US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
Team Liquid is proud to announce their new esports roster for VALORANT, the new tactical shooter made by Riot Games. The five-man roster consists of the entire former fish123 roster that did so well during the game's early tournaments, most recently placing second at the WePlay! VALORANT Invitational. Read more on the team here:
We spoke with Phreak about casting in the quarantine, caster bias, how the LCS needs to improve, and his recent addition of harsh criticism towards some plays and decisions LCS teams are making. Phreak has received abundant praise over the summer, learn more about how he has worked and grown here:
Reckful, who first gained notoriety in the World of Warcraft community, has been immortalized as a permanent NPC Rogue Trainer in the Cathedral of Light in WoW's most recent expansion, Shadowlands, to honor his passing and memory.
On August 8th, Dr Disrespect went to Instagram Live for a short session, ending with a news segment stating, "Dr Disrespect may return to streaming as soon as today." Read more on his ban and his eventual return here:
Riot Games uploaded a video to the League of Legends YouTube channel this morning that featured Teamfight Tactics Lead Developer TJ "Riot Green Teej" Bourus laying a base for the future of the TFT roadmap. The video covers what is next for TFT mobile, a Little Legends update, and hints at the theme for the next set of Teamfight Tactics.
Oh boy, this is a big one. 10.16 patch have been implemented this week for League of Legends, and this patch is absolutely huge. Not only in size, but in the amount of buffs that Riot gave to the cham
On the 6th (KST), T1 defeated SeolHaeOne Prince in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split and collected their 4th straight win. It was a clean victory for T1. After the match, T1 coach
On the 6th (KST), T1 swept SeolHaeOne Prince in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. It was their 4th straight win and their 10th win overall. Bot laner Park “Teddy” Jin-seong
In the quarterly earnings call held Monday, Activision Blizzard reported that Q2 2020 exceeded expectations in terms of revenue and Earnings Per Share (EPS). The total consolidated net revenues for th
On the 6th (KST), in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split, DAMWON Gaming faced Gen.G and SeolHaeOne Prince played T1. With a 2-1 victory and their 6th straight win, DAMWON Gaming
On August 6th (KST), DAMWON Gaming defeated Gen.G in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split and went to the top of the standings. It was a 6-game winning streak for them as they succe
Overwatch League franchise team Dallas Fuel announced Thursday that it's dropped support player Jonathan "HarryHook" Tejedor over "player misconduct". The misconduct in question has HarryHook using misogynic language, calling women "whores" and "bitches", and was brought to public attention August 5 by members of the Overwatch community.
Close to 900 Activision Blizzard employees are organizing in Blizzard's Slack channel to put together a list of demands for improved employment conditions, including more pay increase and more vacation time.
FaZe Clan announced the disabling of Killjoy for its Ignition Series tournament via the FaZe Update Twitter account with the following explanation: "Due to the recency of Killjoy's release, there is a risk that multiple issues may negatively impact the competitive integrity of this weekend's tournament. As such, Riot Games has requested that she be disabled in official tournaments until they are confident in her stability."
UPDATE 8/5: FaZe Clan has confirmed the signing of Rawkus as its fifth VALORANT player, which completes its starting roster. Rawkus was a member of FaZe Clan in 2016 at the start of his professional Overwatch career, and will now return to the organization to start his VALORANT career.
We spoke with 100 Theives Support, Poome, about his playstyle, his history throughout amateur, orgs' scouting abilities, and the problems the amateur scene has and how they can be fixed and further developed. Read it here:
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins is back streaming on Twitch — at least for now. At the time of writing, Ninja's stream is pulling a viewership of over 62K. He started with a Fortnite stream together with
The new Red Bull Solo Q cans will be available at participating retailers nationwide for a limited time while supplies last.
Patch 1.7 for Legends of Runeterra will arrive today, August 5, Riot Games confirmed Tuesday, but it's mostly going to be focused on the Spirit Blossom festival and the non-standard game modes. The Patch will introduce a new Gauntlet mode called Tri-Region, which will allow players to break the two-region limit.
