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NBA 2K player oLARRY2K wins ESPY after gun shot recovery News NBA 2K player oLARRY2K wins ESPY after gun shot recovery By M Alzamora LEC Summer Split is the most viewed pro split since 2015 League of Legends LEC Summer Split is the most viewed pro split since 2015 By Nina Forneloza TSM and Logitech continue esports sponsorship agreement League of Legends TSM and Logitech continue esports sponsorship agreement By M Alzamora
Hainan province seeks to drive esports further in China News
Hainan province seeks to drive esports further in China William Davis Tencent and the government of Hainan province in China have announced a massive esports fund. Hainan province is determined to become the biggest esports destination in Asia. The local government announced a $145.6 million fund for esports developments in the province. The announcement took place during the Tencent Global Esports Summit. The island located in the southernmost point of China is looking to become a haven for esports. China is …
SK Telecom T1 return to LCK with crushing win over Hanwha League of Legends
SK Telecom T1 return to LCK with crushing win over Hanwha William Davis SK Telecom T1 might just be on a hot streak. The LCK spring champions destroyed Hanwha Life Esports in their return to the LCK and are climbing in the standings. The team returned to their league with the aggressive style they tinkered with at Rift Rivals 2019. In game one, SKT showed a new look with Lee “Effort” Sang-ho in the support role. Despite that tweak the team played a …
Latest Apex Legends patch takes aim at cheaters and leavers Apex Legends
Latest Apex Legends patch takes aim at cheaters and leavers Steven Rondina Developer Respawn Entertainment has heard fans’ complaints about Season 2 of Apex Legends and it are taking action. A new patch has dropped for the battle royale that addresses some of the issues and bugs players have experienced with the latest major update. The changes largely revolve around player interactions, with things like legend abilities and weapon attributes going untouched. Included in those changes are some fixes to abandon penalties …
Svennoss and The Fortnite Guy embroiled in dramatics, accusations Fortnite
Svennoss and The Fortnite Guy embroiled in dramatics, accusations Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Sven “Svennoss” Edelenbosch has called out The Fornite Guy for the misinformation he’s been spreading in his YouTube videos. Competitive Fortnite player Svennoss tweeted out a Reddit comment highlighting many wrongdoings of popular YouTuber Mykal, better known as The Fortnite Guy. The Fortnite Guy’s YouTube channel focuses on covering recent news and controversies in the Fortnite community, and it is through the channel that he has allegedly been intentionally spreading …
Dota 2 fans hate the TI9 Battle Pass Wrath of the Mo’rokai event Dota 2 Dota 2 fans hate the TI9 Battle Pass Wrath of the Mo’rokai event By gabhernandez Wraith and Nomad link in Apex Legends discussed by developers Apex Legends Wraith and Nomad link in Apex Legends discussed by developers By Olivia Richman Young streamer zyITV raises thousands for father’s cancer treatment Fortnite Young streamer zyITV raises thousands for father’s cancer treatment By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
Dr. Disrespect admits that his director was kicked out on the street News
Dr. Disrespect admits that his director was kicked out on the street Olivia Richman Many people have been following Guy “Dr. Disrespect” Beahm’s journey ever since the Twitch personality was banned from the streaming platform for filming in a bathroom at E3. They watched him reactivate his Twitch account. They read his apology. And then over 73,000 viewers tuned in for his first official streaming session since the month-long ban. But while many fans have been on the edge of their seats wondering what …
MiBR and coldzera turn to psychologist to fix internal issues Counter-Strike
MiBR and coldzera turn to psychologist to fix internal issues Nina Forneloza Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team MiBR has hired a psychologist to try and resolve some internal issues within the team. The hiring was confirmed by Epitacio “TACO” de Melo on Twitter. MiBR clearly has some internal issues that need to be addressed. Their recent performances have been poor, with the Brazilian team having been one of the first teams eliminated from the recent ESL One Cologne event. Following that event, star …
Natus Vincere headed to The International 2019 after CIS qualifier win News
Natus Vincere headed to The International 2019 after CIS qualifier win Steven Rondina Natus Vincere is heading to The International 2019. The fan favorite organization navigated a crowded CIS qualifier field, surviving a treachorous trip through the lower bracket, in order to punch a ticket to Shanghai. They earned their spot with an impressive sweep of Winstrike Team in the grand finals. The first game was looking like a rough one for Na’Vi. A strong laning phase from Winstrike mid Zaur “Cooman” Shakhmurzaev …
BLAST Pro Series defends move to smaller, more expensive CSGO venue Counter-Strike
BLAST Pro Series defends move to smaller, more expensive CSGO venue Olivia Richman Despite backlash from fans, BLAST Pro Series director of product and experience Nicolas Estrup is confident that its upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event will be a great experience thanks to a late change of venue.  Originally to be held at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center, the BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles CSGO event will now be held in a smaller space in Oakwood, California. While fans who purchased …
Misfits and Outerstuff launch new line of esports apparel Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Misfits Gaming and Outerstuff are partnering up to launch a line of esports and gaming apparel. CEO and co-founder of Misfits Ben Spoont has said that even though esports has a large and passionate fanbase, the fanbase doesn’t yet have the needed availability of licensed apparel worldwide. “As a team owner myself, I’ve experienced firsthand the many issues relating to designing, manufacturing, and distributing the apparel that fans are clamoring …
Air Strikes are up for debate days before Fortnite World Cup Olivia Richman Fortnite If there’s one thing Epic Games doesn’t shy away from, it’s completely changing Fortnite’s meta right before, and sometimes during, major esports tournaments.  An Air Strike weapon was introduced in the game’s most recent update. Players can clear out areas with a simple toss, since Air Strike does 75 damage per hit to players and a whopping 200 damage to structures. With each Air Strike sending 20 bombs to the chosen …
Fortnite edges CSGO for biggest esports prizes halfway through 2019 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike Fortnite esports has shared the highest prize pool thus far in 2019, followed by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and League of Legends. According to Esports Earnings’ data, Fortnite had a total prize pool of $14,723,414.67 through 179 tournaments featuring over 1,500 players. Each of the Fortnite World Cup 2019 qualifier weeks has added a million dollars to the prize pool, and $3 million was added through the Fortnite Celebrity …
Counter Logic Gaming beats TSM for first time since 2016 William Davis League of Legends Counter Logic Gaming has finally broken its losing streak against Team SoloMid. During week five of the 2019 LCS Summer Split, CLG put an end to its three-year losing streak against the team, 1,176 days after the run began. The victory came in large part thanks to excellent performances from jungler Raymond “Wiggily” Griffin and mid laner Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage. The rivalry between CLG and TSM is an old one, …
Sentinels become world first Apex Predator rank in Apex Legends M Alzamora Apex Legends The Sentinels have the honor of being known as the world’s first team to reach the status of Apex Predators in Apex Legends Season 2. Nathan “Retzi” Telen, Jared “Zombs” Gitlin, and newcomer Adam “senoxe” Lau achieved the feat. Apex Predator is the highest point of the ladder in the battle royale game’s new ranked queue. Getting there requires a player to earn over 1,000 Ranked Points, or “RP.” In …
Apex Legends bug allows safe entrance into leviathan legs M Alzamora Apex Legends Apex Legends players have unearthed a glitch that allows one to hide inside the leg of a leviathan, the big monsters that invaded the King’s Canyon map as part of Season 2. Players can stay inside as long as they want while the leviathan repeatedly stomps the ground, trying to catch anyone who looks to snag the loot beneath its foot. The bug was uncovered by a user on Reddit. …
Air Strikes will change Fortnite meta weeks before World Cup Steven Rondina Fortnite Fortnite added a big new feature and pro players won’t have much opportunity to adjust to it. The third update to version 9.30 has arrived and though the list of changes is short, it includes the devastating new Air Strike weapon. The addition of a new weapon may not be surprising, but the fact it comes just two weeks ahead of the Fortnite World Cup raises an eyebrow. The Air …
Dr. Disrespect returns to Twitch, draws big viewership numbers M Alzamora News Guy “Dr. Disrespect” Beahm returned to Twitch after a two-week ban kept his stream sidelined, and thousands of fans tuned in to see what would happen.  Over 73,000 viewers tuned in for the start of Dr. Disrespect’s epic return. That number subsided throughout the stream, however, with Doc averaging around 35,000 viewers for the remainder. A heaping of fan support and adoration overshadowed any doubts that Dr. Disrespect could recover …
Female Smash player Bocchi bullied into hiding after defeating Ally Olivia Richman News Just a few days after beating Elliot Bastien “Ally” Carroza-Oyaarce in a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament, Bocchi decided she was never playing the game again.  The 15-year-old Isabelle main took a break from streaming and competing and started using social media less in an attempt to avoid the Smash community. Because after beating Ally, arguably the best Snake player in the world, Bocchi was getting harassed.  “The worst of …
Mangachu and Dafran face off on Torbjorn at Homestand Weekend Olivia Richman News Even though the Toronto Defiant didn’t play in the Atlanta Homestand Weekend, newly signed Liam “Mangachu” Campbell expressed his excitement over the weekend’s festivities. That’s because the notorious Torbjorn main would be facing Atlanta Reign’s ex-DPS master Daniel “Dafran” Francesca in a Torbjorn 1v1.  The Torbjorn Hammer 1v1 had the two Torb enthusiasts facing off to see who was the best hammer-weilding Scandinavian. While Torbjorn’s Overload ability was still available, rules stated …
TI9 qualifiers see Gambit Esports player rage quit after gank Steven Rondina Dota 2 Gambit Esports’ flop in the qualifiers to The International 2019 was even worse than fans originally thought. During a group stage showdown with Winstrike Team, Gambit core player Andrey “Afoninje” Afonin called an abrupt end to the game, giving the victory to Winstrike. The GG call was immediately labeled as a rage quit by the casters covering the game and judging from a social media post from Gambit, those suspicions …
WePlay Dota Underlords Open joins growing auto battler event list Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Dota 2 WePlay! Esports has announced its first Dota Underlords open tournament. The WePlay! Dota Underlords Open tournament will have a prize pool of $15,000 for which the players will compete in a round robin format. Open qualifiers will be hosted in Europe and North America starting July 27, while the main event will begin on August 1. Each round players will be split into groups of eight, and the top four …

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