The bracket has been set! Cloud9 takes 1st, and chooses 100 Thieves as their opponent, and Evil Geniuses takes 2nd and will battle FlyQuest. TSM and Golden Guardians await in the Loser's Bracket, ready to face the ones who falter. Read more on the LCS playoffs here:
Riot Games announced VALORANT will begin a closed beta April 7th in collaboration with Twitch. Next Tuesday, players will be able to gain access to the beta by watching select Twitch streams, following similar steps as their original closed beta for Legends of Runeterra, Riot's competitive card game. Read more on the beta and how to gain access here:
Teenagers with unconventional skills and incessant amounts of drive cannot be curbed by conformist methodology. Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao has overcome his high school dropout status, writing his own story as a successful professional gamer. Starting in 2020 as MAD Lions' Jungler at the LEC,
Fabian, who currently plays for Misfits Gaming in the LEC, is brought to the Summoner’s Rift by never-ending struggle.
Hearthstone esports has only adapted its Masters format for a year, but already it has a repeat champion: Zakarya "xBlyzes' Hail. The Frenchman just came off a victory at the Masters Tour Arlington bu
Solo makes his return, substituting in for V1per in the top lane after joining the team a few weeks ago as assistant coach. Solo has played in the LCS the last few years, starting his LCS journey on Clutch. Read more on his substitution here:
With the end of Week 8 for LCS Academy, the Dignitas and Evil Geniuses Academy rosters have qualified for the playoffs, each with a 10-6 record. They join Cloud9, who has locked in first seed, with three slots left to be claimed. Read more here:
Blizzard has announced the cancellation of the broadcast of Hearthstone Masters Tour Los Angeles due to the growing risks of the spread of COVID-19 in California.
What does a referee at the League of Legends European Championship do? And how do you even become a referee at the LEC? Yuli joined us in an interview to explain everything about her job.
The Overwatch League announced they'd be playing the rest of their matches online, with a new schedule that both "eliminates the need for travel while maintaining a level playing field for the teams." Read more on the story here:
The Riot Games Korea Invitational, the first large Legends of Runeterra tournament, has crowned its champion: Sebastian "Xixo" Bentert. The only non-Korean participant in the tournament defeated his long-time friend and former teammate Kim "Surrender" Jung-soo dominantly in the finals, with a 3-0 victory. With his victory Xixo scooped up ₩7,000,000, which is about $5,600 USD, in prize money.
In the wake of COVID-19 - AKA the coronavirus - Zénith Paris has canceled all scheduled events through April 15th, including the Paris Eternal Homestand. Paris Eternal was set to host their Homestand event on April 11th and 12th, but must now either reschedule or cancel their event. Read more here:
TXWES Rolls Out Esports Communication Academic Degree Faculty members at Texas Wesleyan University have been hard at work creating an academic program in sports communication that not only meets the growing industry needs of the blossoming esports field, but also establishes connections to the burgeoning sports communication industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
After retiring from CS:GO last week and claiming he wanted to focus his career on upcoming Riot Games FPS, VALORANT, swag changed his name to Brax, and signs with T1. Read the story here:
After an incredible start followed by a harsh recoil, Dignitas has swapped their League of Legends Championship Series starting jungler, Grig, for Academy jungler, Akaadian. Dignitas Academy team looked nearly invincible early in the split, but have also faltered recently. Read more on the change here:
Part 2 of Inven Global’s interview with ESPN’s Jacob Wolf is here. In this interview, we talk about his time as an esports journalist for ESPN, what he thinks is missing in esports journalism today, and advice for up and coming journalists.
Jacob Wolf is a veteran in esports journalism, growing from grassroots, and becoming a full-time journalist with ESPN Esports. Since being employed with ESPN, Jacob has done various types of content for ESPN from written, audio podcasts, and now, video content. During NYXL's homestand in the opening week of the Overwatch League season, Inven Global's Chris Cuevo had an extensive chat with Jacob Wolf about getting started in esports journalism, his position at ESPN, and advice for up and coming journalists.
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Closer spoke with Inven Global about his friendship with Broken Blade and how he inspired and influenced him to pursue a journey to NA. He spoke about GG's progression so far, as well as playing with support, Yuri "Keith" Jew and overall team strength. Read more here:
Aftersecuring their first win of the season, CLG's Division Coach, Weldon "Weldon" Green, spoke with Inven Global about the team's narratives, reality, and mindset as they stabilize and press forward into the season.
