Riot Games teased new VALORANT Agent, Reyna, who carries the motto, "Desafía los límites" or "Defy the limits." Find information about Reyna's abilities and hints of the new map here:
Though the Overwatch League has had a rough year, having to cancel homestands and move online, their recent May Melee tournament was a "grand success." Read more about their viewership surge and future plans here:
Just a month after exiting beta, Legends of Runeterra is announcing a road-map for the future of the game, including all new game modes, regions, expansions, and more. Read more on the exciting new additions coming this Summer!
Chime placed 1st in the 2019 Scouting Grounds, and has now been signed by Golden Guardians to play as their Academy Support. Keith will take his place back as the Academy AD Carry for the Summer. Read more on the story here:
Right after signing former TSM Jungler, Dardoch, Dignitas finalizes their 10 man roster with former FlyQuest Top Laner, V1per. Dignitas has not announced whether he or Lourlo will be starting for their LCS squad yet, but they have a plan to determine that. Read more on the transfer here:
TSM has released former Jungler, Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett, a few weeks after leaking that they were searching to find him a new home for the Summer. Dardoch originally signed with TSM last Fall. Read more on his story here:
TSM refused to be satisfied with a top 4 finish in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs, and defined the off-season right from the start in bringing Doublelift back into the fold of the baylife banner. The resulting ripple effect has led to a tumultuous couple of weeks for TSM, but if the team can win its first LCS championship since Doublelift was last on the squad - 2017 NA LCS Summer - it may once again solidify itself as the most decorated organization in North American LoL history.
Despite making their return to the LCS with zero assets, players, or staff, Evil Geniuses claimed third place in their opening split. But they aren't satisfied, they want more. Read about their ambitious goals here:
Watch the second episode of our podcast, Esports Weekly, where we discuss the mass exodus of players from the Overwatch League as well as the ongoing situation surrounding TSM and their various conflicts of interest. Learn more about the podcast here:
Watch the first episode of our newest podcast, Esports Weekly, where Inven Global reporter, Parkes Ousley, hosts discussions around current happenings in the esports scene along with co-reporter, Nick Geracie and Lara Lunardi.
Riot Games announced their new tactical shooter, VALORANT, will launch on June 2nd globally. Despite the restrictions, they've been impressed with the Closed Beta and feel confident in their launch date. Read what will be featured in the launch here.
Evil Geniuses announced a return back to their roots, revising the crest to "pay homage to the org's history and look ahead to the future." Additionally, Evil Geniuses is also announcing a partnership with LG UltraGear, one of LG's newest gaming monitors. Read more on their brand update here:
With VALORANT solidified in its popularity, game devs and designers have begun to explain more of their processes for creating different aspects of their universe. Specifically, how did they decide on these weapons and skins, how do they balance them, and how to they limit pay-to-win features? Read more here:
Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
This off-season, DAMWON Gaming Mid Laner, ShowMaker, set off to climb to Challenger in Korea by playing only unique champions - meaning he would never play any champion twice. On May 16, he reached his goal, playing 87 games on 87 different champs, boasting a 69% win rate. Read more on his story here:
In yet another off-season change from Team Liquid, Academy Jungler, Shernfire, was released from the org on May 15th. He played with the team only one Split, starting off on the main TL roster during Broxah's visa delay, and then switching to Academy upon his arrival mid-season. Read more on his story here:
On Monday, May 18th, Hearthstone will release a small patch to help balance the game, updating 12 cards in Standard and fixing a game breaking bug with Ethereal Conjurer. After the update, eight of the cards will be available for a full dust refund due to major changes/nerfs. Read more on the Hearthstone patch update here:
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13th, FlyQuest released their Academy Support, JayJ, who had played with the org in both their Academy and LCS squads over the past two and a half years. Learn more about his move here:
TSM released former AD Carry, Kobbe, who signed with Misfits Gaming to start for the team in the Summer 2020 League of Legends European Championship. With the transfer, Misfits also announces former AD Carry Bvoy's departure from the team. Read more on the story here.
Despite overwhelming global support for the Polish AD Carry, Łukasz "Puki Style" Zygmunciak, in this week's freshest esports Twitter movement, LDLC and Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim claim the European Masters Championship. Though each game was a battle, they won the series with a clean 3-0 sweep and are your Spring 2020 Champions. All three games saw LDLC on Blue Side and K1ck on Red, and each were incredibly close. While LDLC had solid control for Game 1, K1ck actually had a strong advantage up through the mid game in both Games 2 and 3. In each of the last two games, K1ck secured the first three drakes, but failed to execute in each teamfight around the final drake to secure their Soul. With each lost fight, LDLC was able to claim additional resources to eventually take both games and, consequen
