Uzi's undeniable legacy to the world of esports has evoked several voices in the industry to honor the player, including T1’s Mid Laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok.
While it has not been decided who will play for Dignitas and Dignitas Academy specifically at the start of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series and 2020 LCS Academy League Summer Split, there are now 10 players under the DIG banner.
T1 signed Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional player, as the fifth and final player to round out its starting roster on June 3.
Golden Guardians have signed Damonte to start as their LCS Mid Laner, with Goldenglue and Ablazeolive competing for the Academy slot. Olleh also joins the org as positional coach. Read more on their roster moves here:
Tremors shook when Overwatch League franchise Vancouver Titans, home of the majority of the legendary Run Away lineup from South Korea's OGN Apex league in the early days of OW esports, released the entirety of its roster abruptly during the 2020 OWL season. However, in the past month, five of the former Vancouver Titans players have found new organizations to play for in the Overwatch League.
TSM signed Winston as their new Academy Jungler after promoting Spica to their starting roster. Winston was part of Team Infernal in the 2019 NASG and played in the collegiate scene before then. Learn more about his addition to the team here:
The 100 Thieves Valorant team will be captained by Hiko, a former professional CS:GO player who has been a professional esports athlete for over 10 years. Hiko previously played for teams such as Cloud9 and Team Liquid. In addition to being a professional Valorant player, Hiko is one of the top 5 most watched Valorant streamers on Twitch as of June 2020.
The Riot Games dev team has been hard at work, and they just announced the next champion VGU - Dr. Mundo - which will go live in 2021. Read more on their efforts and Dr. Mundo's timeline here.
In Riot Games' most recent update to the Champion Roadmap for June 2020, it was confirmed by Lead Champion Producer Ryan 'Reav3' Mireles that three new champions would be hitting Summoner's Rift in the near future.
The LCK returns on June 17, and T1 is scheduled to play against DragonX at 8pm KST
The following was sent to Inven Global as a Press Release by Riot Games Korea. Riot Games Korea announced that the 2020 LCK Summer split will start in June. 17th (KST). Through a draw, the opening mat
On the 3rd (KST), Royal Never Give Up announced the retirement of their legendary bot laner, Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao. He's a player with an incredible legacy. Many have credited him as the secon
HyperX has partnered with Inven Global and Esports One to bring some incredible prizes to the winners of the E1 Fantasy Inven Global Leaderboard. Each week, top scorers will earn prizes, and at the end of the Summer Split, the top three point earners will get huge prize packs full of various HyperX gear. Here are the 80 possible prizes at stake!
The partnership will bring a new way to play fantasy LCS and LEC by combining the technical expertise of Esports One and the in-depth esports knowledge of Inven Global.
Launching on PC only, VALORANT will be live in North, South, and Latin America at 8 am EST. In the Asian-Pacific region, including South Korea and Japan, at 8 am local time. Following comes the European region and the Middle East, launching at 6 am local time.
Before the explosion of racial tension in the US, Sony Interaction Entertainment planned a live stream on June 4th at 4:00 PM EDT with the intent to share new details surrounding the Playstation 5. Sony also planned to show footage of new PS5 games -- all across YouTube and Twitch for a little over an hour.
APK Prince has signed mid laner Mickey. On the 29th (KST), APK Prince announced that they've acquired mid laner Son “Mickey” Young-min in their mid lane. Mickey had played in Excel Esports
On the 31st (KST), Top Esports took down FunPlus Phoenix 3-1 in the Grand Finals to be the first team to lift the Mid Season Cup. As the top 4 teams from the LCK and the LPL participated in this event
After signing huni earlier this week, Evil Geniuses has released Brandini from their roster for this Summer. Brandini and the rest of the EG Academy squad climbed to 2nd place in the Spring Split Playoffs, losing to C9 in the Finals. Read more on his release here:
Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual gaming convention that takes place in southern California, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, IGN has filled the gap left by the cancellation of E3 2020 with its digital event 'Summer of Gaming.'
