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Counter-Strike EliGE wins year supply of Chipotle for IEM Chicago MVP award By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Top-down Counter-Strike riff now playable as custom Dota 2 game mode By Steven Rondina Dota 2 The International 2019 beats $30 million mark for prize pool By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

Misfits suffer item shop issue during LEC match, Riot responds Olivia Richman An item shop mishap may have lost Misfits their game against Splyce during Week 5 of the LEC Summer Split. At the 12:30 mark of the game, Misfits called for a pause when AD carry Matus “Neon” Jakubcik sold his Essence Reaver, one of his finished items, instead of selling a health pot. It was clearly done in error but Neon and Misfits believed that the error came on the …

League of Legends

Zeyzal thinks Cloud9 can beat Team Liquid in Summer Split finals Olivia Richman Cloud9 had a dominant game against 100 Thieves today. This latest victory helped Cloud9 maintain their second-place record in the standings. The only team above them in the standings is Team Liquid. Cloud9’s support, Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam, thinks his team has a chance to bring Liquid down this season. WIN.gg spoke with Zeyzal after the match to discuss his team’s greatest strengths and their goals for the summer.  How did the win …

Counter-Strike

NRG Esports earns spot in StarLadder Berlin Major, win Americas Minor Syed Mujtaba Naqvi NRG Esports won first place in the Americas Minor and has successfully qualified for StarLadder Berlin Major 2019. The North American organization will begin its journey at the event in the New Challengers Stage after a convincing win over INTZ Esports. NRG has been the standout performer of the minors to this point, not losing a single map while playing against a long list of formidable Brazilian teams including Team …

Counter-Strike

Fnatic out of Berlin Major after Europe Minor loss to CR4ZY Steven Rondina Fnatic will not be heading to the StarLadder Berlin Major. The legendary Swedish organization has been on a skid through much of 2019, but things hit a new low at the Europe Minor. Despite a solid performance in the group stage, Fnatic was the first team ejected from the playoffs which means they won’t be showing up in Berlin. Fnatic started the event strong with a 2-0 run through their …

Counter-Strike ESL declares Mtn Dew Game Fuel official beverage of IEM, EPL, ESL One By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi News Overwatch developers discuss 2-2-2 lock and role queue beta season By Fariha Bhatti League of Legends Griffin players reach the top five in the Korean LoL server By William Davis

League of Legends

G2 Esports destroys Excel Esports to take 1st in LEC Summer Split William Davis G2 Esports is in first place in the 2019 LEC Summer Split. The spring champions continue to live up to the high expectations fans pinned on them after winning the Mid-Season Invitational. The squad secured its spot atop the league at the midway point of the split with an impressive victory over Excel Esports. The match between the best and worst of the LEC was a quick affair. G2 settled …

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Blizzard co-founder steps down from company after 28 years William Davis Co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment Frank Pearce has retired after 28 years of service to the company he helped to build decades ago. Blizzard’s co-founder announced he was stepping down as the company’s Chief Development Officer in a statement released earlier today. Pearce thanked fellow founders Michael Morhaime and Allen Adham for the chance to create what has become one of the leading developers in the video game industry. “The time …

Fortnite

New Storm Scout rifle details leaked through Fortnite data mining M Alzamora Storm stragglers in Fortnite may soon find it even more difficult to survive. Data miners have uncovered an exotic new sniper rifle that could spoil their storm-exploring fun. Evidence of this “Storm Scout” sniper rifle exists within the game files for Fortnite Patch 9.40. There was no available description for the new rifle’s capabilities, but there is early speculation that the sniper rifle will make it easier to look into …

Apex Legends

Apex Legends 1.15 fixes Havoc bug, addresses crash issues M Alzamora Apex Legends version 1.15 fixes a bug that made the Havoc a viable gun to use even without its all-important accelerator attachment. The Havoc is an energy weapon that offers some of the meatiest pound-for-pound hits in the game. Its potency necessitates a tradeoff of a brief spin-up time before the gun fires its rounds. Players could get around the issue by quickly tapping the trigger six times to fire …

Dota 2 game abandons happen up to 20 percent of the time in some ranks gabhernandez Dota 2 An overwhelming number of players are abandoning Dota 2 games. Gosu.ai is an AI game trainer that helps gamers improve their mechanical skills. It developed an AI assistant that analyzes users’ in-game performance, shows the disparity of skills from each rank, and can compile some data from Dota 2 games. One of those data points is the rate of abandons and, according to Gosu, across over 50 million recorded games …

Teamfight Tactics beta pass chapter set to end, new chapter coming Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends The first chapter of the Teamfight Tactics beta pass will be expiring soon, while the next edition of the pass has been announced to come with patch 9.14. Riot Games has announced the end of the first beta pass chapter. Since the pass was available from the launch of TFT only on some servers while being delayed on others, it will also be ending at different dates and times for …

Team Liquid Impact in car accident, suffers neck injury William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-Young injured his neck after getting in a car accident in the late evening on July 18. Impact tweeted that night that the Uber he had been riding in crashed. An image of the wreck was included in the tweet, displaying the details of the collision. Impact’s Uber lies in the middle of the road with visible damage done to the right side of …

Overwatch hero Sigma might be leaked, and Jeff Kaplan comments Nina Forneloza News Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has reacted to the potential leak regarding the next champion to be added to the game, champion 31. He cryptically addressed the leak in an interview with former Overwatch League pro player Brandon “Seagull” Larned. The leak occurred on the Twitter profile of the Mexican Overwatch World Cup team. The tweet included an image which appears to show the career stats and the spread of …

Demacia Vice Garen and Lucian highlight new line of League skins Nina Forneloza League of Legends The latest series of skins to hit the Rift with patch 9.14 are the 80s-themed “Demacia Vice” skins. Lucian and Garen will be the first recipients of these new skins, adding to some already impressive options for both champions.  The name Demacia Vice is inspired by the television show Miami Vice, which ran between 1984 and 1990. The show featured two stylish detectives going undercover to fight drug trafficking in …

League of Legends broadcaster Jatt is returning to the LCS Nina Forneloza League of Legends League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced on Twitter that fan-favorite LCS color commentator Joshua “Jatt” Leesman has returned to broadcasting. The tweet included a short video showing Jatt walking into the LCS studio with the message “He’s back.” Jatt himself would confirm the post with a tweet of his own. “I’ll be back on the LCS full-time starting this Saturday. Casting the first 3 games,” Jatt said. There …

Misfits benches entire LEC team, promotes academy roster William Davis League of Legends Misfits Gaming has subbed out its entire roster. With the team sitting in ninth place in the LEC, the organization decided to replace the entire lineup ahead of week five in the 2019 LEC Summer Split with Misfits Premier taking over the main stage. The academy team is coming off a victory in the LFL, France’s League of Legends national tournament. In past weeks, Misfits tried different combinations of players to no avail …

MiBR helped at Berlin Major by late roster rule change Steven Rondina Counter-Strike StarLadder is helping out MiBR. According to a report by HLTV, the organizer behind the upcoming Berlin Major has rewritten the event’s roster rules. Though the change was not explicitly made to help MiBR, the news certainly has the look of the organizer giving one of the most popular teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive preferential treatment. Per HLTV, StarLadder amended the roster rules for the major to allow organizations to sub …

100 Thieves return to CSGO hinted at by Nadeshot Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 100 Thieves is flush with cash and looking to expand. Judging from a recent YouTube video from team owner Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, one of the team’s next endeavors is a return Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. During a recorded meeting with other 100 Thieves decisionmakers, Nadeshot flatly says as much, hinting that a comeback is imminent. After entering a meeting room, Nadeshot quips about the difficulties of vlogging while at company headquarters. …

Next Overwatch patch features buffs and nerfs preparing for 2-2-2 Fariha Bhatti News A number of upcoming hero changes are now being tested on the Overwatch PTR server.  The changes have been implemented to compliment the 2-2-2 role queue system that is due to hit live servers with patch 1.39.  A total of 10 heroes have been adjusted in preparation for the new matchmaking system that will be introduced to Overwatch in the next month.  Due to Brigitte’s dual nature as both a …

Dota 2 map put up for sale at next Midas Mode tournament gabhernandez Dota 2 Dota 2 meme lovers are hyped up. Midas Mode is coming back in September with Betway Midas Mode and MoonduckTV is exciting fans and partly bankrolling the event with “Sir Sadim’s Revenge,” a liquidation sale of the Dota 2 map and all its heroes. This serves as a donation drive for the event, allowing the community to sponsor different in-game elements through the event’s Indiegogo page. Past Midas Mode events …

The International battle pass briefly features offensive name William Davis Dota 2 It isn’t uncommon for esports players to have odd nicknames, but one Dota 2 pro might be taking things a bit too far. A Reddit user recently uploaded a screenshot to the Dota 2 subreddit featuring an opened TI player card which included one of Infamous’ latest additions to their roster, “k1 el cacha viejas de 26.” This roughly translates to “k1 the 26 year old women fucker.” Many other …

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