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League of Legends
Mobile League of Legends reportedly in the works from Riot, Tencent
Fariha Bhatti
Riot Games and its parent company Tencent Holdings Ltd are working on a mobile version of League of Legends according to a report from Reuters. The report states that while the mobile version of LoL has been in the works for over a year, it still isn’t close to completion and is not expected to launch in 2019. This has supposedly been a long time coming, with Riot reportedly rejecting …
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Overwatch League collabs with Fanatics for confusing new apparel
Olivia Richman
Overwatch League’s newest official merch has the gaming community going, “What does this even mean?” The OWL has released a new line of official apparel through their continued partnership with Fanantics. The shirts start off normal enough with a team logo. But upon closer inspection, fans noticed that the accompanying text is a little confusing. The Washington Justice’s shirt reads, “Washington DC. [Hidden text] capital of the United States. Center …
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Overwatch Anniversary skins arrive for Winston, Mei, and more
Fariha Bhatti
The latest update to Overwatch has begun the latest Anniversary event for 2019, celebrating the third birthday of Overwatch. Event Brawls from all previous seasonal events are available to play during the Anniversary event, and all seasonal skins have temporarily been unlocked for purchase. This year, a total of 11 new skins have been introduced for the event. This is up from the standard of nine that has been seen …
Counter-Strike
Winners League Season 2 playoffs schedule and format announced
Steven Rondina
The Winners League Season 2 playoffs are just around the corner. Starting in June, teams from the five Winners League Season 2 divisions will begin competing in best-of-three series play in single elimination tournaments for their share of over $46,000 in prize money. The tournaments will run side-by-side and end June 23. Teams are afforded the same scheduling tools during the group stages, but must complete their games within allotted …
Fortnite
Fortnite teams up with Jordan brand for new Downtown Drop LTM
Olivia Richman
Fortnite’s latest collaboration is a bit different for the insanely popular battle royale. Season 9 brought Fortnite players John Wick-inspired skins, map locations, and challenges. Before that, there was the Avengers: Endgame crossover, complete with a Thanos-themed battle royale with Infinity Stone power-ups. But this time, Fortnite isn’t teaming up with a blockbuster movie or a superhero. This time, Epic’s insanely successful title is teaming up with Jordan, the world’s …
League of Legends
State Farm Insurance to continue with Riot Games as sponsor
William Davis
According to multiple reports, insurance company State Farm has re-signed an expanded sponsorship deal with Riot Games, one that will take the partnership international. The deal will now also extend through 2021. The renewed partnership will expand the events that State Farm will be present at, including the LCS, the 2019 League of Legends World Championships, and the League of Legends College Championships. State Farm began its partnership with Riot …
Dota 2
The International 2019 ticket sale dates are announced, prices are up
gabhernandez
Tickets to the most-awaited event of the year’s Dota 2 calendar will be made available on May 24. This year’s The International will take place in the Asian region for the first time. From 2011 to 2017, the biggest esports tournament in the world was held in Seattle, Washington. Last year, Valve took the event outside of the United States and brought it to fans in Vancouver, Canada. Now, The …
League of Legends
G2 vs Liquid at MSI has big implications for 2019 World Championship
Nina Forneloza
G2 Esports faced and defeated Team Liquid, led by tournament MVP Rasmus “Caps” Winther, to win the 2019 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational. In doing so they became the first Western team to win the event since its inception in 2015. The event was stacked with international talent, and the NA vs EU final was made all the more impressive by the route each team took through the semifinals. Team …
Apex Legends saw a significant decrease in earnings last month
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends
After months of game-breaking bugs, little communication, and an excessive amount of cheaters, Respawn Entertainment is finally seeing the consequnces of Apex Legend’s many issues. According to SuperData Research, Apex Legends is no longer in the top earning list of console and PC titles. While the battle royale managed to generate $24 million last month, that was just one quarter of the sales Apex Legends had when it launched in …
Cache map update nearing completion according to creator FMPONE
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
The reboot of popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map Cache is nearing completion. Map designer FMPONE released an update on his progress in redesigning the stage. Judging from his post, there are just a few areas left that need to be overhauled before it can be rolled out in full. According to FMPONE’s post, the only areas left to tweak are the T-side pathways towards the bombsites including A main, squeaky …
Gambit Esports dissolving CS:GO team, puts players up for trade
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Gambit Esports is performing a hard reboot on its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division. The former major winning organization has outlined its plans to withdraw from CS:GO for the immediate future. Gambit is planning to transfer its remaining players and put together a new team at some point later in 2019. “Over the past two months we’ve been conducting a series of negotiations, however, a suitable combination of players hasn’t formed …
Valve bows to CS:GO pros and tweaks Vertigo, changes Danger Zone
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Valve has heard the complaints of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s pro players and has changed things accordingly. Following resoundingly negative reactions to the latest iteration of Vertigo, the CS:GO development team has rolled out a patch that provides some major changes to the new map. The tweaks are entirely made around the A bombsite, which has become a source of frustration among the pro community. The overhaul introduces a number of …
FlyQuest announces the new Women’s Flightwear clothing line
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Women’s esport apparel has been a bit lackluster to date, but FlyQuest is looking to change that. Announced earlier today, the FlyQuest Women’s Flightwear line offers a sports bra, leggings, crop hoodie, lounge shorts, a baseball tee, and a crop top for female fans. These unique clothing items were designed by women who work at FlyQuest, led by COO Tricia Sugita. The shapes and colors are new to the esports …
Toronto Defiant add two players following ugly Stage 2 of OWL
Steven Rondina
News
The Toronto Defiant are adding to their stable of tank players. The organization announced the addition of Daniel “Gods” Graeser and Normunds “sharyk” Faterins to the lineup. They step in for flex and tank duties respectively after being promoted from Toronto’s Overwatch Contenders team, the Montreal Rebellion. The addition of Gods and Sharyk is sudden. Though the Rebellion has been a solid team in Overwatch Contenders’ North America East division, …
Overwatch update brings with it Workshop mode and Anniversary event
Fariha Bhatti
News
A new Overwatch patch has been released and is now available on all platforms. Patch 1.36 introduced the start of the latest seasonal event and the new Workshop feature. The Workshop is a new gameplay feature for Overwatch that allows players to create their own game modes and rules. The new game mode, simply titled the Workshop, is a modification tool that allows players to adapt and change in-game rules …
JJoNak of New York Excelsior has top selling OWL Stage 2 jersey
Olivia Richman
News
New York Excelsior’s flex support Bang “JJoNak” Seong-hyun was recently revealed to have the top selling jersey for Stage 2 of the Overwatch League’s second season. In a recent tweet, Overwatch League’s clothing manufacturer Fanatics revealed the top seven best selling jerseys from Stage 2. On the top of the list was JJoNak, who had taken the number one spot from Atlanta Reign’s former DPS star, Daniel “Dafran” Francesca. …
Valve announces development of standalone Dota Auto Chess game
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Valve wants to make its own version of Dota Auto Chess, and it’s willing to do so with or without the game’s original developers. The publisher announced on the official Dota 2 blog that a standalone version of the popular game mod is now in development. Interestingly, Valve announced it is doing so with the blessing of original designer Drodostudio, but not with its help. “In February we flew the …
First sale at Epic Games store botched, users locked for buying games
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Epic Games is not making it easy for new users of its storefront to give the company money. The company’s Epic Games Store ran one of its first “mega sale” events, giving gamers the opportunity to stock up on games at a steep discount. The problem? If players bought too many games at once, they immediately had their accounts frozen. The issue was discussed by a number of users on …
Spanish organization cuts CS:GO team after match fixing scandal
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
One of Spain’s top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams is no more. According to a statement on the organization’s website, Team Queso has officially dropped its CS:GO roster. The cause of the move is alleged intentional match throwing by the squad at the Liga de Videojuegos Profesional Superliga 2019 in a game opposite Tenerife Titans. “After analysing the evidence and concluding the investigation into the Superliga Orange CS:GO match that pitted …
Shroud confronts an Apex Legends cheater live on his stream
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends
Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek didn’t take kindly to getting eliminated in Apex Legends by players using cheats. Despite a recent scooter injury, the former Counter-Strike pro has continued to excite his 6.5 million Twitch followers with exceptional aim and reflexes. That made the elimination even more shocking to Shroud, who appeared to be taken out quite easily by the other player. “He just destroyed me,” Shroud exclaimed on stream. …
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