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League of Legends Lucian’s Homebound story hints towards Senna as new LoL champion By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Bjergsen remains with Team SoloMid, returns to LCS stage in 2020 By Nina Forneloza News Zenyatta walks in upcoming Overwatch Halloween Terror event By Steven Rondina

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G2 Esports destroys Cloud9, stays undefeated at LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis G2 Esports slaughtered Cloud9 to secure first place in Group A at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Fans were expecting an exciting showdown between the North American and European teams and they did not disappoint, despite a fairly predictable outcome. Both teams came into the stage with guns blazing ready to take down the opponent.   Before the match, C9 decided to start Robert “Blaber” Huang in the …

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Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked trailer shows new features, abilities Steven Rondina Fortnite fans have gotten a brief glimpse of the upcoming release of Fortnite Chapter 2. A 30-second trailer for the next battle pass was leaked, showing some of the new features that will arrive when Fortnite relaunches. The game was recently shut down to mark the ending of the highly controversial Season X. Epic Games has been aggressively taking down reposts of the leaked trailer, but fans of the game …

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Fortnite’s The End brings down Twitch before new season reveal Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Fortnite’s event “The End,” which turned the game and its features into a black hole, attracted so many viewers to Twitch that the platform experienced sudden and dramatic downtime. The last event of the Fortnite season X “The End” let players participate in what signalizes the end of Fortnite’s current iteration, taking the game down. Epic Games’ Fortnite server status is showing all of the Fortnite assets, from website to …

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Xmithie baron steal sparks Team Liquid comeback at LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis Jake “Xmithie” Puchero saved Team Liquid from an upset loss at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship with a crafty baron steal against ahq e-Sports Club. Xmithie is well-known for stealing the objectives from the enemies and walking away. The jungler added another big play to his highlight reel by saving his team from defeat and keeping Liquid in the hunt for first place in its group.   Before Xmithie’s play, Team …

League of Legends Nuclear shuts up haters, gets big win for Damwon at LoL Worlds 2019 By William Davis News Gamers for Freedom organizing BlizzCon protest to support Hong Kong By Olivia Richman League of Legends Riot hints at preseason changes leading up to LoL Season 10 By gabhernandez

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Fortnite seemingly shut down by Epic Games to end Season X Nina Forneloza Fortnite, the battle royale game that has become a worldwide phenomenon, is gone. At least for a little while. For the past few days, many Fortnite content creators have been sharing their thoughts on what the season 11 kickoff event would be. Though previous season-ending events were built up for weeks to a somewhat predictable conclusion, the only hint fans received on Fortnite Season X’s end was an ominous tweet …

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G2 Esports starts LoL Worlds 2019 run by crushing Griffin William Davis G2 Esports looked exceptional in its 2019 League of Legends World Championship debut. The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational champion struck again by completely dominating Griffin to kick things off for Group A. On paper, the match between the up-and-coming talent from the LCK and the experienced European juggernaut should have been a close one. In reality, G2 smashed Griffin in a game that was one-sided.   In the early game, Lee “Tarzan” …

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Rookie slays Team Liquid at LoL Worlds 2019, IG starts 2-0 William Davis Invictus Gaming got its revenge on Team Liquid at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship thanks to an outstanding performance by Song “Rookie” Eui-jin.  Invictus Gaming and Team Liquid previously met at the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. At the time, Team Liquid knocked IG out of the competition in the semifinals. That loss kicked off a rocky summer season for Invictus Gaming, but the reigning World Champion seems to be back …

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Faker backdoors SKT to victory over RNG at LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok guided SK Telecom T1 to victory against Royal Never Give Up with a surprising backdoor play. The team remains undefeated at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. The LCK champion is dominating the competition in its return to the international stage. SKT is making a case for themselves as the favorites to win the tournament. In the group stage, the team continues to dominate the competition with an …

EternaLEnVy banned for toxic behavior, pleasing many Dota 2 fans Olivia Richman Dota 2 The latest victim of Dota 2’s new, more aggressive banning system is pro player Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao.  The controversial Canadian Dota 2 player had one of his accounts banned after months of poor behavior, thanks to “excessive reports, failing to ready-up, and abandoning.” This offense has led to a six-month ban for EternaLEnVy.  He saw the message appear on-screen shortly after exiting a ranked game and seemed inexplicably stunned by the news. “What?” …

Linguist believes Chinese authors wrote Blizzard HK statement Olivia Richman News Blizzard’s president J. Allen Brack released a statement regarding the company’s decision to ban Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung from their Heartstone tournaments and take back his winnings after the player made a political statement in favor of Hong Kong’s liberation.  But not everyone appreciated the sentiment. In fact, some are even saying it’s not written by Brack at all, but is instead written by Chinese authors.  A linguist and esports graphic designer …

Riot clarifies stance on political statements ahead of Worlds 2019 Nina Forneloza League of Legends John Needham, the global head of League of Legends esports, has released an announcement about political statements made during League of Legends broadcasts. The biggest League of Legends tournament of the year has just gotten underway. The 2019 League of Legends World Championship kicked off with two former world champions facing off as Fnatic fell to SK Telecom T1. Needham’s statement addressed the start of Worlds, saying he wanted to …

The most common 2019 LoL Worlds Pick’Em predictions revealed Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends With the LoL Worlds 2019 Main Event underway, the group stage Pick’em predictions are now locked. Reddit user u/LoLNamesGG shared some interesting statistics regarding this, revealing the most common setups players have for each of the four groups. Over 420,000 Pick’em predictions were analyzed, which showed that fans are favoring G2 Esports, FunPlus Phoenix, SK Telecom T1, and Invictus Gaming to come out on top of their respective groups.   Group A has a strong favorite in G2, …

Hearthstone caster quits over Blizzard’s ban of pro-Hong Kong player Nina Forneloza News Activision Blizzard has lost one of its most well-known American casters. Hearthstone caster Nathan “Admirable” Zamora is leaving the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament behind over the recent controversy surrounding Blizzard. In a statement posted on Twitter, Admirable confirmed that he is not only stepping away from the Grandmasters season, but will also not be attending the Masters Tour in Bucharest or Blizzcon. “This is my passion. This pursuit has been my …

J Team gets huge upset win over FunPlus Phoenix in LoL Worlds 2019 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Surprises were expected in the 2019 League of Legends Worlds Championship but even so, this is a bit of a shock. The LMS’s J Team took a win against Group B favorites and LPL first seed FunPlus Phoenix, and in dominant fashion. JT began pressuring FPX’s lanes early in the game, but FPX knew how to respond. They drew first blood and rotated to take the first Dragon. The early game continued with …

Blizzard reduces blitzchung punishment, denies China influence Nina Forneloza News Blizzard has officially returned Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai’s prize money and reduced his professional ban to six months instead of one year. The company also announced a reduced ban for the commentators from the event. Blitzchung was punished for his post-game interview comments in support of the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Since then, Blizzard employees have staged walkouts while members of the gaming and esports communities have released …

Doublelift gets first quadra kill at Worlds 2019, Liquid beats Damwon William Davis League of Legends Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng got the first quadra kill of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Doublelift and Team Liquid won their first match at Worlds in style, at the expense of Damwon Gaming. Group D is probably the most competitive group at Worlds, as all four teams have a realistic chance of advancing to the next stage. That showed earlier in the day as ahq e-Sports Club proved that they can …

Riot tries to explain hesitance to name Hong Kong Attitude at Worlds William Davis League of Legends Riot Games is attempting to distance themselves from controversy as the company explains their reasoning for seemingly censoring casters from using the phrase “Hong Kong.” Worlds 2019 casters seem to be avoiding referring to the pro team Hong Kong Attitude by their full title and instead are using their abbreviation HKA. Some in the LoL community believe this is because Riot Games is owned by Tencent. Tencent is a Chinese …

Faker debuts at LoL Worlds 2019 with perfect KDA, SKT beats Fnatic William Davis League of Legends The unkillable demon king is back! Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok debuted at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship with a perfect KDA. SK Telecom T1 started its World Championship run with a dominant victory over Fnatic. During the broadcast, the analysts predicted that Fnatic would take the game considering how little time SKT had to prepare in the European server. They didn’t anticipate the power of the three-time world champion …

cajunb returns to Danish side North as valde is rumored for OG Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team North has signed René “cajunb” Borg to replace Valdemar “valde” Vangså as the latter player is now benched. North has announced that cajunb, who played for the team’s original roster in 2017, is coming back to the team after he split paths with them in February of last year. While away from North, cajunb represented OpTic Gaming and later Cloud9 for a short period of time. …

LoL Worlds 2019 main event groups schedule, highlight matches William Davis League of Legends The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is hours away. The biggest League of Legends competition of the year is set to start on October 12 with the main event group stage. Fnatic and SK Telecom T1 will be responsible for kicking off the tournament, followed by a clash Royal Never Give Up and Clutch Gaming. The group stage is a double round-robin that will run from October 12 through October …

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