On Jun 18, esports organization T1's CEO Joe "JoeMar" Marsh called out fellow esports org G2 Esports for having a smaller prize pool than T1 for the org's VALORANT Ignition Series. The tweet itself, while meant in good fun and consistent of nothing but harmless banter, highlighted how rivalries between esports organizations could benefit the developing esports infrastructure of VALORANT, which was officially released on June 2, 2020.
The game was said to be looking at a release early in 2020, but CD Projekt Red decider that an April 16 release date was a safer bet. However, today, CD Projekt Red announced that Cyberpunk 2077’s release would be delayed until September 17, 2020.
The first week of both the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split and 2020 League of Legends European Championship Summer Split has concluded, so let's take a look at the the Booms and Busts in the first week of Inven Global's Esports One Fantasy League of Legends league.
The Pittsburgh Knights are excited to announce a unique digital experience with Schell Games and its virtual reality (VR) sword fighting game Until You Fall.
Mykles has more than 15 years of esports experience, including serving as a broadcaster across five different titles. He’s also served as a professional team owner, coach and consultant while starting up multiple esports and media businesses.
Now that the first week of competition has concluded, let's take a look at which players in the LCS and LEC were the top scorers in Inven Global's Esports One fantasy League of Legends league.
Wiz is a strategic partner for the Knights, and will be the featured personality at the center of these new philanthropic initiatives by the team. Additional charity stream events for 2020 will be announced.
'The Device' began at 11:00am PT on Monday, June 15, but some players have had trouble with the Epic Games launcher successfully launching . This has not only happened to Fortnite players looking to participate in the event, but also to gamers attempting to play any titles via the Epic Games launcher.
C9 Mid Laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss C9's hot start to summer, the importance of his mid/jungle synergy with Robert "Blaber" Huang, and the one team who poses a threat to Cloud9.
Before the start of the Summer Split, V1per joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss his benching on FlyQuest, joining Dignitas, and how the dynamic of his new environment is helping him find his footing.
Evil Geniuses Support Tristan "Zeyzal" Stidham spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the win about the perfect game victory, the current meta for Supports, and how Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon and Matthew "Deftly" Chen have impacted EG's LCS roster.
Kobbe spoke to Inven Global's Lara Lunardi after week 1 of the LEC Summer Split to discuss his time as a member of TSM, joining Misfits, and his feelings towards being back in Europe on an LEC team.
Team Liquid Mid Laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about TL's Spring Spilt, his individual performance throughout the season thus far, and Edward "Tactical" Ra starting in place of Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng after the latter joined TSM in the 2020 LCS Summer Split.
"Esports & Black Lives Matter: A Conversation" will go live on the Inven Global Twitter via Periscope, and will discuss the intersection between esports and modern day civil rights movement #BlackLivesMatter.
Riot Games has fired Ron Johnson and provided the following statement to Inven Global:
Immortals has unveiled its starting roster for the opening weekend of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split.
In addition to changes coming to PUBG as part of Update 7.3, PUBG has also announced further details about the next phase of PUBG Esports. PUBG Corporation is following up on May’s exciting PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Continental Series Charity Showdown with PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Continental Series 1 and 2.
Cloud9 Jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang, who won the 2020 LCS Spring Split MVP award, joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie ahead of the LCS Summer Split to reflect on C9's dominant spring and winning the MVP award over his Mid Laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer.
A few days before the start of the 2020 LCS Summer Split Evil Geniuses Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about Spring Split, the addition of Huni, and the affects of COVID-19 on the LCS.
IMT Jungler Jake "Xmithie" Puchero spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie on LCS Media Day ahead of the Summer Split to discuss his team's off-season adjustments, how COVID-19 has changed competitive atmosphere in the LCS, and being called the most underrated player in the LCS.
