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Broadcast error reveals LCK team’s strategies William Davis Riot Games accidentally leaked team strategies for pro team Jin Air Green Wings during a recent LCK broadcast. During an early season bout between pro League teams Jin Air Green Wings and SK Telecom T1, an unfortunate camera shot leaked Jin Air’s pick and ban strategies. The camera captured a clear shot of the notebook held by assistant coach Choi “Alvingo” Byeong-cheol. The notes included the strategies the team intended …

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New assault map Paris added in latest Overwatch patch Olivia Richman Overwatch players are invited to battle through a sprawling mansion and cobblestone streets in a new assault map, live on PC. The January 30 patch introduces a new map, Paris, as well as a new priority order for health types. Non-recoverable health, shields, and armor are now consumed before the recoverable equivalents. The developer comment explains that the health type order “determines the prioritization of subtracting health, shield, or armor …

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Atlanta Reign bring fans behind the scenes in AMA Olivia Richman A recent AMA featuring Atlanta Reign players and staff was all about taking fans behind the scenes of one of Overwatch League’s newest teams. The AMA session focused more on the players’ personalities than the team’s strategies going into Season 2, as fan loyalty throughout Overwatch League’s first season relied heavily on the charisma and visibility of each team’s players. The idea of the players and staff living together in …

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Auto giant Honda to sponsor Team Liquid gabhernandez Team Liquid has announced an official automobile partnership with Honda. More and more, the world’s biggest companies are getting involved in the esports industry. One of the most prolific partner industries for professional esports organizations has been the automobile industry. In 2018, Mercedez-Benz announced that the automobile giant would be expanding its partnership with ESL One through 2020. This year, Honda will be the global mobility partner for Team Liquid. …

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Valve calls Epic Games’ exclusivity agreement “unfair” Steven Rondina Epic Games might have just declared war on Valve. After weeks of being available for preorder on Steam, Metro Exodus was suddenly made unavailable on the platform. The move comes as a result of an exclusive partnership between Metro Exodus publisher Deep Silver and Epic Games to make the post-apocalyptic shooter exclusively available for sale on the Epic Games Store. It was just 18 days away from release. Long a …

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Creep gold and movement speed change in Dota patch Steven Rondina Dota 2’s latest patch is here and players are going to feel it in a big way. The full patch notes for version 7.21 dropped on the official Dota 2 website, marking the end of the three-month run for version 7.20. With that shift comes a list of changes that tackle some of the features the development team has been addressing since The International 2018. The first change that Dota …

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Mid star Maybe takes leave from PSG.LGD gabhernandez PSG.LGD find themselves in a tough spot after a star player’s departure.Following a somewhat disappointing fourth-place finish in front of the team’s home crowd at the Chongqing Major, PSG.LGD is in turmoil. LGD star mid laner Lu “Maybe” Yao announced that he will be taking a step back from the competitive Dota 2 scene due to personal and physical reasons.The grueling training schedules and immense pressure that come with life …

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Team Secret emerge victorious at Chongqing Major gabhernandez Team Secret earned a position atop the Dota Pro Circuit standings by winning the Chongqing Major. After getting bumped out of the upper bracket finals by Virtus.pro, Team Secret’s star players found their tournament lives at stake. Evil Geniuses was a threat coming off of a great lower bracket run, but Team Secret quickly asserted their dominance and eliminated the NA hopefuls. The grand finals would then see a rematch …

EG knock out China’s best in Chongqing gabhernandez Dota 2 Evil Geniuses’ Dota 2 team has again proven to be the scourge of China. Evil Geniuses eliminated three Chinese teams in the lower bracket to continue their run at The Chongqing Major. EG had a dominant run in the lower bracket of the tournament. The team was pushed out of the upper bracket by Virtus.Pro only to turn around and stomp South American side Thunder Predator 2-0 fashion. This win …

Prestige skins in League of Legends spur backlash gabhernandez League of Legends Some League of Legends fans and players are none too happy about the reintroduction of Prestige skins to the game. The Prestige line of skins was first seen with Prestige K/DA Kai’Sa. After its relatively welcome reception, Riot added a Prestige K/DA Akali skin to the mix. Riot had since announced the continuation of the Prestige skin line, with different means of obtaining the skins to be offered. As opposed …

Farming Simulator is getting an official esports league Steven Rondina News Farming Simulator is about to get a lot more serious. On the The game’s publisher announced on the series’ official website its plans to expand into the realm of esports with the Farming Simulator League. Consisting of a 10-tournament circuit, the FSL will pit teams against one another in events across Europe with 250,000 euros in prizes on the line. While this news might catch some by surprise, it’s not …

Soldier: 76 is in focus in latest Overwatch short story gabhernandez News Overwatch fans have a new piece of literature to chew on. The latest Overwatch short story is set after the events of Ana’s comic “Old Soldiers” and is authored by Michael Chu. New character developments are brought to light in the aftermath of the reunion between Ana Bastet, Gabriel Reyes (Reaper), and Jack Morrison (Soldier: 76). Bastet provides a monologue regarding Jack and Ana about their life choices, and ties …

The Year of the Pig comes to Overwatch Fariha Bhatti News The latest update to Overwatch has begun the latest Lunar New Year event, bringing with it the return of the Capture the Flag game mode and a variety of new cosmetics for the Year of the Pig. Eight new skins have have been introduced for the event, including six legendary skins and two epics. The skins have a mixture of both traditional Korean and Chinese aesthetics. Brigitte’s new epic skin …

Millions of Fortnite accounts exposed William Davis Fortnite Millions of Fortnite players’ accounts were temporarily exposed due to a unexpected vulnerability. Researchers at security company Check Point discovered that a website hosted on Epic Games’ domain could be used to steal players’ authentication tokens. Once the token has been obtained for a given account, hackers could log into the account, purchase in-game currency, and even listen in on their mark’s voice chat communications. Fortunately, a user’s full credit …

Armor and tanks nerfed in latest Overwatch patch Fariha Bhatti News A new patch has been introduced to live servers, bringing a few balance changes to heroes just in time for the start of Overwatch League Season 2. Patch 1.32.1 will be used for Stage 1 of the Overwatch League, with commissioner Nate Nanzer announcing that the patch used by the professional players will be in line with versions at home. The biggest change in the patch affects multiple heroes, as …

Dendi might have found a new home at Tigers Steven Rondina Dota 2 Danil “Dendi” Ishutin has found a new home. Maybe. On its official Twitter page, Southeast Asia’s Tigers organization announced that Dendi has joined the team. This is in addition to the signing of fellow legendary Dota 2 player Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung, who rounds out the Tigers roster following the departures of Lai “Ahjit” Jay Son and Muhammad “inYourdreaM” Rizky. Dendi established himself as the most popular player in Dota …

Liquid do the impossible, defeat Astralis in tournament final Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Team Liquid finally scored a finals win over archrival Astralis. The American squad took the top prize at the iBUYPOWER Masters IV event, raking in a cool $100,000 and exacting a much-needed bit of revenge on the Danes after coming up short throughout 2018. It was a strong ending to what was an excellent showing by the team. Liquid’s tournament kicked off with a strong group stage that saw it …

Overwatch patch adds spectator features, new OWL skins Fariha Bhatti News A new Overwatch patch is now live across all platforms. Patch 1.32.1 includes updates to the spectator client and introduces new Overwatch League skins to the game. The patch primarily focuses on preparation for the next Overwatch League Season, which begins in February. The in-game spectator client has now been updated to show more match details. The changes include an update on hero portraits to display status effects such as …

Illness rocks players at Chongqing Major gabhernandez Dota 2 Players falling ill in the midst of the Chongqing Major are forcing their teams to play some of the year’s most important games at a disadvantage. The major tournament’s main event opener was a best-of-three series between Team Liquid and Team Secret. Unfortunately, Team Liquid’s Chu “shadow” Zeyu was already not feeling well. Before the main event started, Shadow took to Weibo and posted that he’d been vomiting all morning. …

Pro League team to train at one of Europe’s biggest stadiums William Davis News ExceL Esports has  announced Twickenham Stadium as the location for its training facility in 2019. ExceL is making big moves in 2019, as the organization that was recently chosen to compete in the LEC, formerly known as the EU LCS. The fourth-largest European stadium is located in southwest London. With a seating capacity of 82,000, the location will be opening its doors to esports competitors for the first time. The ExceL …

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