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News Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer announces move to Epic By Olivia Richman League of Legends Team Liquid owner compares value of esports team with major sports By Nina Forneloza News Final PUBG Classic event of 2019 is announced for Thailand By Jared Wynne

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Rainbow Six Siege match fixing allegations rock the pro scene William Davis The world of Rainbow Six Siege has been rocked by allegations of match fixing against LATAM teams FaZe Clan and Black Dragons. Former Black Dragons analyst Thiago “Thyy” Nicézio fired off a series of tweets in which it was claimed that current Black Dragons player Juninho “GdNN1” Nunes and FaZe Clan player Ronaldo “ion” Oshawa conspired to throw a pair of matches. ion was once a member of Black Dragons, …

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Blizzard releases Overwatch voice line clothing collection Olivia Richman The Overwatch League may be baffling fans with its strange merch, but at least fans are getting opportunities to represent the game in style. Blizzard has dropped a new voice line-themed clothing collection. The clothing features iconic voice lines from seven fan-favorite heroes.  The first featured item from the new clothing line has D.Va displayed on a hoodie. If you look closely, the cartoon rendering of the Korean superstar is made …

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G2 Perkz on Rift Rivals: I could not care any less about Rift Rivals Fariha Bhatti During a recent live stream, G2 Esports bot laner Luka “Perkz” Perković shared his opinions on the upcoming Rift Rivals tournament he is set to compete in, and it’s fair to say that he’s not excited about it. “Honestly, I could not care any less about Rift Rivals,” Perkz said. “I don’t really think the tournament has [a] place in such stacked season already. I think Riot should remove Rift …

Apex Legends

Apex Legends weapons tier list is here, as voted on by players Olivia Richman A Reddit user recently released the results of a survey conducted on Apex Legends weapons strength. Almost 2,000 people voted for their favorite legends and guns, creating a fan-fueled Apex Legends tier list.  The simple pie charts CharlieBeaulieu created from the data can be checked out here.  When it comes to the Apex Legends community’s favorite legends, Pathfinder was the clear winner with 37 percent of total votes.  Pathfinder has …

Fortnite FaZe Clan fires back at Tfue, says he refused to make a new deal By Steven Rondina News Mike Tyson gets involved with esports, invests in Fade 2 Karma By Olivia Richman News Overwatch League hero tier list going into Stage 3 of the OWL By Olivia Richman

Fortnite

Fortnite Ballers are back in Arena and players are not happy Olivia Richman Vehicles are back in Arena just in time for the Fortnite World Cup Qualifiers this weekend, and many players are not happy. “Hey y’all. We have fixed the issue with players getting stuck inside vehicles in the latest update,” Fortnite announced on Reddit. Vehicles, like the controversial Baller, were first removed from the battle royale’s competitive modes thanks to some game-breaking bugs. Competitors who entered the vehicles would find themselves …

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Friday Fornite returns with Keemstar through backing of FaZe Clan Fariha Bhatti Daniel “Keemstar” Keem has announced that his popular Friday Fortnite tournament will return next week thanks to funding from FaZe Clan. Keemstar revealed that there will be at least three new weeks of Friday Fortnite, with the first tournament taking place on May 31. The other two are expected to follow on June 7 and 14, although this has yet to be confirmed. Keemstar himself will be broadcasting the competitions. …

Counter-Strike

StarLadder CS:GO Major dates in August and September are changed Fariha Bhatti StarLadder has announced a slight change to the dates of the Challengers and Legends stages of the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major. The Challengers Stage has been reduced to just four days, now running between August 23 and 26. The original schedule for the event had this stage listed as a six-day tournament. Meanwhile the Legends Stage of the competition will now be held between August 28 and September 1, …

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 …

Overwatch League collabs with Fanatics for confusing new apparel Olivia Richman News 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 …

Overwatch Anniversary skins arrive for Winston, Mei, and more Fariha Bhatti News 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 …

Winners League Season 2 playoffs schedule and format announced Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 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 …

PraY returns from retirement, rejoins KT Rolster in the LCK Jared Wynne League of Legends After a retirement period of just over a month, Kim “PraY” Jong-in has announced that he is set to join KT Rolster and return to the LCK. PraY is set to rejoin teammates Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho, Go “Score” Dong-bin, Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong and No “SnowFlower” Hoi-jong in a move that could see current starting AD Carry Jeon “Zenit” Tae-gwon benched to make way for the veteran player. It is reasonable …

Popular LOL skin developer announces departure from Riot Games Olivia Richman League of Legends League of Legends skin producer Janelle, known as Riot Stellari, has announced that she’s parting ways with Riot Games.  Known for her work on the K/DA, Battle Academia, and Coven skins, Riot Stellari will be missed by the League of Legends community and coworkers alike. She announced on Twitter that June 7 will be her last day at Riot, exactly six years from when she first started started with the …

Tfue uses #ReleaseTheContract to goad FaZe Clan to show contract Steven Rondina Fortnite After a tumultuous two days, Turner “Tfue” Tenney made an impassioned plea to FaZe Clan. The Fortnite esports star and popular streamer released a short video on his YouTube channel asking FaZe to make his contract public. He also repackaged his arguments against FaZe, and split from some of the claims made in the court filings. The video starts with Tfue retracting his lawyer’s claims that he had been pressured …

Fortnite teams up with Jordan brand for new Downtown Drop LTM Olivia Richman Fortnite 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 …

State Farm Insurance to continue with Riot Games as sponsor William Davis League of Legends 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 …

The International 2019 ticket sale dates are announced, prices are up gabhernandez Dota 2 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 …

G2 vs Liquid at MSI has big implications for 2019 World Championship Nina Forneloza League of Legends 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 …

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