS season, the player will join former teammate Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun as the two newest additions to the team. FlyQuest is getting reinforcement ahead of the 2020 season. The organization made two key hiring in the form of PowerOfEvil and IgNar, two players with a proven track record that have experience playing together. After a …

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Philadelphia Fusion sign Doomfist player ChipSa, OWL pros react Olivia Richman The Overwatch League has been busy with signings, roster changes, and trades leading up to the highly anticipated 2020 season. But one recent roster move has Overwatch fans and players confused. The Philadelphia Fusion recently announced they were signing popular streamer and Doomfist one-trick Philip “ChipSa” Graham.  “What it’s like when an Overwatch League team plays around a Doomfist? We’re about to find out,” the team tweeted out. The announcement was …

League of Legends

Doublelift, Bjergsen among LCS stars pulling out of All-Stars 2019 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Championship Series stars Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg and Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng have decided not to participate in the 2019 All-Star event. Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi and Bae “Bang” Jun-sik will take on their invitation slots instead. Team SoloMid’s mid laner Bjergsen, who has also recently acquired partial ownership of the organization, told his fans on Twitter that he’ll be boot camping in times of the event. “Sadly I won’t be …

CSGO update introduces Halo stickers and music kit to the game Olivia Richman Counter-Strike The latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive patch includes a new collaboration with Halo, bringing together two of the biggest first-person shooting franchises in all of gaming. A cross-promotion with Halo developer 343 Industries has brought some unique updates to Operation Shattered Web’s second week of action. CSGO now features a Halo sticker capsule and a new music kit inspired by the Master Chief Collection.  CSGO fans can purchase the sticker capsule …

Fortnite exploit lets players carry six items in their inventory Olivia Richman Fortnite Fortnite is full of bugs and glitches, but some are more game-breaking than others.  It was recently discovered that one exploit in the battle royale’s second chapter allows players to carry six items in their inventory. Fortnite only allows five item slots.  This exploit was made possible thanks to the latest vehicle addition to the game, the motor boat. As with almost all bugs of this nature, this requires a …

Na’Vi, Fnatic, and Evil Geniuses headline EPICENTER Moscow 2019 M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the perfect way to start a Christmas vacation and EPICENTER Moscow 2019 has fans covered. Eight teams will face off in the Crocus Expo Hall in Moscow for the $250,000 top prize. The event will include eight teams, with Natus Vincere, Fnatic, Evil Geniuses, Team Vitality and AVANGAR receiving direct invitations while Team Heroic, forZe, and EHOME worked their way in through regional qualifiers. EPICENTER hasn’t released the format of the tournament …

Damwon Gaming to maintain LCK roster, will add a new coach William Davis League of Legends Damwon Gaming shared a cheerful message on Twitter and revealed that the organization will retain the same roster through 2020. “Another peaceful day spent by Damwon Gaming. Fans, you don’t have to worry anymore!” the team posted on Twitter with a photo of the players. Damwon is not making any changes ahead of 2020, as the organization will keep the same roster that recently took part in the 2019 World …

New LoL champion Aphelios’ abilities revealed in new trailer Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games has released a champion trailer and a complex kit primer for upcoming League of Legends champion Aphelios. Aphelios will be joining the game as the MOBA’s newest marksman this December. His abilities are far from those of a traditional marksman, though, as he has five different weapons that he uses in both main-hand and off-hand positions. Not only do the different weapons make for different abilities, but they …

T1 adds coach Kim, Roach, and rookies to 2020 LCK roster William Davis League of Legends T1 has announced five new players for its starting roster and revealed Kim “Kim” Jeong-soo as its head coach for 2020. T1 has completed its roster for the next season after the surprising departure of top laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha, jungler Kim “Clid” Tae-min, and coach Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun. T1 added former Gen.G Esports top laner Kim “Roach” Kang-hui to roster. T1 also signed top laner Kim “Canna” Chang-dong, jungler …

Bjergsen to miss 2019 All-Star event for TSM China bootcamp Nina Forneloza League of Legends Team SoloMid’s star mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg will not be representing the LCS at the 2019 All-Star event, which is set to begin on December 5 in Las Vegas.  The All-Stars event is a unique happening on the League of Legends calendar in which each region sends a team made up of players voted for by the fans to compete. Not only are there traditional five-versus-five matches on Summoner’s …

Outlanders update hits Dota 2, brings two heroes, big changes Steven Rondina Dota 2 The Dota 2 Outlanders Update is here and the game has been turned completely upside down. Though the update was largely advertised around new Dota 2 heroes Snapfire and Void Spirit, the biggest changes come with a completely new courier system, a heavily overhauled map, and major shifts to the economy. Naturally, this is going to heavily shake up the meta and how players approach the game at even the …

Khan reportedly to join world champions at FunPlus Phoenix William Davis League of Legends Former T1 top laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha is reportedly joining the current world champion FunPlus Phoenix for 2020. Earlier this month, the community was surprised by the news that Khan had decided to explore free agency and not renew with T1 for another year. The announcement came after T1 completed a successful year with back-to-back domestic titles and two top-four performances on the international stage, though they failed to advance …

Why the International Olympic Committee won’t accept esports Olivia Richman News Despite the esports scene continuing to grow each year, it appears that the world of mainstream sports is still not yet ready to invite gaming to their exclusive Olympic club.  While the Intel World Open will have Street Fighter V and Rocket League leading up to the 2020 Olympics, the International Olympics Committee has stated that more studies are needed before esports can be considered an official part of the …

Pobelter posts emotional rant about not playing in spring LCS Olivia Richman League of Legends LCS veteran Eugene “Pobelter” Park shocked the League of Legends community earlier today when he announced he wouldn’t be competing in the 2020 LCS Spring Split.  Pobelter was most recently part of FlyQuest, who saw their performance worsen throughout the Summer Split last season. Before signing with the underdog team, Pobelter was Team Liquid’s starting mid laner. That run gained him a lot of fans, since Liquid won both the 2018 …

Budapest Five and Chaos EC cruise in WINNERS League Week 5 M Alzamora Counter-Strike WINNERS League week five was full of action, with a Chaos Esports Club comeback against eUnited and a European match between MAD Lions and Budapest Five. With Week 5 all wrapped up, fans are starting to get a good feel for which teams are strong candidates to come out on top in the playoffs. This week, Chaos Esports Club overcame a 9-1 deficit to post an overtime win. Budapest Five …

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