UPDATE May. 14, 2022: Smash Summit 13 has been postponed after one of the attendees tested positive for COVID-19.
On Feb. 22, Hanwha Life Esports cleared that multiple members have tested positive for COVID-19. The confirmed cases were head coach Son “Kezman” Dae-young, coach Kim “Bibra” H
On Feb. 16, in the 2022 LCK Spring Split, Liiv SANDBOX faced Fredit BRION and Nongshim RedForce played Gen.G. Liiv SANDBOX defeated Fredit BRION 2-1 and ended their losing streak. Nongshim RedForce
On Feb. 13, in the 2022 LCK Spring Split, Kwangdong Freecs faced Nongshim RedForce and Fredit BRION played KT Rolster. Due to the COVID-19 situation within Nongshim RedForce, they had to start
On Feb. 10, Gen.G defeated Liiv SANDBOX in the 2022 LCK Spring Split. There were COVID-19 issues within the team and Han “Peanut” Wang-ho and Son “Lehends” Si-woo weren't able
On Feb. 3, DRX announced that several members of the team have been diagnosed with and tested positive for COVID-19. Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Feb. 2. Accordingly,
Ethan Klein is facing backlash from Rogan fans after comments about the podcaster's anti-vax position.
The event will still begin on October 7 in Bucharest as planned, but due to the situation surrounding COVID-19 in Romania, tickets for audience members will be fully refunded.
Evo 2021 Showcase has officially been canceled.
On September 17, T1 tweeted that one of their employees was tested positive for COVID-19. They cleared that although none of the staff and players of T1 have shown any symptoms, everyone will be teste
The first round of the 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown took place last weekend and featured the first 'in-house' broadcast for the league in over a year. For safety, host and caster James "Dash" Patterson ran a one-man show in the new LCS studio that featured a jumbotron-like media panel for the analysts to participate remotely as the broadcast was produced in the 2021 LCS Spring Split.
Six out of 18 teams to play in The Singapore Major, the first DPC event of the season, have reported COVID cases in their ranks and will either have to fly to Singapore with substitutions or skip the event altogether.
Four members of CBLOL's Vorax team have been tested positive for COVID-19 and will have to reschedule their next two matches, the team and Riot Games confirmed Tuesday. "Тhis week, four members of our
European Dota 2 team Burjui has been disqualified from the DPC EU Lower Division after admins discovered that the team had provided a forged COVID-19 test result in order to be granted emergency substitute transfer.
According to a report by independent content creator Travis Gafford, multiple members of esports organization Dignitas have tested positive for COVID-19.
Roughly a week before the LCS 2021 Lock-In, Counter Logic Gaming had multiple members on its professional League team catch COVID. CLG is also experiencing visa slowdowns. They've signed two temporary subs, here is their new roster:
Today's cartoon is about looking back on how League of Legends and the LCK looked like in 2020. 2020 is a year that most people would hope to erase from memory. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues
The anticipated Super Nintendo Land has concluded its construction and is set to open at the Universal Studios Japan on February 4th, 2021, in Osaka. Previously, Nintendo had its inaugural season to happen during Spring 2021.
On the 20th (KST), Riot Korea announced that the LCK will, once again, be switching back to the online format. This is due to because the government-wide social distancing level has been increased by
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:
