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League of Legends Former SKT players go global: Untara to Fenerbahçe, others to XTEN By William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid defeats Invictus Gaming in massive upset at MSI By William Davis News Is Nintendo about to turn Super Mario Bros into an esports title? By Steven Rondina

Counter-Strike

Bulgarian player spyleadeR returns to CS:GO with new Mortal Kombat Olivia Richman After a five-month absence from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Emiliyan “spyleadeR” Dimitrov has returned under Mortal Kombat.  “After being a free agent for a long time, I am finally back in the pro scene,” spyleadeR told HLTV.org.  The MK lineup will also feature Nikolay “niki1” Pantaleev and Nikola “NK4Y” Radushev, who were removed from Bpro earlier in the week. Upon hearing of the duo’s release from their former organization, spyleadeR …

Apex Legends

Apex Legends fires back after KFC posts meme about lack of updates Olivia Richman It’s 2019 and there’s nothing brands love more than being petty on Twitter. Wendy’s may be the OG of fast food restaurants delivering sick burns to customers and competitors alike, but KFC apparently wants a piece of that artery-clogging, deep fried meme clout.  KFC has a Twitter account dedicated to gaming. This video game meme account has almost 50,000 followers. One of their latest tweets, however, got them the back-and-forth drama …

Counter-Strike

Denis ditches Sprout, joins BIG as former star Nex heads to bench Steven Rondina The German Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene has received a new shakeup. Denis “denis” Howell is splitting off from Sprout after an 18-month run with the team to join fellow German organization BIG. The news was confirmed by all parties on Twitter. “Today it’s time to say goodbye to Denis, who has been part of Sprout from day one,” Sprout announced on Twitter. “But our ways part from now on even …

Counter-Strike

Complexity Gaming announce MillerCoors as newest sponsor Olivia Richman Complexity Gaming has announced a new strategic partnership with MillerCoors. Thanks to the new partnership with MillerCoors, the brewing company known for its alcoholic beverage brands, Miller Lite will now be the exclusive alcoholic beverage of Complexity Gaming. The esport organization’s chief revenue officer, Daniel Herz, said they couldn’t be more excited to welcome MillerCoors to the Complexity family. He stated that both the esports organization and the beverage giant …

League of Legends Riot seeks to rescue Yuumi, buffs new champion in early update By Olivia Richman Fortnite Baller and Drum Gun nerfed, new assault rifle added in Fortnite patch By Steven Rondina News Overwatch League fans can collect trading cards at OWL All-Star Game By Olivia Richman

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PUBG Mobile implementing new system to fight gaming addiction Olivia Richman PUBG Mobile will soon begin a new a campaign to make players more aware of when they’re potentially playing too much of the popular mobile game. Before PUBG was pulled from Chinese app stores and replaced by Game For Peace, the country had age-locked the software in response to parents complaining that their children were playing PUBG Mobile too much. To better appease parents who feel their children are addicted to …

League of Legends

Immortals reportedly close to acquiring OpTic Gaming parent company Steven Rondina Immortals is close to absorbing the parent company of OpTic Gaming. According to Esports Insider, Immortals Gaming Club is “very likely” to succeed in its bids to buy out Infinite Esports & Entertainment. If successful, the acquisition would allow Immortals to return to the LCS and would arguably cement the organization as the largest in all of esports. In January, reports began circulating that OpTic’s parent company was seeking a …

Counter-Strike

CS:GO update brings big changes for esports fans and in-game economy Steven Rondina The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive development team has been hard at work in recent weeks. The latest CS:GO patch has dropped, bringing a host of new features, balance changes, and map updates. It’s an incredibly hefty patch that offers something of interest to any sort of fan of the game. The biggest change for esports fans is a greater integration of professional events into the game client. A list of upcoming …

League of Legends

Riot Games employee has some suggestions for fixing the ranked ladder William Davis Fans and players making suggestions regarding “fixes” for League of Legends’ ranked system are pretty common, but it’s not every day that a Riot employee brings such a proposal to the table. Riot Games gameplay data lead Nathan “Blaustoise” Blau took to Twitter to discuss how the current ranked system operates, and presented how he thinks the ranked ladder could potentially be improved. His four goals include reducing the ladder’s …

Ruin joins Counter Logic Gaming as top laner heading into summer Olivia Richman League of Legends Last week, Counter Logic Gaming parted ways with veteran top laner Darshan “Darshan” Upadhyaya. Now, CLG is welcoming Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min to the team for the upcoming LCS Summer Split.  “On joining CLG, I’m excited about playing in North America and playing in the LCS,” Ruin said. “I’m very excited to meet you NA fans, so I will try my best this split for the team and for the fans. …

Ninja refuses to eat on stream during Ramadan to support Muslim fans Olivia Richman Fortnite When streamers are not playing games, they’re often snacking on camera. It’s one way to stay awake and remain fueled for streaming marathons, which can last longer than eight hours.  But Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has vowed to switch off his camera while he eats during Ramadan, which lasts until June 6 this year.  The professional streamer and Fortnite personality was munching on snacks throughout a recent stream when one Twitch …

100 Thieves add Amazing as jungler after disappointing spring split Olivia Richman League of Legends 100 Thieves has announced the addition of jungler Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider to its roster.  Amazing will be the team’s new starter heading into the LCS Summer Split.  “We’re excited to bring his veteran experience, leadership, and voice to the team!” 100 Thieves said on Twitter.  The organization noted his two World Championship appearances during his seven years playing League of Legends competitively across North America and Europe. Some of his recent …

S1mple chews out racist teammate during a live Twitch stream Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a racism problem, and at least one pro player isn’t standing for it. During a recent Twitch stream, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev ripped into a teammate for an inappropriate in-game handle. The pub game interaction was clipped and immortalized: While playing a pub game on Vertigo, S1mple was paired with a teammate whose handle was “Kill All N—-rs” with a small misspelling to get around Steam’s filters. …

Yuumi arrives, Master Yi reworked, and much more in LoL patch 9.10 Steven Rondina League of Legends League of Legends version 9.10 has arrived. The latest patch brings a new list of changes. This is a bit of a departure from the hefty updates ahead of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational which often saw dozens of balance changes. The highlight of 9.10 is the addition of new playable champion Yuumi. The warlock cat is an interesting support option with unique functionality surrounding her ability to “attach” herself to …

Swag swaggers and Vegi comes up big for Virtus.pro in Winners League Steven Rondina Counter-Strike The playoffs to Winners League are just over the horizon and that has teams bringing their best. Squads have made the push to lock up a top-four finish in their respective groups, and teams on the outside are looking to make a late run to sneak their way in. That has made for some fierce competition among those teams teetering on the edge. This week also saw many of the …

Epicenter Major regional slot distribution is finally announced Steven Rondina Dota 2 The Epicenter Major qualifiers kick off in just a few days, and teams are just now finding out their chances of qualifying directly to the event. After weeks of confusion and silence, Epicenter revealed the qualifier slot allocation for the event on Twitter. Three teams each from Europe and China will compete in the event, while the North America, South America, Southeast Asia, and CIS regions will send two apiece. The …

Major mishap as OWL shows serial killers in Mother’s Day tribute Olivia Richman News The Overwatch League Stage 2 playoff finals took place on Mother’s Day, which resulted in a lot of wholesome content.  In honor of Mother’s Day, the San Francisco Shock and Vancouver Titans players had their mothers backstage. They also had a chance to share how proud they were with their sons on the live broadcast, and talk about how new of an experience esports is to each of them.  The …

LoL players can choose which champion gets a major rework in 2020 Olivia Richman League of Legends There’s still two more days to vote on which League of Legends champion will be getting a major rework in 2020.  Ending May 15 at 11:59 PST, the League community can cast a vote here to determine which of the five available champions will get an update next year. According to the official announcement, the League of Legends team stated that the champion will be redesigned from the ground up, …

Apex Legends developer to patch hit registration and audio bugs Fariha Bhatti Apex Legends A new community check-in from Respawn Entertainment has been published by community manager Jay “Jayfresh” Frechette, offering fans of the game some insight into the ongoing development process. The latest update reveals that the Apex Legends team is largely focusing on quality of life updates at this point, including the improvement of hit registration and various audio fixes. One of the first points addressed by Jayfesh is the hit registration …

YouTuber ProJared cheats on wife, solicits nudes from underaged fans Olivia Richman News Famous gaming YouTube content creator Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer is in hot water both personally and professionally after the airing out of major scandals. ProJared has been accused of sending nudes to and soliciting nudes from fans, two of whom have admitted they were underaged at the time. The allegations were first revealed by his wife, cosplayer Heidi O’Ferrall.  Before the fiasco, ProJared had over one million subscribers on YouTube, largely …

FaZe Clan adds former Virtus.pro legend Neo to team, replacing AdreN Steven Rondina Counter-Strike FaZe Clan has made some serious changes to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The team announced on Twitter that it has added former Virtus.pro captain Filip “NEO” Kubski to the lineup. He will take over in-game leadership duties effective immediately. “Today we welcome Neo who begins his role as a substitute effective immediately,” the team said. “We’re proud to have such a legend join our roster. Neo will be representing …

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