On Tuesday afternoon, HeroesHearth, daughter company of Wisdom Gaming Group and long-time supporter of Heroes of the Storm, revealed details of their upcoming Community Clash League (CCL) which aims to provide a platform for the best players in North America to showcase their skills.
On Monday evening, Teamfight Tactics' Lead Designer, Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer, gave the auto chess' community a glimpse into what they can expect in the upcoming 10.17 patch. Set to go live on Wednesday, numerous small tweaks to numbers are being rolled out and the team feels confident in the current state of the meta ahead of Set 4's launch in September.
The Hearthstone development team kicked off a new week with a bang, releasing details of the upcoming 18.0.2 patch coming in a few days. In Monday's blog post, more than a dozen changes to champions and units in the title's Battlegrounds game mode went along with two cards receiving nerfs in the traditional card game.
Nearly two years after Activison Blizzard made the decision to effectively end the Heroes of the Storm esports circuit with the cancelation of the Heroes Global Championship (HGC), one of the largest organizations in the world still supporting the title is stepping in to revitalize the scene.
Tempo Storm CEO Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk spoke to Inven Global's Tim Rizzo about the organization's approach to the situation surrounding ZeRo and its unique actions following the confirmation of the allegations.
Although students from around the world recently started their summer break, Hearthstone is headed back to school. On Tuesday morning, Blizzard Entertainment revealed their upcoming expansion for the long-time collectible card game, Scholomance Academy. The fifteenth expansion, set to launch in early August, introduces 135 new cards, including 40 Dual-Class ones that (as the name implies) can be used by two of the ten different classes to create unique playstyles, strategies, and mechanics shared by both.
12-years-ago, the world was Luke Kooken's oyster. He dabbled in standup comedy, played poker at a high-level and his passion at the time was dancing. Salsa, tango, swing, breakdancing, and jazz all occupied any free time he did have when his college workload was not in the way of doing what he loved. However, as the cryptic saying goes: all good things must come to an end. And for Kooken, who now goes by "Nohandsgamer" online, his life (ironically) changed on the dance floor one day and he hasn't been the same since.
On Thursday afternoon, Blizzard Entertainment released details of eight Hearthstone cards receiving balance changes in their upcoming 17.6 patch scheduled for July 14. Once the patch goes live, all players will be able to disenchant the cards seeing changes for a full dust refund for two weeks.
On Tuesday morning, Riot Games revealed their 149th champion to enter the nexus in League of Legends. This time, it is Lillia, the shy fawn, who is meant to be played in the Jungle and wreak havoc on her foes using a branch, some magic, fairy dust, and what sounds like a Scottish accent.
On Monday, June 15, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled details regarding an upcoming event and content coming to Heroes of the Storm for the community to get their hands on as soon as possible. As the hero brawler recently celebrated its fifth birthday, the development team decided to thank the playerbase by returning a fan-favorite event and turn one of the most popular characters in the Blizzard universe into a playable Heroes of the Storm character.
A brilliant mind with a sunny disposition, Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou joined Overwatch to help solve the world's growing climate problems. Armed with a host of weather-altering technologies, Mei now fights to protect her friends and secure a future for a troubled world. To learn of her announcement, the return of the Nexomania II event (with new skins) and how Mother Nature is playing a part in the next Nexus Anomaly click here.
At this point in the six-year history of Blizzard Entertainment's collectible card game, Hearthstone, it's almost routine that long-time professional player and content creator David "Dog" Caero will, at one point or another, break the speed at which he plays. Back in 2018, Dog was known for mastering a one-turn-kill combo that required as much APM (action per minute) as it did brainpower to pull off. For a casual player tuning in to watch his stream on Twitch, it was mesmerizing and inconceivable to see so many moving pieces on a 2D board in a game that, by definition, aims to limit the number of actions a player can make in a single turn by having a mana cap.
On Tuesday morning, Riot Games introduced details as to what content is coming (and going) to their auto chess title, Teamfight Tactics, once their mid-set expansion goes live on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) in the next few days. While the information is subject to change based on data the development team collects during that time, Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies is set to look quite a bit different during the second half of the Set's lifecycle.
The Teamfight Tactics mid-set expansion is nearly upon us and Riot Games has provided the community not only with 14 new champions, three never-before-scene traits, and a myriad of other changes but a revamped Galaxies Pass and Galaxies Pass+ for players who want to earn exclusive rewards as they play.
Schick Xtreme is partnering with a couple of Twitch streamers to aid in the fight against childhood cancer with a new mobile game that allows players to raise money for the cause just by playing. Shave the Day, the free-to-play game that lets players pilot XtremeMan, the bald-headed superhero in his never-ending battle to shave as many heads as possible using his razor as a hoverboard, is available to download in the App Store and Google Play Store for both Apple and Android users. Launched on May 19, Schick Xtreme plans on turning all player's in-game points into real donations to St. Baldrick's Foundation, up to $250,000.
Leena Xu, President of esports organization TSM, faces controversy after screenshots from the team's Discord were used in a video by Duncan "Thorin" Shields. In one screenshot, Xu claims to have attempted to approach many players from Europe on behalf of TSM, and that the players she approached were under contract at the time of her reaching out. Inven Global has confirmed with a source close to the situation that organizations across the globe often go unpunished for the ways in which they circumnavigate certain rules when seeking to sign a player.
On Monday afternoon, Riot Games announced their next step in the development of their auto chess title's esports infrastructure. Titled "Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies Championship," the grand finale is scheduled to take place at the end of Set 3's lifecycle, feature a $200,000 prize pool and include 16 of the best players from around the world. To provide a competitive circuit that is inclusive and accessible, Riot has announced that all qualifiers around the world will be available in the in-game client and through online tournaments, Furthermore, each set of content going forward is going to have a global Championship to "reward all of the players who dedicate their time to mastering Teamgight Tactics and provide a goal that exists beyond reaching the top of the ladder."
On Tuesday morning, Riot Game's take on the FPS genre, Valorant, entered closed beta globally and, while many were able to begin playing, many others were riddled with error messages that prevented them from even logging into the game successfully. Numerous error codes began flooding social media platforms and the game's official subReddit shortly after the closed beta was turned on. The most common, Error 43, allows players to launch the beta client but didn't allow them to get into the main menu or do anything else. While others can be fixed by reinstalling the game, rebooting their client or restarting their computer, Error 43 is one that Riot is working to tackle internally as thousands of individuals who were given access to the closed beta are struggling to play the game they've been waiting for months to try out.
After much anticipation, a product of Riot Games is coming to mobile devices around the world. Teamfight Tactics, the auto chess title played by more than 80 million individuals since its' launch last year, will be available to be played in closed beta in select regions starting Tuesday, March 17th, with the official release coming two days later on Thursday in the App Store and Google Play platforms. China and SEA's mobile version will be coming at a later date.
Ever since Riot Games teased the Teamfight Tactics' community that Set 3 was being titled "Galaxies" players have been left wondering: "Which champions can we play as?" and "Oh, I bet x-class is going to be featured!" Well, as of Tuesday afternoon, the wait is over. Numerous videos and guides began popping up around the internet regarding the full set of champions, origins, and classes that will be when TFT: Galaxies goes live in the next couple of weeks.
