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Dota 2 GeekFam withdraw from ESL One Hamburg, replaced by Alliance By gabhernandez League of Legends T1 Entertainment and Sports officially launches with Comcast By Nina Forneloza Counter-Strike StarSeries i-League Season 8 sees return of Semmler to CSGO By Olivia Richman

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LoL Esports Manager to debut with the LPL 2020 season Syed Mujtaba Naqvi 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 …

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Senna confirmed as the new League of Legends support champion Syed Mujtaba Naqvi 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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League of Legends fighting game, RPG teased in Riot Pls Steven Rondina The League of Legends fighting game is real, but don’t expect to be playing it any time soon. During the League of Legends 10th Anniversary edition of Riot Pls, the publisher revealed a number of new games. Included on that list is Project L, the fighting game that was briefly discussed during the broadcast of Evo 2019 in August. Though the game is still in an early stage of development, …

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Blizzard cancels Nintendo World’s Overwatch Switch release party Olivia Richman Seven days after Nintendo World in New York City announced an Overwatch release event, Blizzard told them to cancel it.  Nintendo fans were gearing up to celebrate Overwatch’s release on the Nintendo Switch at a big event in NYC. The free event even offered meet and greets with various Overwatch voice actors for the first 150 attendees. October 16 was shaping up to be a fun day for fans.  But …

Counter-Strike Oskar and HS become free agents, both looking for new teams By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Riot Games FPS Project A looks like a Counter-Strike competitor By Steven Rondina League of Legends Wild Rift brings League of Legends to mobile, TFT mobile arrives By Steven Rondina

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LoL Preseason 2020 brings changes to dragons, jungling, and more William Davis Riot Games celebrated League of Legends’ 10th anniversary with a special edition of Riot Pls. League of Legends has become one of the most popular games in the world with millions of players logging in on a weekly basis. The game has a worldwide competitive scene supported by fans that are willing to travel anywhere to cheer for their teams. On the 10th anniversary of League of Legends, Riot Games …

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BLAST Pro Series Global final teams, date, and prize pool set Steven Rondina The BLAST Pro Series Global Final will wrap up the first season of the BLAST Pro Series competitive circuit. The event features a number of top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads and also saw a number of huge moments take place, including the retirement of Natus Vincere star Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko and the end of Astralis’ 31-game winning streak on Nuke. The circuit, which included six events hosted in cities including Los Angeles, …

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Changes to Cache finalized and published by creator FMPONE Nina Forneloza An update to one of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s most popular maps was recently released, and the Cache update has changed some sections and interactions on the map that could have major ramifications for how teams approach it in the future. Fans have not seen Cache played in the competitive pool since March 2019 when it was replaced by new map Vertigo. Since then it has undergone a whole host of …

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Team Hong Kong confirmed to attend Overwatch World Cup Olivia Richman Much to the gaming community’s surprise, Team Hong Kong has confirmed that they’ll be competing at the Overwatch World Cup. Tension has been rising between gamers and Blizzard after the Overwatch developer banned Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai from Hearthstone Grandmasters competitions for making a pro-Hong Kong statement during a post-match interview. Many have been calling Blizzard out for what they feel is unfair censorship and their punishing freedom of speech.  It seems …

cvMax airs internal problems at Griffin, dispute with manager Cho Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Griffin’s former League of Legends coach Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho left the team ahead of the League of Legends 2019 World Championship. He has now explained the circumstances of his departure from the team during a stream, blaming it on internal conflicts within the organization. As a head coach, cvMax helped Griffin’s League team come from the League of Legends Champions Korea 2018 Summer Promotion tournament all the way to winning …

Cloud9 fumbles lead, loses to Griffin in LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis League of Legends Griffin took down Cloud9 and advanced to second place in Group A at the 2019 League of Legends World Champion. Griffin versus Cloud9 was one of the most anticipated matches in the main event group stage, with its outcome likely to determine the second seed of the star-studded Group A. Because it was such an important match, the teams made interesting decisions during the picks and bans phase. C9 drafted …

SumaiL returns to Evil Geniuses bench ahead of Dota Summit 11 gabhernandez Dota 2 After a brief stint with Quincy Crew, Syed “SumaiL” Hassan once again finds himself out of action. The longtime Evil Geniuses mid has landed back on the organization’s bench after failing to qualify for the MDL Chengdu Major. The team successfully qualified for the Dota Summit 11 Minor, but will compete without him. Though SumaiL was competing with Quincy Crew, he remains under contract with Evil Geniuses. Team manager Jack …

Dota 2 matchmaking update changes party queuing, ranked medals gabhernandez Dota 2 Valve has once again shaken up Dota 2’s matchmaking system. The latest Dota 2 update rolled back some of the changes made earlier this year after sustained complaints from players. In particular, Valve is overhauling party queuing in ranked matchmaking. Though the company tried to improve the social aspect of the game by making it easier to play with friends in a ranked environment, this new system introduced flaws that …

Leaks for League 10th Anniversary hint at mobile and card games Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends With the League of Legends 10th Anniversary celebration event soon going live, many leaks to what Riot Games will announce during the event are coming through, including a mobile game, a card game, and an anime series. According to leaks shared by reporter Rob “Slasher” Breslau, Riot is about to announce a number of diverse features they have been developing behind the scenes.   One of those leaks is the development …

Huni and Clutch come up short against SKT at LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis League of Legends SK Telecom T1 completely destroyed Clutch Gaming and remains undefeated at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Meanwhile, Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon couldn’t get revenge on his former team. Clutch Gaming came into the match as the underdog, but things went even worse than one could have expected as they ran over the LCS team. SKT finished the first half of the group stage undefeated and is looking like the …

Fnatic struggles against Royal Never Give Up again at Worlds 2019 William Davis League of Legends Royal Never Give Up and Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao styled on Fnatic to get their second win at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. History repeated itself in Berlin as the Chinese organization once again made quick work of Fnatic to get in position for a spot in the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage. Fnatic continues to come up shy against its biggest international rival and now holds a losing record …

ESL CEO instructs employees not to mention Hong Kong protests Olivia Richman Counter-Strike ESL CEO Ralf Reichert has informed more than 700 employees that they are forbidden from discussing Hong Kong’s ongoing protests.  In a Slack message obtained by Kong Kong Free Press, Reichert declares that ESL is a global company that’s active in many countries, something that would make public political statements potentially controversial for the large esports firm.  “We naturally do abstain from political discussions and set the best example by …

Guide to smokes, grenades, and molotovs on the new Cache Steven Rondina Counter-Strike The updated version of Cache has arrived on the Steam Workshop. Though it is not yet available in any official matchmaking modes, fans have already downloaded the map and started developing best practices for the map. The Cache update didn’t completely overhaul the map, but it did implement a few key changes that implement new methods of holding and defending portions of the map. This also changed how to best …

Lucian’s Homebound story hints towards Senna as new LoL champion Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Homebound, a new and original League of Legends lore story, follows the end of Lucian’s journey to save his wife from Thresh’s imprisonment. With the story being published, players are now more confident than ever that Senna will be the next champion to join the Summoners Rift. By the lore, for one last time, Lucian went on a journey through the Shadow Isles to reach Thresh, the spirit that condemned …

Bjergsen remains with Team SoloMid, returns to LCS stage in 2020 Nina Forneloza League of Legends Team SoloMid, one of the most popular and successful esports brands in the world, has announced the resigning of Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg as mid laner for their League of Legends team. Bjergsen will remain the team’s mid laner through the end of 2021, and he will become the first player in the LCS to have an ownership stake in his team. There was some debate as to whether Bjergsen would …

Zenyatta walks in upcoming Overwatch Halloween Terror event Steven Rondina News Dr. Junkenstein is returning to Overwatch once again. Blizzard has announced the dates for Halloween Terror 2019. The event will run from October 15 to November 4. The Overwatch Halloween Terror event typically runs from mid-October through early November. It is largely built around Junkenstein’s Revenge, a limited-time PVE game mode. The mode initially featured a team comprised of McCree, Soldier: 76, Ana, and Hanzo battling against waves of robotic …

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