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News Twitch subscriptions now purchasable on iPhones, through iOS By Nina Forneloza League of Legends Riot Games investigates Griffin after accusations from cvMax By William Davis Fortnite Fortnite Champion Series changes competitive play in Chapter 2 By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

2020 LCS broadcasts to be offered as in-flight entertainment William Davis LCS fans can watch matches in their home theater, on their phones, and soon they’ll be able to watch while soaring through the sky. Riot Games has announced a partnership with in-flight entertainment company Panasonic Avionics. This agreement will have Panasonic offer plane passengers the opportunity to access LCS and Academy games in a near-live format. “Coming soon, aircraft equipped with Panasonic’s in-flight entertainment systems will have access to LCS …

Counter-Strike

Heretic announces devoduvek joining kioShiMa, Lucky on roster Olivia Richman Much to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community’s excitement, Heretics have announced that David “devoduvek” Dobrosavljevic is officially a part of the team’s starting roster. “I’m really grateful to be a part of the team,” devoduvek tweeted. “I haven’t felt this motivated for a very long time now. It’s time to prove my worth in the game. I’ll give everything to achieve great thins with the team.” The signing has been …

League of Legends

True Damage, the next LoL virtual band skins, have leaked William Davis A new League of Legends virtual band will be arriving during Worlds 2019, according to recent leaks. “True Damage” is the third band based in the world of Runeterra, following pop group K/DA and rock band Pentakill. Its lineup includes Yasuo, Ekko, Qiyana, Akali, and upcoming champion Senna. The group’s musical genre hasn’t been confirmed, but the True Damage skins give off a kind of cyberpunk street performer vibe. True …

League of Legends

League of Legends player with every skin gets special Your Shop Olivia Richman Riot Games offers discounts on skins periodically through a program called “Your Shop.” Six skins the player doesn’t own will be offered at rates between 20-70% off their face value. But what happens when a League of Legends player already owns every skin in the entire game?  One Reddit user shared the message they received when that exact situation happened.  “You did it. You bamboozled Discount Bot. It looks like …

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 By Steven Rondina Dota 2 Virtus.pro drops out of DOTA Summit 11 due to visa issues By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi

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 …

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Harsha leaves Titans to coach Houston Outlaws in OWL Season 2 gabhernandez Harsha “Harsha” Bandi has been named head coach of the Houston Outlaws ahead of the 2020 Overwatch League season. The former Vancouver Titans coach is heading to the Outlaws, an organization that’s been the topic of some conversation recently after a report from The Esports Observer noted a stall in the Overwatch franchise’s sale, which was supposed to have been finalized in late August. There has been no official announcement …

Counter-Strike

valens leaves Cloud9 as team loses another Major champion Nina Forneloza Cloud9 has parted ways with longtime Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach and analyst Soham “valens” Chowdhury. valens joined Cloud9 in February 2017 and most notable among his achievements in the coaching role was being part of the lineup that won the 2018 ELEAGUE Boston Major by defeating FaZe Clan in a memorable final. valens stepped down from the coaching role in July transitioning into a new data analyst role. The coaching …

Cloud9 eliminated from LoL Worlds 2019 in group stage William Davis League of Legends Cloud9 has been knocked out of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Group A at Worlds was decided early, with C9 being the biggest loser of the day. The LCS squad opened Friday’s action by suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Griffin. From there, G2 Esports scored a victory over Hong Kong Attitude that mathematically eliminated Cloud9 from advancing to the knockout stage. Before Worlds 2019, C9 was considered the …

Ninja gets in Twitter argument with Twitch streamer Kaceytron Olivia Richman Fortnite 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 …

WINNERS League Season 3 Invite Divisions teams, groups announced Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 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 …

Fnatic and Cloud9 introduced new FNC9 collaborative collection Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends 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 …

Everything new and different about Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 Olivia Richman Fortnite 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 …

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