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Overwatch League analyst Sideshow trashes Houston Outlaws
Olivia Richman
The Overwatch League never has a shortage of drama. Analyst Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson started his own drama with the Houston Outlaws, calling the team “straight garbo.” On March 9, Sideshow made the pregame prediction that the Los Angeles Valiant would get its first win of the season against the Houston Outlaws. When the Outlaws ended up winning, the team took to Twitter to make a highlight reel of the most …
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Call of Duty franchise slots to be sold for $25 million
William Davis
According to a report from ESPN, Activision Blizzard will be selling Call of Duty World League franchise spots for $25 million USD per team slot. Also confirmed in the report is Activision Blizzard’s controversial choice to have the new teams move to respective home cities. $25 million is the largest buy-in for the first season of a franchised esports league in history, beating out Overwatch League and the League Championship …
League of Legends
KT Rolster threatened by relegation after loss to SK Telecom T1
William Davis
SK Telecom T1 secured round two of 2019’s Telecom War with a victory over KT Rolster. SKT and KT are having very different seasons. While the former world champions at SK Telecom T1 are thriving, KT Rolster is close to the relegation tournament. This round of the Telecom War was defined by KT’s passiveness and SKT’s superior drafting. KT was able to take game one, but the retaliation from SKT …
Dota 2
Dota Auto Chess player number surges past six million mark
Steven Rondina
Dota Auto Chess is a big deal. How big a deal? The custom game mode in Dota 2 has soared past the six million user mark and is showing no signs of slowing down. Dota Auto Chess now has nearly 6.2 million players. This marks an increase of over one million players since the end of February. It’s a massive tally for the game mode and could be a huge …
Counter-Strike
Shroud returns to streaming just days after scary scooter accident
Steven Rondina
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is on the road to recovery. The popular streamer and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro is out of the hospital and already back to streaming. He announced the news on Twitter. Initially, it seemed like Shroud was going to be booked for a lengthy hospital stay. Though his surgery was successful, a course of antibiotics was set to extend his stay under doctor supervision. However, three hours …
Dota 2
Dota 2 Battle Cup cheater brought to justice by AdmiralBulldog
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A Battle Cup scripter was banned from Dota 2 matchmaking for eight years. Former professional player Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg celebrated a small victory in getting the cheater banned from the game. An anonymous player who goes by the in-game name “Werwolf” was caught cheating on AdmiralBulldog’s Battle Cup Twitch stream. https://twitter.com/AdmiralBulldog/status/1105841824265064448 Werwolf admitted that he’d been using scripts. In a Discord chat, he seemed more proud of his cheating activities …
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New hero Baptiste prepares to hit live servers on March 19
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The newest hero in Overwatch is coming out of PTR testing and is hitting live servers. Blizzard announced on Twitter that support hero Baptiste would be arriving for live play on March 19. Baptiste was announced a few weeks ago via a short video and a lore letter giving context to the character’s background on Blizzard’s website. Jean-Baptiste Augustin is a combat medic who used to run with the Talon …
Fortnite
Epic Games releases new information on Fortnite Scallywag Cup
Olivia Richman
Qualifying is coming to a close for Fortnite’s $100,000 Scallywag Cup. Players who place in the top three percent in the Gauntlet Test Event will unlock this in-game tournament. The Gauntlet Test Event ranks players based on a points system, with Victory Royales being worth three points, and the potential for 10 total points per game. Each elimination is worth one point. Each match played reduces players’ score by two …
New Mousesports CS:GO lineup featuring ChrisJ, Karrigan revealed
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
The new Mousesports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has been revealed. After a number of twists and turns, the European organization announced its new roster consisting of Chris “chrisJ” de Jong, Robin “ropz” Kool, Finn “karrigan” Andersen, Özgür “woxic” Eker, and David “frozen” Čerňanský. The revelation was made on the team’s official site. Big changes have been expected for Mousesports’ roster. Despite having a generally solid 2018 that included several first-place …
Empire, Thunder Predator, Detonator among BTS Spring Cup winners
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Dota 2
Team Empire, Thunder Predator, and Detonator emerged victorious in the conclusion of Beyond the Summit Spring Cup Series. BTS Spring Cup is an online tournament that took place in three different regions. Four teams from Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe were directly invited to compete for the $20,000 prize pool. In the Southeast Asia region, Filipino team Detonator faced Tigers in the grand final. Dota 2 legend Danil “Dendi” …
ESPN Events announces Collegiate Esports Championship
Olivia Richman
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ESPN Events has announced its ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship. Hosted by Tespa and the Collegiate StarLeague, hundreds of North American colleges will compete in qualifiers for the chance to compete at a live championship in Houston come May. It’s a clear attempt by ESPN Events’ to make a further push into the esports industry while it’s still relatively early in the game. “We are proud to be providing a platform …
Dota 2 star ana returns to OG, fills out championship roster
Olivia Richman
Dota 2
Dota 2 star Anathan “ana” Pham is back from his break. OG announced on Twitter that the carry player has returned. The accompanying video started off with tweets from fans expressing how much they wanted ana to come back. This may be just what the Dota 2 needs to rise back to the top. A break from Dota 2 ana played a major role in OG taking home the Aegis …
CS:GO patch changes economy bonuses, AUG and shotgun costs
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Some big changes have come to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the wake of the 2019 Katowice Major. A huge patch for the game dropped with many of the popular gripes of pro players and amateurs alike being addressed. Included are micro tweaks to weapon costs and how KDA totals are tallied, but also larger changes to the game’s economy. The most important change came to how loss bonuses are calculated. …
League of Legends to change positional ranking after harsh feedback
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
League of Legends will be discontinuing positional ranking worldwide on March 13. According to an official announcement from League of Legends metagame system designer Ed “SapMagic” Altorfer, Riot has noted players’ frustration with the “grindiness, low satisfaction of off-position games, and teammates not taking off-position games seriously enough.” Altorfer said Riot has noticed that up to 30 percent of League of Legends players in North America and Korea are not …
PlayerUnknown steps down from the PUBG development team
Steven Rondina
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“PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” is technically just “Battlegrounds” now. That’s because PUBG lead designer Brendan Greene, commonly referred to by his online handle PlayerUnknown, is stepping down from his position. He announced the news on Twitter. “Today I’m excited to announce that my new day-to-day focus will be heading up a new division of PUBG Corp.: PUBG Special Projects,” Greene said. “While I’ll remain as a consulting director on PUBG, development will …
Master Chief Collection brings full Halo series to PC and Steam
William Davis
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After years of waiting, fans of the Halo series are finally getting what they want as the Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. PC gamers haven’t received an entry in the Halo franchise since 2007 when Halo 2 was finally released for PC. Online servers for the game were officially shut down in 2013, long after the game was discontinued on Xbox Live in 2010. The new collection will …
Tempo Storm stomp PUBG field with first-place NPL finish
Steven Rondina
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Tempo Storm have been utterly dominating the professional PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds scene in North America. The quartet recently brought home a bunch of hardware by becoming the National PUBG League Phase 1 champions. The achievement caps what has been a stellar start for the team in the new PUBG competitive format. The first phase of the 2019 season kicked off in February, with the teams competing in eight weekly matches. The …
Riot releases hotfix to nerf a new powerful Neeko build
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Riot is releasing a micropatch focused on nerfing new champion Neeko. The patch will lower Neeko’s base damage and attack speed drastically. Her attack speed will be lowered from 3.5 percent per level to just 1.5 percent. Her attack damage is also going down one percentage point. The patch changes that stand out the most are to Neeko’s W ability, reducing her on-hit damage from 50-170 to 50-130. The patch …
Ninja and Shroud reportedly paid big by EA to stream Apex Legends
Steven Rondina
Apex Legends
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has made a lot of money off of Apex Legends. According to Trust.org, the popular Fortnite streamer was paid “around $1 million” by Apex Legends publisher Electronic Arts to promote the game to his fans. Ninja was one of many popular Twitch personalities to play Apex Legends in the days immediately following its release, and he was not alone in receiving compensation for streaming the game. Trust.org …
Boston Uprising owner Robert Kraft arraignment set for March 28
Olivia Richman
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After being accused of soliciting prostitution in February, Boston Uprising owner Robert Kraft’s arraignment will be on March 28. The date was moved a few days back so as not to interfere with the NFL’s annual owners’ meetings. That doesn’t seem to be the only form of leniency for Kraft going into the arraignment. While court papers state that the defendant must be present at the hearing, Kraft announced that …
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