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Spanish organization cuts CS:GO team after match fixing scandal
Steven Rondina
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 …
Apex Legends
Shroud confronts an Apex Legends cheater live on his stream
Olivia Richman
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. …
Counter-Strike
Complexity Gaming reveals new high tech headquarters in Texas
Olivia Richman
Complexity Gaming’s vision for the “esports 3.0” era has manifested in the opening of its new headquarters right next to the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters. The GameStop Performance Center is an 11,000-square-foot building constructed on 90 acres of land, where the organization’s various esports teams will practice similarly to their football counterparts, all owned by the same man: president Jerry Jones. “We see the opening of our new headquarters as …
Fortnite
Report says Twitch streamers earn $50K per hour for paid streams
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The Wall Street Journal reports that top streamers on Twitch are earning $50,000 or more per hour for streaming new video games. Industry sources told Kotaku that the $50,000 price tag was not even the highest they had seen. Big name publishers are paying top dollar to well known Twitch streamers in order to boost their new game sales. Marketing strategies are changing for video game publishers who are carrying …
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China bans the word “kill” from video games as restrictions continue
Olivia Richman
Blood and gore were officially banned from Chinese video games last month. But a recent update sees the Chinese government getting even stricter on violence depicted in video games. Previous regulations already required game developers to alter their game before it could be released in China. This included changing in-game blood to a different color to get around anti-blood regulations. But now China has banned anything players might perceive as …
Counter-Strike
New Mousesports roster takes top prize at DreamHack Open Tours
Steven Rondina
Mousesports is once again starting to look the part of one of Europe’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. The squad took first place at DreamHack Open Tours 2019, besting Valiance to take the top prize. It is a key victory for the rapidly developing team, and one that hints that big things might be on the horizon. The first game of the grand finals was a competitive one. Though Train …
Fortnite
Tfue suing FaZe Clan for exploitative contract and lost sponsors
Steven Rondina
Turner “Tfue” Tenney is taking FaZe Clan to court. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the popular Fortnite player is stating his team has engaged in exploitative, dangerous, and unlawful practices with himself, and a number of his constituents. Among the allegations are loss of sponsorship opportunities and failure to pay his share of earnings. “That Gamer Agreement is grossly oppressive, onerous, and one-sided,” writes attorney Bryan Freedman of Freedman and …
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Overwatch Anniversary event brings returning modes, legendary skins
Fariha Bhatti
Blizzard has announced the start date for the next seasonal event for Overwatch, along with the first of the new upcoming legendary skins. The event celebrates the birthday of the game and is aptly named Overwatch Anniversary 2019. The starting date of May 21 was announced across social media on Saturday with a short six-second video featuring the phrase “You’re invited!” As with previous Anniversary events, players can expect to …
New contenders emerge through the Epicenter Major qualifiers
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
The field for the final Dota 2 major of the season is largely set. The qualifiers for the Epicenter Major have wrapped up with 14 teams punching their tickets to Moscow. For the most part, the usual suspects are accounted for, but there are a few interesting newcomers also set to compete. Europe was the one region where things went strictly according to plan as Team Secret, Team Liquid, and …
Vertigo gets bashed by multiple CS:GO pros during ECS Season 7
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
The professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community does not like Vertigo one bit. MiBR’s Fernando “fer” Alvarenga took to Twitter earlier this week and publicly blasted the map. That kicked off a tidal wave of venting from top CS:GO players. “Btw this Vertigo map is worse than shit. It’s so ugly to watch and even more stupid to play,” fer said. Team Vitality’s Dan “apEX” Madesclaire agreed. “Retake A this round. …
Riot Games expanding into collegiate esports after NCAA bows out
Steven Rondina
League of Legends
The NCAA isn’t interested in collegiate esports at this time and other companies are stepping in to fill that void. One such company is Riot Games. According to SBJ Daily, the publisher is making its own push into the field by creating a standalone governing body for collegiate League of Legends. Whether this is viable in the long term remains up for debate. The move comes after the NCAA Board …
G2 Esports triumph in surprise MSI 2019 final over Team Liquid
William Davis
League of Legends
G2 Esports is the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational champion. G2 took the crown after a dominant victory over Team Liquid from the LCS. This is the first major international title for Europe since 2011, when Fnatic won the World Championship prior to the introduction of Asian teams. The final showdown between North America and Europe ended after three fast-paced games. In game one, G2 proved that even the smallest advantage can …
G2 Esports scrape by SK Telecom T1 in epic set to make MSI final
William Davis
League of Legends
G2 Esports is on a roll at the Mid-Season Invitational, as the European squad took down SK Telecom T1 and is moving forward to the final. For the first time in competitive League of Legends, North America and Europe will be disputing the MSI trophy in the final. G2 made it possible with a victory over LCK representative SKT. The series that went to five games was a League of …
Disneyland Paris Major sets new Dota 2 viewership records
Olivia Richman
Dota 2
After Valve decided to rework Dota 2’s professional circuit schedule for the 2018-2019 season, there’s been a major jump in viewership. The Mar’s Dota 2 League Disneyland Paris Major played host to the two most-watched Twitch channels that week, on a weekend that resulted in Dota 2’s most-watched day of the entire year on the streaming service. From May 4 through 12, the main English broadcast recorded an average of 57,000 …
Overwatch League Stage 2 finals broke broadcasting record
Olivia Richman
News
The San Francisco Shock and Vancouver Titans rematch this past weekend proved popular with Overwatch League viewers. The final match between the Shock and the Titans set the record for the best performing esports broadcast on ABC. The Stage 2 playoffs week had a global average minute audience (AMA) of 545,000. That’s the average number of people watching the broadcast at any minute during the show. For an idea of how …
Apex Legend’s game breaking Octane bug persists for over a month
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends
Remember the game breaking audio bug in Apex Legends? The community hasn’t forgotten about that one. And how could they? It’s still happening, despite Respawn Entertainment developers promising that it’d be addressed within a week. This is something that the Apex Legends community is getting overly accustomed to hearing. And that may not even be the worst glitch in the game. Now, while using Octane, players become stuck in the same …
More pro Fortnite players caught cheating during World Cup qualifier
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Another collusion controversy has arisen ahead of the Fortnite World Cup. A thread appeared on Reddit with a video showing players in the Asia regional qualifiers seemingly working together during solos. This is the second such instance of such collusion in the Fortnite World Cup qualifiers in the last month alone. Despite playing in solo mode, a player using the handle SV_Gtea survives a firefight and inexplicably drops half of …
Riot Games employee gives hot take on assassins and burst damage
William Davis
League of Legends
Riot Games’ August Browning has given an opinion on champion balance that’s sure to leave some League of Legends players scratching their heads. August gave an opinion on “one-shot” champions, claiming that part of the impressive longevity of League of Legends was due to the fact that it did support many different styles of play.This included the extremely powerful assassin class. “Rengar (and champs like him) instantly one-shotting you is …
Respawn offers free Apex Legends loot to PlayStation 4 players
Fariha Bhatti
Apex Legends
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has released a free cosmetics pack that is available exclusively to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The PlayStation Plus Play Pack can be claimed from the PlayStation store by anyone who subscribes to the PlayStation Plus service. The free bundle offers a total of six items, including customizable content for both Lifeline and Mirage. Both legends receive one blue themed skin and one banner each. The final …
Report states that 2-2-2 role lock not yet coming to OWL for Stage 3
Fariha Bhatti
News
The Overwatch League has supposedly told all 20 of its teams that the rumoured 2-2-2 role lock will not be implemented for Stage 3 of the 2019 competition. The information was brought to light by esports blogger Arran “Halo” Brown, though he could not name his sources from within the League. Halo, also known by his blog name and Twitter handle HaloofThoughts, revealed the information this week on his blog. …
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