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League of Legends True Damage, the next LoL virtual band skins, have leaked By William Davis League of Legends League of Legends player with every skin gets special Your Shop By Olivia Richman News AOC, other politicians condemn Blizzard’s actions over HK protest By Nina Forneloza

Counter-Strike

Multiple CSGO pros call on Valve for Krieg SG 553 to be nerfed Steven Rondina Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pros are just about done with the SG 553. The scoped assault rifle is becoming increasingly popular across all teams in the highest levels of competitive play and that is irking some players. Earlier this week, a trio of pros vented their frustrations with the gun and called for Valve to nerf it. French CSGO star Richard “shox” Papillon started the action by popping off on …

Dota 2

Virtus.pro drops out of DOTA Summit 11 due to visa issues Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Virtus.pro will be missing out on the DOTA Summit 11 minor due to issues with visas and the squad’s new roster not yet being at its full potential. Virtus.pro withdrew from the first minor tournament of the 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit season on October 17, the organization announced in a statement. It’s unfortunate for the team that qualified by winning the DOTA Summit 11 CIS Qualifier, but Virtus.pro’s general manager …

Counter-Strike

CS20 update brings new skins, new Cache to official matchmaking Steven Rondina The updated version of Cache has finally landed in official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive matchmaking, along with a bevy of new skins. The latest CSGO update has arrived, bringing a new case, a new sticker capsule, and some changes to the various map pools. The highlight of this is the updated version of Cache landing in Casual’s Defusal Group Sigma, Competitive’s Scrimmage pool, and Deathmatch. Map creator FMPONE has been working …

League of Legends

Griffin tops G2 Esports, takes top seed in LoL Worlds 2019 group William Davis Griffin took down G2 Esports and is advancing to the 2019 League of Legends World Championship Knockout Stage as Group A’s number one seed. Group A had a dramatic ending with Griffin and G2 playing a tiebreaker to determine the final standings. Through the first half of the group stage, G2 completely dominated the competition. The Mid-Season Invitational champion rolled over every team in Group A and was on track …

News Harsha leaves Titans to coach Houston Outlaws in OWL Season 2 By gabhernandez Counter-Strike valens leaves Cloud9 as team loses another Major champion By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Cloud9 eliminated from LoL Worlds 2019 in group stage By William Davis

Fortnite

Ninja gets in Twitter argument with Twitch streamer Kaceytron Olivia Richman An innocent question from pop sensation Lady Gaga turned into some spicy back and forth over Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ decision to not stream with women.  As Fortnite became the main topic of discussion online following its disappearance leading up to Chapter 2’s release, Lady Gaga took to Twitter to ask what Fortnite even was. While it’s unclear if she was serious or not, famous Fortnite phenomenon Ninja decided to fill …

Counter-Strike

WINNERS League Season 3 Invite Divisions teams, groups announced Steven Rondina Season 3 of WINNERS League is fast approaching and the lineup of competitors for the Invite Division is now set. Once again there will be two Invite Division regions comprised of 32 teams each, bringing ESL Pro League and major-level teams together with hot up-and-comers looking to break out at their expense. Both divisions will feature a number of teams returning from WINNERS League Season 2 alongside interesting newcomers. The …

League of Legends

Fnatic and Cloud9 introduced new FNC9 collaborative collection Syed Mujtaba Naqvi When it comes to the competitive League of Legends, or even esports in general, there has always been a friendly rivalry between North America and Europe. Fnatic and Cloud9 have taken theirs to a whole new level with the FNC9 merchandise. The bromance between the League of Legends European Championship’s FNC and LoL Championship Series’ C9 grew on Twitter. The teams often send memes aimed at each other, but also …

Fortnite

Everything new and different about Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 Olivia Richman When Fortnite disappeared for over a day, fans would likely have panicked were it not for the fact that Chapter 2 had already been leaked, easing people’s concerns. Now that Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 is here, players are busy exploring the new map, new mechanics, and all of the other discoveries all over the island.  Here’s a closer look at some of the changes to check out, from new …

FunPlus Phoenix, Splyce advance to LoL Worlds 2019 knockout stage William Davis League of Legends FunPlus Phoenix and Splyce are heading to the Knockout Stage at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship after an intense tiebreaker. FunPlus and Splyce had to play an extra game to decide the final seeding in Group B. As anticipated on WIN.gg’s Pick’Em predictions, in the end FunPlus came out victorious and took first seed. Group B was closer than many expected, with J Team being the surprise of the …

J Team, GAM Esports eliminated from LoL Worlds 2019 group stage William Davis League of Legends CTBC J Team is out of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship after losing its final match versus FunPlus Phoenix. The LMS representative will not advance to the next stage at Worlds. J Team started the competition with a strong performance, by taking down both FunPlus and Splyce in the first half of the round-robin. J Team was the team to watch heading into the second half and seemed …

League of Legends champion roadmap has new marksman and juggernaut Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games is back with the new champion roadmap, sharing that a new marksman and juggernaut are in development while Senna is preparing for relase and Fiddlesticks and Volibear’s reworks are being finalized. Senna has already been announced during the 10th-anniversary edition of Riot Pls. Riot’s lead producer of champions Ryan “Reav3” Mireles now shared that her unique playstyle comes from the fact she had to be a marksman due to …

Riot Games announces new RP currency not shared between games Olivia Richman League of Legends Developer Riot Games has a lot in the works, including a 2D fighting game and an RPG, but there are some changes that will be taking place immediately.  Riot has announced that Riot Points won’t be used in present or future titles. Instead, in-game currency will be known as RP and it won’t be shareable between games. In the press release, Riot developers explain that the company’s newly announced mobile …

T1 crashes and burns in Dota 2 debut at VKGaming Battle of Dawn gabhernandez Dota 2 T1’s newest roster debuted at VKGAME Battle of Dawn. It did not go well. The Korean team’s run in the tournament was cut short after washing out of the group stage with a 1-2 record. Despite debuting with a win over FTD.Guys, the team lost its series against Sparking Arrow Gaming. This set the team up with a best-of-three decider against iG.Vitality. The Invictus Gaming developmental team kicked off the …

Blizzard suspend collegiate team for sign supporting Hong Kong gabhernandez News Blizzard has suspended three collegiate Hearthstone players who held up a sign that read “Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizz” during an official competition stream.  Although only three players participated in the act that will now see them banned for six months, team player Casey Chambers says that the entire team was actually banned from competing. Chambers tweeted out the email a caption adding some context. “Happy to announce the AU …

The CSGO map Vertigo was perfectly recreated in Minecraft Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has some iconic maps and fans of the series have reimagined them in other games on many occasions in the past. This latest one arguably ranks among the best. Guncolony has recreated Vertigo in the ever-popular game Minecraft. The CSGO map was made to scale in the game, with amazing attention to detail. The full map was recreated and is instantly recognizable despite retaining the brightly colored …

GeekFam withdraw from ESL One Hamburg, replaced by Alliance gabhernandez Dota 2 Southeast Asian Dota 2 team GeekFam has had to withdraw from its participation in ESL One Hamburg due to ongoing visa issues. Two weeks ago, GeekFam successfully qualified for ESL One Hamburg 2019, an event taking place outside of the upcoming 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit. The team finished the qualifier with a clean 3-0 sweep versus SG Dragons to claim the coveted ticket to Hamburg. ESL One tournaments have a …

T1 Entertainment and Sports officially launches with Comcast Nina Forneloza League of Legends South Korean company SK Telecom, owners of three-time League of Legends World Champions SK Telecom T1, have announced the launch of their joint venture with Comcast Spectacor: T1 Entertainment & Sports. The move that was announced in February has finally received all necessary approvals to officially begin operations. Ahead of the announcement, the team has already rebranded to T1 and unveiled the slick new design on twitter Fans of League …

StarSeries i-League Season 8 sees return of Semmler to CSGO Olivia Richman Counter-Strike StarSeries i-League Season 8 has revealed their full talent lineup, and the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community is excited to see Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat return to casting CSGO.  “Back in action. Let’s get it,” Semmler tweeted after it was announced.  Casper “cadiaN” Møller was one of many within the esports scene to applaud his return.  “Can’t wait to hear one of my games casted with your voice again,” cadiaN said. Semmler also …

LoL Esports Manager to debut with the LPL 2020 season Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends In a large number of announcements Riot Games has shared with its community during the special ten-year anniversary broadcast of Riot Pls, fans of classical sports management games were excited to her League of Legends Esports Manager will be launching in 2020. LoL Esports Manager will be an esports spin-off of classical sports management games like Football Manager. Players will take on the role of managing their own esports team …

Senna confirmed as the new League of Legends support champion Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends After a few leaks and teases, Riot Games has finally confirmed Senna to be the next champion coming to League of Legends. Senna will be a unique support marksman. The 10th-anniversary edition of Riot Pls got fans excited about a number of new features and games Riot has been developing, including League’s preseason changes, a new mobile game, a new FPS game, and more.   One of the exciting announcements for …

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