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Gambit Esports dissolving CS:GO team, puts players up for trade Counter-Strike Gambit Esports dissolving CS:GO team, puts players up for trade By Steven Rondina Valve bows to CS:GO pros and tweaks Vertigo, changes Danger Zone Counter-Strike Valve bows to CS:GO pros and tweaks Vertigo, changes Danger Zone By Steven Rondina FlyQuest announces the new Women’s Flightwear clothing line League of Legends FlyQuest announces the new Women’s Flightwear clothing line By Olivia Richman
Toronto Defiant add two players following ugly Stage 2 of OWL News
Toronto Defiant add two players following ugly Stage 2 of OWL Steven Rondina 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 News
Overwatch update brings with it Workshop mode and Anniversary event Fariha Bhatti 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 News
JJoNak of New York Excelsior has top selling OWL Stage 2 jersey Olivia Richman 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 Dota 2
Valve announces development of standalone Dota Auto Chess game Steven Rondina 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 Fortnite First sale at Epic Games store botched, users locked for buying games By Steven Rondina Spanish organization cuts CS:GO team after match fixing scandal Counter-Strike Spanish organization cuts CS:GO team after match fixing scandal By Steven Rondina Shroud confronts an Apex Legends cheater live on his stream Apex Legends Shroud confronts an Apex Legends cheater live on his stream By Olivia Richman
Complexity Gaming reveals new high tech headquarters in Texas 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 …
Report says Twitch streamers earn $50K per hour for paid streams Fortnite
Report says Twitch streamers earn $50K per hour for paid streams gabhernandez 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 …
Ninja takes out Tfue in Fortnite World Cup qualifiers, then loses Fortnite
Ninja takes out Tfue in Fortnite World Cup qualifiers, then loses Steven Rondina Tyler “Ninja” Blevins got a bit of a moral victory when playing in the Fortnite World Cup duos qualifiers. During the latest week of events, Ninja and his partner Malachi “Reverse2k” Greiner scored a huge kill at the expense of none other than Turner “Tfue” Tenney. Ninja and Reverse2k were not streaming their run in the qualifiers this week. While attempting to snipe another enemy from a distance in an …
Shanghai Dragons player Geguri named to Time Magazine leadership list News
Shanghai Dragons player Geguri named to Time Magazine leadership list Fariha Bhatti Shanghai Dragons player Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon has been awarded a position in Time Magazine’s latest “Next Generation Leader” list. Along with the honor, the weekly magazine published a two-page feature on the player, detailing her rise to fame as the only female player in the Overwatch League. The feature alongside the award details Geguri’s early gaming career and how she first began playing Overwatch. According to Time Magazine, Geguri first …
Valve announces details for annual short film contest at TI9 gabhernandez Dota 2 This year’s top ten short films created featuring Dota 2 will be promoted in The International 2019 Battle Pass for final voting. Submissions for the 2019 Dota 2 Short Film Contest are now open. Valve announced the latest contest guidelines and the new deadline in a recent blog post. Since 2015, the game developers included the Short Film Contest as one of the highlights of annual Dota 2 tournament The …
China bans the word “kill” from video games as restrictions continue Olivia Richman News 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 …
New Mousesports roster takes top prize at DreamHack Open Tours Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 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 …
Tfue suing FaZe Clan for exploitative contract and lost sponsors Steven Rondina Fortnite 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 …
Overwatch Anniversary event brings returning modes, legendary skins Fariha Bhatti News 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 …

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