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Overwatch concept artist reveals why new hero Sigma has bare feet News Overwatch concept artist reveals why new hero Sigma has bare feet By Olivia Richman Splyce Gaming celebrates Christopher Street Day with rainbow jerseys League of Legends Splyce Gaming celebrates Christopher Street Day with rainbow jerseys By Nina Forneloza Bdosin wants London Spitfire to win every match in Stage 4 News Bdosin wants London Spitfire to win every match in Stage 4 By Olivia Richman
Former NiP staff join chorus of CSGO players in criticizing team News
Former NiP staff join chorus of CSGO players in criticizing team Steven Rondina It isn’t just former players that are airing grievances with Ninjas in Pyjamas. Following accusations of exploitative contracts and lost wages from a number of former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players, a group of former staff members have opened up on their own ugly dealings with the organization. The individuals worked with the company at different times in various roles, but the accusations are explosive all the same. More importantly, their …
Boombl4 hints he had $95,000 stolen from him by former team Counter-Strike
Boombl4 hints he had $95,000 stolen from him by former team Steven Rondina Recent revelations made by Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson are sparking other Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players to come forward on their own unfortunate dealings with esports organizations. Current Natus Vincere player Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov stated on Twitter that $95,000 was “stolen” from him by an unspecified party. He goes on to list a pair of dates which mark the beginning and end of his days with the Quantum Bellator Fire. He remained …
G2 Esports beat Origen, look unstoppable in the 2019 LEC Summer Split League of Legends
G2 Esports beat Origen, look unstoppable in the 2019 LEC Summer Split William Davis G2 Esports seems unstoppable in the 2019 LEC Summer Split. The Spring champions destroyed Origen in a quick game that hurt their place in the standings and may have shaken their confidence moving forward. The win also adds to Origen’s eight-game active losing streak against G2. Top laner Martin “Wunder” Hansen locked in his first Kled of the season. This champion received some buffs in Patch 9.14 and is making a …
Airwaks and RL Grime become two-time Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am champs Fortnite
Airwaks and RL Grime become two-time Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am champs Steven Rondina Karim “Airwaks” Benghalia and musician RL Grime are Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am champions once again. The duo came out on top of the Fortnite World Cup’s installment of the event, winning $1 million for charity following a four-game series. With the victory, they became the first two-time Celebrity Pro-Am champions following their previous first-place finish at the second installment of the event, which took place in June.   Game one started …
South Korea reveals Overwatch World Cup roster full of stars News South Korea reveals Overwatch World Cup roster full of stars By William Davis Pathfinder’s voice actor on working Apex Legends, next Respawn game Apex Legends Pathfinder’s voice actor on working Apex Legends, next Respawn game By Olivia Richman Epic reverses course after denying warm-up time at Fortnite World Cup Fortnite Epic reverses course after denying warm-up time at Fortnite World Cup By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
Teamfight Tactics 9.14B nerfs assassins, buff sorcerors, and more League of Legends
Teamfight Tactics 9.14B nerfs assassins, buff sorcerors, and more M Alzamora Teamfight Tactics has gotten another update following the release of patch 9.14. This one is 9.14B, and it brings further balance tweaks and bug fixes to the game. Assassin and Elementalist are getting slight hits, while Wild and Sorcerer will receive some love to bring them more in line with other traits.  Beginning with Assassin, Riot Games is taking the tier-one critical strike damage bonus down from 150% to 125%. …
New Cloud9 player TenZ demonstrates skill in record aim challenge Counter-Strike
New Cloud9 player TenZ demonstrates skill in record aim challenge M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro and new Cloud9 addition Tyson “TenZ” Ngo shattered the world record for an aim challenge in the game. He set the mark at 28.16 seconds during a recent stream after over 20 minutes of trying. It’s a difficult feat for any CSGO player. The aim challenge tasks you with locating and shooting groups of stationary targets in a series of rooms. Viewers cheered him on as …
LA Gladiator’s Void talks 2-2-2 role lock and new hero Sigma News
LA Gladiator’s Void talks 2-2-2 role lock and new hero Sigma Olivia Richman The Los Angeles Gladiators defeated the New York Excelsior 3-1 on the first night of Overwatch League’s Stage 4. Unlike the NYXL, the Gladiators seem to have embraced the 2-2-2 role lock quite happily. Gladiators tank Jun-woo “Void” Kang was quick to say that their win was due to the team’s stellar DPS mains who finally had a chance to shine. WIN.gg spoke with the D.Va main about 2-2-2 lock’s affect …
Apex Legends art contest invites custom medal designs Apex Legends
Apex Legends art contest invites custom medal designs Olivia Richman Respawn Entertainment has announced an art contest that will help them finalize their Community Awards feature.  Since April, developers have been testing Reddit’s Community Awards feature, which allows subreddits to give out customized medals. The medals will be content specific to a subreddit’s culture and topic, and moderators can give out the medals as awards to posts or comments they deem worthy.  “Instead of us choosing all of the names …
Guangzhou’s Happy isn’t impressed with Carpe’s Widowmaker Olivia Richman News It’s safe to say the Guangzhou Charge are enjoying the 2-2-2 role lock after their win over Philadelphia Fusion on the first night of Stage 4. And nobody is probably enjoying it more than Jung-woo “Happy” Lee, a Widowmaker main who was feeling quite confident after the match.  Happy spoke with WIN.gg about what it takes to be a good Widowmaker, and why Jae-hyeok “Carpe” Lee isn’t as good as people say …
LEC partners with Prideletics to support The Trevor Project William Davis League of Legends The LEC is partnering up with Pridelectics to support The Trevor Project. The European League of Legends tournament announced a partnership with apparel brand Prideletics. 10% of the proceeds from the esports pride t-shirt sales will go to The Trevor Project. Riot Games partnered up with Prideletics back in June and it’s now expanding the collaboration all the way to Europe. The League of Legends esports Twitter account shared a …
SKT takes down Gen.G, extends winning streak in LCK Summer Split William Davis League of Legends SK Telecom T1 is on a six-game winning streak. The defending LCK champion started week seven with a decisive victory over Gen.G. Both squads have similar storylines in the LCK Summer Split, starting the season in forgettable fashion before kicking into gear in time to shoot for a spot in playoffs. In previous weeks, Gen.G defeated Griffin, SandBox Gaming, and Kingzone DragonX but the team couldn’t keep its momentum going …
ShaDowBurn talks 2-2-2 role lock, new metas, and playing Genji Olivia Richman News Paris Eternal was the first Overwatch League team to win a game in Stage 4. The expansion team defeated the Houston Outlaws 3-1 with the new 2-2-2 role lock.  One thing that not many expected, including Paris Eternal themselves, was an abundance of Mei. DPS specialist George “ShaDowBurn” Gushcha stuck with Mei on almost every map, which seemed to set the tone for the rest of the night’s matches.  WIN.gg sat …
Overwatch in-game sales generate more than $1 billion William Davis News Overwatch has surpassed the $1 billion mark from in-game purchases alone. According to a report by SuperData, Overwatch became the 64th game in industry history to generate over $1 billion from in-game content. Overwatch joins World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Hearthstone as the sixth title from Activision Blizzard to reach this goal.   It took Overwatch three years since its release date to generate $1 billion with its in-game content. …
Gen.G opens new training facility for CoD, Fortnite, and Apex teams William Davis Fortnite Gen.G has completed construction on a 13,000 square foot practice facility in Los Angeles. The facility will be home to the Gen.G Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Apex Legends teams. The Seoul Dynasty, and Overwatch League franchise also owned by Gen.G, will practice at the facility before moving to Korea for the upcoming third season of the OWL. It’s to be the first season in which teams will compete primarily …
Riot Games offers rewards to lapsed League of Legends players Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends League of Legends’ player base has been continuously growing over the years. However, this hasn’t stopped the game’s publisher, Riot Games, from offering rewards to encourage lapsed players to return. Although Riot hasn’t published official data on their active player base in recent years, analysts estimate the game has achieved 100 million active players this year alone. Regardless, Riot is now taking the initiative to bring inactive players back to …
New NiP jersey for The International 2019 draws ire from fans Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Dota 2 Esports organization Ninjas in Pyjamas has been the talk of the community for the past few days, and not for any good reasons. This time, it’s the organization’s new Dota 2 jersey that fans are laughing about. With The International 2019 coming soon, NiP has created a new jersey for its Dota 2 players. And while the design was supposed to represent a storm of fans’ energy and excitement incorporated …
sOAZ and GorillA leave Misfits amidst disappointing LEC season Nina Forneloza League of Legends Misfits Gaming have made dramatic roster changes to their League of Legends team with only four weeks to go in the 2019 Summer Split. The organization announced on Twitter that it was parting ways with veteran top laner Paul “sOAZ” Boyer and star Korean support player Kang “GorillA” Beom-hyun.  In a pair of tweets, Misfits thanked both players for their service and indicated that there was no bad blood. GorillA in …
Munchkin leaves Seoul Dynasty ahead of OWL Stage 4 William Davis News According to a tweet from Sang-beom “Munchkin” Byeon’s personal Twitter account, he and Overwatch League team Seoul Dynasty have mutually agreed to part ways.  Munchkin claims the departure from the team is due to “personal reasons” and not due to his ongoing wrist injury troubles. Munchkin also stated that he is not retiring, and will be angling to join another Overwatch League team in the future. Munchkin has played in …
Former NiP players join Fifflaren in critique, NiP responds Steven Rondina Counter-Strike The whole world seemed to hear Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson coming forward with the truth. The former Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike: Global Offensive star sat down with journalist Richard Lewis for a lengthy discussion on his time with the organization and some of the rough patches he encountered along the way. The interview touched on a number of topics including withheld earnings, absurd contract terms, and public controversies. Unsurprisingly, Fifflaren was …
MonteCristo reveals OWL teams almost unanimous in 2-2-2 approval M Alzamora News When it came time to weigh in on a rule change that would disrupt Overwatch League’s long-standing GOATS meta, the result among the league’s teams was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposition. Overwatch League commentator Christoper “MonteCristo” Mykles, who hasn’t been shy to cry for change, said in the latest OverSight podcast that nearly all OWL teams pushed for Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues to enforce a 2-2-2 role lock in …

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