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League of Legends Fnatic continues LEC playoff roll with wild win over Splyce By William Davis News Kingzone DragonX stomp Damwon Gaming in LCK Spring Playoffs By William Davis Counter-Strike New Swole Patrol roster finds a sponsor in Lazarus Esports By Steven Rondina

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FC Barcelona dives further into esports with Rocket League team Fariha Bhatti 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 …

League of Legends

JD Gaming upsets Team WE as LPL playoffs get underway in China William Davis 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

League of Legends is rewarding Twitch Prime users with free loot Olivia Richman 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 …

Counter-Strike

Renegades angry with interfering fan during win over NiP Steven Rondina 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. …

Counter-Strike Shroud shows off X-rays from elbow surgery, discusses procedure By Steven Rondina Apex Legends Data mining uncovers five brand new weapons in Apex Legends By Olivia Richman Dota 2 Valve takes measures against fake free Dragonclaw Hook scam pages By Steven Rondina

Apex Legends

Apex Legends patch causes headaches for players and developers Fariha Bhatti 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 …

League of Legends

Selfmade is rookie of LEC spring split, Guilhoto named top coach William Davis 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 …

Fortnite

Prince Harry says Fortnite is addicting, should not be allowed Steven Rondina 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. …

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A flurry of coaching changes hit OWL prior to start of Stage 2 Fariha Bhatti 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 …

Rookie im37 to Toronto, is now quickest path to pro player to join OWL Fariha Bhatti News With just one day to go before the start of Stage 2, Toronto Defiant has announced a new addition to the team’s roster. DPS player Jin “im37” Hong joined the team having completed the path to pro program from the Open Division to the Overwatch League in under one month’s time. As a DPS player, Jin specialises in heroes such as McCree, Widowmaker, and Genji. He has also shown proficiency …

Apex Legends patch 1.1 makes life easier for most players Fariha Bhatti Apex Legends A new patch has been released for Apex Legends and is available to players after updating game clients. Patch 1.1 focuses on quality of life improvements, offering a few UI updates, extra settings, and various stability updates. A new feature has been added to enable teams of players combined through matchmaking to continue playing games with the same squad. When completing a match and returning to the lobby, players will …

Faker the only esports player on Forbes 2019 Asia 30 Under 30 list Olivia Richman League of Legends Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok was recently named 30 Under 30 in Forbes Asia 2019 list.  Named among athletes, musicians, and artists, Faker was the only esports player on Forbes “entertainment and sports” category.  “Nicknamed god of computer game ‘League of Legends,’ Faker is generally regarded in the gaming community as the greatest LoL player of all time,” reads the official description.  The listing goes on to list the 22-year-old gamer’s accomplishments, …

Butcher’s Bridge in ARAM, Urgot and Kayle nerfed in LoL patch 9.7 Steven Rondina League of Legends The latest League of Legends update brings changes to several runes, a handful of items, a dozen champions, and gives ARAM a big shakeup. Patch 9.7 has launched in the game and is highlighted by the return of Butcher’s Bridge in place of ARAM. It also brings larger overhauls to champions Kayle and Urgot. Butcher’s Bridge returns for the third year in a row, surfacing for the first time since …

Latest CS:GO update brings big changes to Vertigo, Abbey Steven Rondina Counter-Strike When people claimed that the latest addition to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map pool wasn’t fit for high-level play, they were right. That’s what Valve seems to think, as Vertigo received another set of tweaks in the latest update to the game. This is the fourth set of adjustments to the map since March 19. For the most part, the tweaks to the skyscraper-themed map were minor fixes including remedying …

PUBG designer Brendan Greene said he is done with battle royales Olivia Richman News PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds designer Brendan Greene is done with battle royales.  “The last man standing concept is great, but I’m done with that. I don’t really intend to make PUBG 2,” Greene told Game Industry Biz.  Based in Amsterdam for the past few months, Greene has instead moved on to PUBG Corp’s new Special Projects division. While no concrete concept has been announced for the team, Greene’s initial announcement said they …

Boston Uprising and Atlanta Reign make moves beefing up for Stage 2 Fariha Bhatti News With the start of Stage 2 of the Overwatch League just around the corner, many teams are adding to and changing their rosters in hopes of improved success. The Boston Uprising and Atlanta Reign have both hired new team members from outside the Overwatch League ranks. Boston announced on April 2 that Zion “Persia” Yang had been signed to the team as an additional support player. Before joining the Uprising, …

EternalEnVy backdoors his way into spot at MDL Disneyland Paris Major Steven Rondina Dota 2 Jacky “EternalEnVy” Mao is heading to Disneyland after taking a long, strange path to get there. Team Team has overcome the odds and qualified for a spot in the MDL Disneyland Paris Major. Working through the North American qualifiers, it will join fellow teams from the region Evil Geniuses and CompLexity Gaming. The sudden union of EternalEnVy and Team Team may come as a surprise to fans that haven’t been …

The meaning behind EZ4ENCE, a CSGO meme song gone viral Olivia Richman Counter-Strike It’s hard to forget the moment Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team ENCE proudly stepped onto the IEM Katowice stage for the finals with “EZ4ENCE” blaring behind them. The song by The Verkkars even made it onto Finland’s Top 50 music chart in March. The title of the song is actually inspired by a popular CS:GO meme. EZ4ENCE is what fans like to say on Twitch during matches, basically meaning that it’s …

Dallas Fuel trade rCK to Boston Uprising in exchange for NotE William Davis News The Dallas Fuel and Boston Uprising have put a bold trade in motion. The Fuel are sending Richard “rCK” Kanerva to Boston, and the Uprising will send Lucas “NotE” Meissner to Dallas in return. With this move, Kellex will become the last remaining original member of the Uprising’s original lineup remaining on the roster. The Fuel will pick up a capable off-tank that has previous experience working with assistant coach …

Toronto Defiant’s Stellar announces sudden retirement from OWL Olivia Richman News Overwatch League fans have still not recovered from Daniel “Dafran” Francesca’s sudden retirement, and there’s already another big name OWL player leaving the competitive scene before Stage 2 commences. Toronto Defiant’s Lee “Stellar” Do-hyung has just announced his retirement from professional Overwatch on Twitter.  “Due to personal reasons, I have decied to retire from being a pro,” Stellar said.  In the video shared by the Toronto Defiant, Stellar went on to …

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