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League of Legends
Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth
Jared Wynne
The Chiefs are hitting the big time. The Oceanic esports scene is recognized as being among the fastest-growing and most dedicated in the world. Within that scene, Chiefs is considered a household name. The Chiefs Esports Club, competing up until now under “Chiefs,” was founded in 2014 and has since been a staple across nearly every esport title in Australia. Their teams are four times Oceanic Pro League Champions in …
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Cloud9 gets crushed by G2 Esports to start Rift Rivals 2019
William Davis
G2 Esports started Rift Rivals 2019 with a win. The Mid-Season Invitational champions continue to dominate the international stage, kicking off the event with a convincing victory over Cloud9. The win kicked off what was a strong day one for the LEC side. Prior to the event, the G2 players hinted that they would utilize unorthodox picks and strategies. They delivered on their promise and showed the flexibility of the …
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Reigning OWL MVP JJoNaK gets special Zenyatta skin in his honor
William Davis
New York Excelsior support Bang “JJoNak” Seong-hyun has received a legendary Overwatch skin. Overwatch is rewarding the inaugural Overwatch League season’s MVP with a skin for his signature hero, Zenyatta. Arnold Tsang, assistant art director for Overwatch, and Marisa Palumbo, senior producer for Overwatch Esports, were in charge of working on the project with JJoNak. The team took into consideration JJoNak’s fashion sense, personal preferences, and his love for octopus. …
League of Legends
Kold and Patrik talk lane swaps, win over TSM, the rise of the LEC
Olivia Richman
European League of Legends teams have come to Los Angeles to prove that they’re the region to beat. The first day of Rift Rivals: NA vs EU was quite one-sided by the time Origen easily defeated Team SoloMid. But Origen didn’t want to win doing the same old thing. They took Rift Rivals as an opportunity to try out some brand new strategies, and they seemed to pay off immediately. …
Counter-Strike
LUCAS1 to MiBR, felps to Luminosity in Brazilian CSGO player swap
Jared Wynne
Brazilian rostermania is underway as MIBR has traded João “felps” Vasconcellos for Luminosity Gaming’s Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles. The star riflers will be swapped with immediate effect and on a temporary basis. Rifler felps will be joining Luminosity Gaming after his brief return to the MIBR organization in January. Since then, MIBR has failed to rekindle the flame the team once had when it played under the Luminosity and SK Gaming …
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Fissure seemingly confirms 2-2-2 role lock coming to Overwatch League
gabhernandez
Chan-hyung “Fissure” Baek, formerly of the Seoul Dynasty, has seemingly confirmed rumors that a 2/2/2 role lock is coming to Overwatch League. On his stream, Fissure said, “I’m retired now so I’ll say it. Next stage, four, 2-2-2 lock is confirmed.” The Seoul Dynasty recently revealed that they had mutually agreed to let Fissure out of his contract. The former main tank then took the opportunity during one of his …
Dota 2
Battle pass weekend sale brings levels and immortal treasures
gabhernandez
Valve has released the long awaited Battle Level and Treasure Bundle. After a few weeks without new battle pass content, players began to grow impatient in waiting for Valve to release something new. The game developer recently released the Dark Willow announcer pack along with expected release dates for Immortal Treasure II and the Wrath of Morokai special event. However, battle pass owners were surprised to receive more good news …
League of Legends
Rap Rivals has NA and EU face off before Rift Rivals tournament
Olivia Richman
Although Rift Rivals doesn’t start until tomorrow, NA and EU are already duking it out in the form of an old school rap battle. The two regions were represented by hard hitting commentators who had some flow to dish out, along with some epic burns. For those of you still recovering from H1ghsky1’s Turner “Tfue” Tenney diss (click at your own risk), this may be just the medicine you need …
Riot Games partners with Nielsen to provide advanced sponsorship data
Fariha Bhatti
League of Legends
Consumer insights platform Nielsen has announced a new partnership with developer Riot Games that will see the company track sponsorship valuations and return on investment across multiple League of Legends competitions. Nielsen will be measuring brand exposure for sponsors across both the LCS and LEC throughout 2019 and 2020, as well as at international events such as the annual World Championship, the Mid-Season Invitational, and the All-Star event. Select Asian …
Fissure announces surprise retirement from professional Overwatch
gabhernandez
News
Chan-hyung “Fissure” Baek is retiring from Overwatch, the Seoul Dynasty has revealed. Fissure’s surprise retirement comes in the middle of Stage 3 and shortly after a written statement about taking a break to figure out how to move forward in his Overwatch career. His options were to take a break and come back in Stage 4, or retire from the game altogether. His statement mentioned burnout and losing his passion …
Copenhagen Flames victorious as WINNERS League Season 2 concludes
Jared Wynne
Counter-Strike
Copenhagen Flames has won WINNERS League Season 2’s European league, besting Nemiga Gaming in the grand final. The theme of the finals series was Nemiga’s inability to carry forward its momentum after getting off to hot starts. The first map of Inferno saw Nemiga Gaming open up an early 6-1 lead on the map’s T side. Copenhagen Flames’ defense snapped back to attention in the eighth round and remained resilient …
OG, TNC, Keen gaming qualify for TI, one more spot still up for grabs
Fariha Bhatti
Dota 2
As the Epicenter Major heads to its closing stages, the final direct invitations to The International 9 are being decided as teams are knocked out of contentention. OG, TNC, and Keen Gaming have all secured direct invitations to The International in the past few days of play, with the final direct invite still in play. TNC was the first team to claim one of the four spots at TI that …
ana carries OG past Team Secret, upsetting top Dota Pro Circuit team
gabhernandez
Dota 2
The top seed of the Dota Pro Circuit rankings has been eliminated by the reigning TI8 Champions. Team Secret’s dominance during the group stage did not translate to a good run in the playoffs. After Team Secret was bumped off from the upper bracket by Virtus.pro, the team suffered another disappointing series in the lower bracket. In an elimination series, Team Secret fought for its tournament life against TI8 champions …
Liquid POACH retires from competitive Fortnite, focuses on content
William Davis
Fortnite
One of competitive Fortnite’s brightest stars has announced his retirement. Jake “POACH” Brumleve of Team Liquid fame announced that he would be moving on from competing in Fortnite through his Twitch channel. POACH will still create Fortnite content, and the battle royale title is sure to continue to be the majority focus of his streams. However, he’ll now mix in some other games in addition to Fortnite. POACH also echoed …
Top ranked player Revenge declares intent to go pro in the LCS
Fariha Bhatti
League of Legends
Moe “Revenge” Kaddoura is one of the best League of Legends players in North America, and now he is looking to take his skills to the LCS stage for the first time. Revenge is currently ranked 26th on the North American ranked ladder, a higher rank than those held by most of the current LCS players. He is also undoubtedly one of the most mechanically skilled players in the region, …
Battle Pass owners receive Dark Willow announcer pack, more content
Fariha Bhatti
Dota 2
Valve has released the Dark Willow announcer pack to Dota 2 players who have purchased the TI9 Battle Pass and levelled it to level 75 or higher. The announcer pack features Dota 2 hero Dark Willow giving her take on what is happening in the game, replacing the default game announcer and mega-kill announcer. As is the case with other announcer packs, players have the option to just use the …
Teamfight Tactics is live in North America and Europe on June 26
Steven Rondina
League of Legends
The staggered launch of Teamfight Tactics has hit North American shores. Riot Games’ take on the rapidly growing Auto Chess genre is now available for fans in North America, Oceania, and Japan. The game will also soon hit Europe and Russia. Though the game has now launched and is available for players to try out, a number of restrictions have been made in order to prevent server issues. Riot put …
Respawn Entertainment offers more hints for Apex Legends Season 2
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends
Apex Legends fans are already hard at work deciphering the most recent teaser for the game’s highly anticipated second season. Revealed in the form of a tweet, developers Respawn Entertainment showed off a “service report” for the much talked about Repulsor Tower location of Kings Canyon. The teaser states that there’s been an issue with the location described as a “wildlife intrusion” of the area. This led to “standard wear …
Dr. Disrespect Twitch channel restored following ban at E3
Steven Rondina
Apex Legends
Dr. Disrespect is back in action. After being scrubbed from Twitch earlier this month, the mustachioed streamer’s channel has returned to the platform. After two weeks of displaying the dreaded “unless you’ve got a time machine, that content is unavailable” error message, Dr. Disrespect’s channel has been restored, fully intact. Fans awaiting his returned spotted the reappearance and quickly celebrated in chat with many gifting subs to help rebuild his …
Iranian LoL players blocked amidst international tensions
gabhernandez
League of Legends
Due to political and economic sanctions placed by the current administration in the United States, Iranian League of Legends players are having their IP addresses blocked from the game, making it nearly impossible to play on nearby servers. In the past month, the nation of Iran has increased its production of nuclear fuel. This increase in production has been done in defiance of a nuclear deal signed in 2015. The …
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