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News Natus Vincere win StarSeries season 7 with sweep of Fnatic By Steven Rondina Fortnite Fortnite’s $500,000 World Cup Warm Up Cup continues By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Fnatic set to face Natus Vincere in StarSeries Season 7 final By Steven Rondina

Fortnite

Epic irks Fortnite pros with late rule change for World Cup Steven Rondina Pro players are mad at Epic Games for its handling of Fortnite’s esports events once again. Just 10 days out from the start of qualifiers for the Fortnite World Cup, the game’s publisher has issued a new ruling on screen resolutions. In competitive play, players will be required to use a 16:9 resolution. The move comes despite the growing popularity of 4:3 resolutions amongst competitors. “In the near future, we …

League of Legends

Amazing parts ways with Schalke, seeks return to playing role William Davis Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider is parting ways with FC Schalke 04, the former strategic manager announced through Twitter. Amazing might be returning to active play on the rift, as the jungler is looking for a new home after finishing his contract with Schalke. Amazing started his career in 2012 with the since-disbanded Absolute Legends team. In 2014 he played with Team SoloMid. The jungler found great success in North America and …

League of Legends

G2 roll over Origen, book tickets to LEC final in Rotterdam William Davis G2 Esports is the first team confirmed for the LEC final in Rotterdam after a devastating victory over Origen. G2 is putting the negative results of the late season behind and showing why they are the number one team in Europe. The squad had three weeks off between the end of the regular season and round two of the playoffs, more than enough time to recover from recent losses. Many …

League of Legends

Riot Games end Rift Rivals in many regions around the world William Davis League of Legends’ Rift Rivals has effectively been canned for many of the world’s regions. In a press release on the Oceania League of Legends site, Riot Games declared it would be discontinuing all but two of the Rift Rivals regional tournaments. Competitions between North America and Europe, as well as LPL/LCK/LMS events, will continue. Events featuring other regions including Oceania, Japan, and more will not be returning. Riot Games …

Fortnite Plagiarism claims by artist against Fortnite come under scrutiny By Fariha Bhatti Fortnite Fortnite takes BAFTA award at annual game award ceremony By Fariha Bhatti League of Legends TJ Sports opening training camp for Chinese LoL prospects By William Davis

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Florida Mayhem announces all-Korean roster going into Stage 2 Olivia Richman Florida Mayhem is going into Stage 2 with an entirely Korean roster and staff. Before their first match took place, Florida Mayhem announced that they were parting ways with two members of its coaching staff and their remaining three Western players. This includes letting go of DPS player Kevyn “TviQ” Lindstrom, the last remaining player from the original Florida Mayhem roster. He’s also the player who infamously drove the team’s …

League of Legends

Fnatic continues LEC playoff roll with wild win over Splyce William Davis Fnatic is looking unstoppable in the LEC Spring Playoffs as the defending champion took down Splyce in round two. Fnatic came into the match highly favored after a convincing win against Team Vitality. Despite being the underdogs, Splyce put on a fight and exposed some of Fnatic’s weaknesses. In game one, Splyce tried to surprise Fnatic with a Zoe pick in the bottom lane. The strategy didn’t work and Fnatic …

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Kingzone DragonX stomp Damwon Gaming in LCK Spring Playoffs William Davis Kingzone DragonX is moving to round three after demolishing Damwon Gaming in three quick games. Kingzone is not playing around. The squad had one of the strongest performances of the season against Damwon and are now advancing in the LCK Spring Playoffs. Game one was all about the team fights. Kingzone drafted a team fight composition and executed the strategy to perfection. Damwon was relying on Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon to …

Counter-Strike

New Swole Patrol roster finds a sponsor in Lazarus Esports Steven Rondina One of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s most recognizable North American teams is no longer without an organization. North American staple Swole Patrol is now Lazarus Esports. The entirety of the team has transferred to the Canadian organization, which returns to men’s Counter-Strike for the first time since 2017. Originally founded in 2011, Swole Patrol has existed in many different forms over the years. In 2018 it became a proper team with …

FC Barcelona dives further into esports with Rocket League team Fariha Bhatti News European football team FC Barcelona has announced the formation of a professional Rocket League squad. The club intends to compete in the Rocket League Championship Series and will debut in the European division of the RLCS on April 7. Though only announced on April 4, the team has already been practicing together under a different name. Savage, as the team was previously called, has been competing since 2016 and has …

JD Gaming upsets Team WE as LPL playoffs get underway in China William Davis League of Legends In a development few saw coming, JD Gaming took down Team World Elite in a stunning 3-1 upset in the LPL playoffs. Game one quickly looked to be in favor of JDG. Support player Zuo “LvMao” Ming Hao opened up the series with two quick kills on Rakan before the five minute mark. LvMao’s team then followed his lead and held a 4-0 lead in kills before 10 minutes ha …

League of Legends is rewarding Twitch Prime users with free loot Olivia Richman League of Legends For a limited time, Twitch Prime users can unlock a new Summoner’s Crown capsule.  From now until May 14, League of Legends players can link their Twitch and League of Legends accounts to receive a permanent champion skin, a ward skin, and a summoner icon.   “We’ve had one, yes. But what about a second Summoner’s Crown Capsule?” the official Twitch account tweeted out.  Twitch also encouraged followers to reply with …

Renegades angry with interfering fan during win over NiP Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Renegades’ debut in the StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 7 playoffs was successful, but it didn’t come without controversy. Playing opposite Ninjas in Pyjamas, Renegades AWPer Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai was seen flipping off the crowd following a key clutch round for his team. The reason? A fan of Ninjas in Pyjamas was shouting his location out in an attempt to help the Swedes. The incident has been clipped on Twitch. …

Shroud shows off X-rays from elbow surgery, discusses procedure Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Michael “shroud” Grzesiek has been through a whole lot over the last few weeks. That was plain to see on the popular streamer’s latest broadcast, as he showed off x-rays featuring his surgically repaired elbow. Though he has been open about the severity of the injury, this shines a whole new light on just much work needed to be done to fix him up. The x-rays show off a lengthy …

Data mining uncovers five brand new weapons in Apex Legends Olivia Richman Apex Legends Apex Legends may be releasing new weapons in the near future. While Respawn Entertainment has not officially announced any new weapons since the release of the Havoc Energy Rifle, data miners have uncovered some new weapons deep in the game’s files. These five weapons are called the EPG, Softball, Defender, Archer, and the ARL.  The EPG is already a weapon in Titanfall 2, where it’s an extremely powerful energy weapon. …

Valve takes measures against fake free Dragonclaw Hook scam pages Steven Rondina Dota 2 After months of inaction, Valve is finally taking measures to combat one of Steam’s most aggressive phishing scams. In a news post on the official Steam Community page, Valve announced that it was changing its policies regarding the Dota 2 workshop. The workshop will now require users to take an extra email verification step. “First-time submissions to the Dota workshop will now require email verification before the item can be …

Apex Legends patch causes headaches for players and developers Fariha Bhatti Apex Legends A number of big changes were mistakenly introduced into popular battle royale Apex Legends with the 1.1 patch launch. Players were shocked to find that they had lost progress after the new update, punished for leaving games, and finding new loot for items not yet in the game. When eager players logged into the game after the update, many were surprised to find that all of their progress with various …

Selfmade is rookie of LEC spring split, Guilhoto named top coach William Davis League of Legends Riot Games announced jungler Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek as the LEC Rookie of the Spring Split and André “Guilhoto” Guilhoto as LEC Coach of the Spring Split. The votes are in and after a highly competitive season, SK Gaming’s jungler Selfmade was crowned the region’s top rookie. Selfmade received 123 points, surpassing Fnatic mid laner Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek with 55 points and Splyce mid laner Marek “Humanoid” Brázda with 53. During …

Prince Harry says Fortnite is addicting, should not be allowed Steven Rondina Fortnite Lots of celebrities are big fans of Fortnite, but Prince Harry is not among that lot. Speaking at a YMCA event in London, the British royal railed against social media and video games. Discussing Fortnite in particular, he stated the game was causing strain on families and labeled it addicting. “That game shouldn’t be allowed. Where is the benefit of having it in your household,” the prince asked, per BBC. …

A flurry of coaching changes hit OWL prior to start of Stage 2 Fariha Bhatti News A number of teams in the Overwatch League are making changes to their coaching staffs just in time for the start of Stage 2. Paris Eternal, Washington Justice, Toronto Defiant, and Dallas Fuel have all lost coaches this week, with the announcements being made just before the next round of matches are set to begin. The head coach of the Paris Eternal, Julien “daemoN” Ducros, is among those coaches to …

Chovy named LCK MVP as Griffin dominates spring split awards William Davis League of Legends Riot Games Korea has announced Griffin’s Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon as the regular season MVP of the LCK Spring Split, as the mid laner narrowly surpassed bot laner Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu. After an intense regular season, Chovy was crowned as the MVP of the season with 1,300 points, equivalent to 13 MVP awards. The mid laner was tied through the majority of the split with Deft from Kingzone DragonX, who finished …

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