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Blizzard introduces Workshop mode with mod tools to Overwatch
gabhernandez
Today Overwatch developer Blizzard announced a new Public Test Region update which introduces the game’s Workshop mode. This mode will be added to Overwatch’s game browser section, where players can tweak game mechanics to create new ways to play. Two members of the development team created the idea for a workshop which would include a way for players to use the tools the developers themselves have to further tweak the …
Apex Legends
Apex Legends streamer gets banned mid-stream for hacking
Olivia Richman
For some reason, Apex Legends streamer Entzy wanted it to be very obvious that he was cheating. Not only could viewers see several in-game cheats from his point of view, but they could hear him chatting casually about cheating. Oh, and the YouTube video of the stream was titled, “Entzy | CHEATING ON APEX.” The in-game cheat that Entzy was using in this strange stunt appeared to be an auto-aiming …
League of Legends
Dragon Gate Team barred from LMS after match fixing allegations
Steven Rondina
Dragon Gate Team of the LMS is embroiled in a serious scandal. The Hong Kong-based League of Legends organization has been removed from its regional league due to alleged match fixing. The LMS announced the news on its website. The LMS received reports that the team was taking measures to ensure it lost games during the 2019 LMS Spring Split. Upon receiving these reports, the LMS conducted an investigation into …
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PUBG earned a staggering $1 billion in revenue in 2018
Olivia Richman
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds earned almost $1 billion in revenue last year. PUBG Corp. recently announced that its flagship battle royale title earned $920 million in revenue in 2018. In the company’s financial earnings report, it was revealed that PUBG Corp. made $310 million in profit off of that amount. Most of the loot was collected from PC users and digital downloads. This platform earned them $790 million, followed by mobile at $65 …
Counter-Strike
Beyond the Summit returns to Counter-Strike in May with CS_Summit 4
Steven Rondina
Beyond the Summit is returning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The tournament organizer has announced its next event, CS_Summit 4. The tournament will bring six top CS:GO squads into the Summit House for a unique broadcast that focuses heavily on player involvement. Speaking on Twitter, Beyond the Summit revealed that CS_Summit 4 will include Team Liquid, ENCE Esports, NRG Esports, Renegades, Team Vitality, and Ghost Gaming. The event will feature a …
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Astralis remains the top ranked CS:GO team in the world for one year
Olivia Richman
Astralis has been ranked number one for an entire year by one of the game’s most respected rankings. The Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has a staggering 1,000 points on HLTV’s ranking system. The next closest organization is Team Liquid with 591 points. HLTV ranks CS:GO teams based on their performances at events throughout the year while factoring in the relevance of each tournament played. Astralis has won 15 titles in …
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Dendi, Xepher part ways with Tigers in latest roster shakeup
Steven Rondina
The most beloved player in Dota 2 has once again been left without a team. Speaking on the team’s Facebook page, Southeast Asia’s Tigers announced that it is parting ways with Danil “Dendi” Ishutin and support player Kenny “Xepher” Deo. “Today we bid farewell to two of our dearest players, who we have gone through so much together with,” the team said in the announcement. “Both players have shown great camaraderie and …
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OpenAI bots defeat thousands of human teams in OpenAI Arena
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OpenAI Five has stepped up its game and defeated 7,215 human teams in public matches. Earlier this month, OpenAI hosted a final live event for OpenAI Five in the San Francisco bay area. The show’s highlight was a series between the bots and the reigning The International champions at OG. OpenAI Five stomped the current Aegis holders despite OG’s attempt to exploit the bots’ weaknesses. OpenAI then took it up …
New video game regulations in China to ban gore and gambling
Olivia Richman
Counter-Strike
China is implementing strict policies on the types of video games they’ll be allowing their 1.4 billion citizens to play from now on. Blood and gore are officially banned. In the past, games have skirted by this regulation by simply changing the color of blood. But this will no longer be good enough. The country is also banning games that include China’s imperial history and gambling games like Mahjong and …
Fortnite volcano may finally erupt, but nobody knows when
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
Fortnite’s volcano might finally be ready to erupt. Players recently noticed that the volcano on the battle royale’s northeast island has started smoking. This is the second time the volcano has shown such signs of activity. And this time it seemed to have started after the first rune made its way to Loot Lake and plugged into the metal hatch. This was a rune that first appeared over a plate …
Top Smash Bros player Hungrybox hit with crab after tournament win
Steven Rondina
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The Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at Pound 2019 went as planned for a while, but then it got weird. The expected part was Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma adding to his legacy as possibly the greatest Smash player of all time by carving his way through the losers bracket and taking first place with a win over Joseph “Mango” Marquez. The weird part came immediately after, when the Team Liquid ace …
Invictus Gaming defeat JD Gaming, capture first domestic title
William Davis
League of Legends
Invictus Gaming is the 2019 LPL Spring Split champion, as the current world champion took down JD Gaming in a quick series. IG achieved its first domestic title in a convincing series against JDG. Since its founding in 2011, IG has struggled to find ultimate success in the LPL. In 2018, the organization signed young bot laner prodigy Yu “JackeyLove” Wen-Bo and the team’s look changed completely. The team came …
Febby picks up ESL One Mumbai MVP award despite finals loss
gabhernandez
Dota 2
Fans were in for a big surprise with the Most Valuable Player prize was awarded at ESL One Mumbai, as the player was not from winning team Keen Gaming. Kim “Febby” Yong-min drove home a brand-new Mercedez-Benz car for being named ESL One Mumbai MVP. The automobile is worth €50,000. Febby temporarily replaced Ryan “Bimbo” Jay Qui in the Mineski lineup due to visa issues. The team dominated the upper …
Cloud9 League team assembles for beautiful K/DA cosplay
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Cloud9’s League of Legends roster in gender-bending cosplay may not be what the community asked for, but it’s exactly what we need. Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi, Eric “Licorice” Ritchie, Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen, and Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam all posed for some K/DA-themed photos, after Sneaky’s cosplaying girlfriend styled their hair, makeup, and outfits. Yasin “Nisqy” Dincer wasn’t present for the photoshoot. It was rumored that his strict parents wouldn’t approve of it. …
Avengers: Endgame to receive Fortnite crossover treatment
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
The Fortnite event to celebrate the upcoming Avengers: Endgame film might be bigger than anyone was expecting. Weeks after data miners unearthed files that hinted something related to the movie was coming, Fortnite teased that its latest Avengers crossover event wouldn’t just revolve around the film’s antagonist. Epic Games released an image on the official Fortnite Twitter of one of the game’s characters holding Captain America’s iconic shield. The tweet …
Top streamers having trouble qualifying for Fortnite World Cup
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins may have over 14 million followers on Twitch, but he has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the second time this week, along with many other big names in the Fortnite streaming community. In this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup Duos Open Qualifier, Turner “Tfue” Tenney and Dennis “Cloak” Lepore finished in 84th place on the North America East servers. Out of all the …
Furia fall short of hometown victory as Avangar win DreamHack Rio
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Furia was set up for a storybook moment in front of a raucous home crowd at DreamHack Open Rio de Janeiro, but it couldn’t quite get the ending right. The Brazilian squad faced off with Avangar in the grand finals of the tournament and came just shy of taking the top prize, falling 2-1. Furia opened with a surprise Vertigo map pick and converted that into devastating 16-2 win to …
OP Gaming Rangers win PUBG Global Summit in dramatic fashion
Steven Rondina
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OP Gaming Rangers are the winners of the FACEIT PUBG Global Summit. The South Korean squad sealed up first place with a dramatic chicken dinner on the final map of the grand finals. The win averted what was shaping up to be an epic collapse for the team and allowed the teary-eyed squad to hoist the 70-pound trophy at the end of the event. OP Gaming Rangers entered the last …
EternalEnVy under fire for Team Team release of two players
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Team Team has made some surprise roster moves and Jacky “EternalEnVy” Mao is taking some serious heat for it. A day after the North American squad washed out of ESL One Mumbai, Team Team mid laner Nico “Gunnar” Lopez and support player Jason “Newsham” Newsham both posted ominous “LFT” messages on Twitter. Gunnar added “we were kicked” shortly after. This sparked a deluge of criticism towards the team’s newly added …
Keen Gaming win ESL One Mumbai amidst player and team dramas
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
ESL One Mumbai had a lot of strange things going on in the background, but everything under the spotlight went exactly as expected. Keen Gaming took first place at the tournament, scoring its first live event victory in organization history. It is also the first trophy in the pro Dota 2 careers of Keen players Song “dark”‘ Runxi and Zhai “一” Jingkai. The squad won the top spot with a …
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