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Apex Legends Apex Legend’s game breaking Octane bug persists for over a month By Olivia Richman Fortnite More pro Fortnite players caught cheating during World Cup qualifier By Steven Rondina League of Legends Riot Games employee gives hot take on assassins and burst damage By William Davis

Apex Legends

Respawn offers free Apex Legends loot to PlayStation 4 players Fariha Bhatti 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 …

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Report states that 2-2-2 role lock not yet coming to OWL for Stage 3 Fariha Bhatti 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. …

League of Legends

Former SKT players go global: Untara to Fenerbahçe, others to XTEN William Davis Former SK Telecom T1 jungler Park “Blossom” Beom-chan and substitute mid laner Kim “Sky” Ha-neul have joined Latin American esports organization XTEN Esports. Heading into the LLA closing season, XTEN is getting reinforcements from two former SKT players. Blossom joins after a short hiatus from the game, finishing out his contract with SK Telecom T1 in November and remaining teamless since then. Sky left SKT back in 2017 when he …

League of Legends

Team Liquid defeats Invictus Gaming in massive upset at MSI William Davis Team Liquid has achieved what seemed impossible, as the LCS champion took down reigning world champion Invictus Gaming and is advancing to the Mid-Season Invitational final. It’s a great day to be a TL fan, as the three-time LCS champion asserted its dominance over IG in a series of four games. The general consensus was that TL could get perhaps one game but that IG would take the entire series. …

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 By Olivia Richman Apex Legends Apex Legends fires back after KFC posts meme about lack of updates By Olivia Richman

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 Olivia Richman Yuumi’s winrate was 29.71 percent at one point yesterday. That is the lowest winrate of any new champion one day after its release.  Despite an initially exciting release, Yuumi is now in the spotlight for more than just her adorable looks and backstory. Riot Games’ principal game designer Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer even responded to a tweet that informed them that Yuumi was “a little underpowered,” despite being really cute. League …

Fortnite

Baller and Drum Gun nerfed, new assault rifle added in Fortnite patch Steven Rondina The first major update of Fortnite Season 9 is here, and there is a lot to talk about. Version 9.01 has arrived and brings a number of intriguing changes to the game’s battle royale mode. Some nerfs called for by pro players have arrived alongside a new weapon. The biggest change is the introduction of the Tactical Assault Rifle. The weapon is available in rare, legendary, and epic varieties with …

Overwatch League fans can collect trading cards at OWL All-Star Game Olivia Richman News Overwatch League fans will soon be able to collect and trade digital cards featuring their favorite pro players. Activision Blizzard has agreed to a deal with The Upper Deck Company to produce trading cards based on the Overwatch League. The multi-year deal includes trading cards through Upper Deck’s digital e-Pack platform. This is an online program that lets users buy and open packs, as well as trade cards with other …

PUBG Mobile implementing new system to fight gaming addiction Olivia Richman News 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 …

Immortals reportedly close to acquiring OpTic Gaming parent company Steven Rondina League of Legends 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 …

CS:GO update brings big changes for esports fans and in-game economy Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 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 …

Riot Games employee has some suggestions for fixing the ranked ladder William Davis League of Legends 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 …

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