The Overwatch League 2020 season has run into an unexpected snag in the form of the Coronavirus outbreak in China, and as a result, all homestands taking place in China throughout February and March will be cancelled and re-scheduled at a later date. Guangzhou Charge had three homestands scheduled through the first two months of OWL 2020, with Shanghai Dragons and Hangzhou Spark each hosting one homestand, respectively.
Team Liquid Support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss developing synergy with Shern "Shernfire" Cherng Tai in light of Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen's visa issues, the differences between support play in LCS and the League of Legends European Championship, and gave some perspective on Yuri "Keith" Jew's roleswap to support for Golden Guardians.
On LCS Opening Day, sOAZ sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie to talk about the formation of the 2020 Immortals squad, not playing in Europe for the first time, and what he learned from his time on Misfits last season.
The 2020 Spring Split of the League of Legends Champions Korea will begin without an audience. To protect player safety, Riot Korea has decided to take measures due to the risk of coronavirus.
Kicking off the 2020 season of the League of Legends European Championship, Laure "Bulii" Valle was joined by Lara Lunardi to talk about her offseason, expectations for the Spring Split and her goals for 2020.
IgNar joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after a 2-0 opening weekend to discuss re-uniting with his former mid laner Tristan "PowerOfEvil" Schrage, adjusting to North America, and why he's looking forward to playing against TSM's Vincent "Biofrost" Wang.
Golden Guardians Mid Laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer and Support Yuri "Keith" Jew joined Inven Global's Parkes Ousley to discuss re-uniting on a new organization, the unique forms of pressure on both players, and had some words their former jungler, Cloud9's Robert "Blaber" Huang.
Blue is a white horse with a blue mane, directly inspired by Team Liquid's logo and conceptualized in a Japanese art style by TL Graphic Designer Stacey Yamada.
In addition to live event activations and tailgates, Red Bull is also upgrading the press and VIP suite at LCS Studios.
Ablazeolive sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie at Golden Guardians' media day ahead of the 2020 LCS season to discuss what he learned from TSM Mid Laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg, how he came to join Golden Guardians, and signed off with a vote of confidence for Golden Guardians starting LCS mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer.
The LoL Esports off-season is over, and with it, drought of competitive play has finally concluded. On January 13th, rain will fall in the form of the first match of the 2020 LPL Spring Split. The opening showdown will feature FunPlus Phoenix, the defending World champion, against 2018 World champion Invictus Gaming.
Riot Games announced that the 2020 Season of the LCS and Academy will be expanding their weekly match schedules, with LCS starting on January 25 and Academy on January 24.
Twitch Rivals has announced its first League of Legends competition of 2020. The Twitch Rivals League of Legends Team Draft Showdown will feature eight teams drafted by selected captains competing for $75,000. Two separate brackets will be held in the tournament, one in North America, and one in Europe.
The new year has begun, and with it, a plethora of countless esports events have appeared on the distant horizon. Before competitive gaming goes full steam in 2020, let's take a look back at the events covered by the Inven Global team in 2019.
It is the second day of the year, and by now, a large amount of new year resolutions made on the eve of 2020 have already been broken. The easiest way to get around this, of course, is to not name your resolutions until the second day of the year. That being said, here are new years resolutions for five of the most exciting teams competing in the 2020 LCS Spring Split.
José Roberto "Sparda" do Nascimento Junior has become an important figure in the Brazilian LoL Esports scene, due to a quite unusual motive. The RED Canids streamer has previously revealed that the reason behind his streaming is to raise funds for his family's medical treatments.
Based on a comparison of results between both leagues, Esports Charts has conducted a data analysis to rank which teams are the most popular among fans, with the ranking being based on the average viewership for team matches. With the use of the Inven Global Data Lab, we are complementing the research with each team's social media performance.
The 2019 KeSPA Cup's previously cancelled English broadcast was revived just before the beginning of the event, casters Max "Atlus" Anderson, Brendon "Valdes" Valdes, and the English broadcast production crew have only needed a day to prove that it was worth re-instating for a fifth consecutive year.
This is the first year in the KeSPA Cup's five year existence that an English broadcast will not be aired alongside the native broadcast in South Korea, and T1 Esports CEO Joe Marsh is having none of it. Marsh tweeted about the importance of an English broadcast for this year's KeSPa Cup, and put his money where his mouth is by assuring both SK Telecom T1 and fellow LCK organization Gen.G were ready and willing to share the costs of airing the separate production for English-speaking viewers.
The German Federal Government has approved the changes in regulation in correspondence to the new Skilled Immigration Act, which will introduce a dedicated esports visa in spring of 2020. Germany, specifically Berlin, is a hotspot for premiere esports events, specifically for League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and PLAYER UNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG).
