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Simplicity, Granit Gaming, 6 others announced as organizations for upcoming Heroes of the Storm league
On Monday morning, HeroesHearth, daughter company of Wisdom Gaming Group and creator of the upcoming Heroes of the Storm Community Clash League announced the eight organizations that will be rostering teams for the upcoming event.
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PNC Bank steps into esports with Pittsburgh Knights on inclusivity initiative
PNC Bank is joining forces with the Pittsburgh Knights to launch a Women in Esports initiative. The locally headquartered organizations are partnering in support of gender equity, a topic they care deeply about and actively work to support. This sponsorship marks PNC’s first foray into esports.
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G2 Esports' VALORANT squad remains undefeated, edges out TSM as the most-winning team in the game
There is no stopping G2 Esports' VALORANT team as it won its sixth straight Ignition Series title this Sunday. G2 cruised through the four-team BLAST Twitch Invitational almost without effort, beating
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The US Navy Twitch stream featured implied racial slurs and glorified the Nagasaki bombing
The official US Navy went live on Twitch and featured character names that glorified the World War II bombing of Japan and a racial slur. These names were never condemned by the Navy, and people were banned from chat after repeatedly bringing up the issues with those names. Read more on the story here:
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MOZIAH and HyperX go live on Twitch on Sept. 12 for Animal Crossing music video mashup
Infusing gaming with music to bring fans together, the multi-faceted musician MOZIAH partnered with HyperX for upcoming Animal Crossing music video, going live on Twitch on Sept 12th to celebrate the launch. Read more on the event here:
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From a bully to a Bruiser: Heroes of the Storm developer talks Gazlowe's rework
When the Heroes of the Storm development team first designed Gazlowe (or Tinker, as he was initially called), the game was completely different than it is now. What heroes could do, how maps were designed, and how the game was "meant" to be played has changed dramatically over the years. So when Gazlowe was introduced into the title back in 2014, his kit worked well for the time period. He could split push lanes, clear mercenary camps efficiently and his team-fighting ability wasn't that bad. Fast forward to the year 2020 (and two reworks later), the development team felt it was time to give his kit another look after his most recent overhaul in 2017.
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[Rookie of the Split] Vitality Labrov shares: "I didn’t expect to break out so soon"
Team Vitality’s Support player Labros "labrov" Papoutsakis was awarded Rookie of the Split for his dominant performance in the Spring Split. In a chat with Inven Global’s Lara Lunardi, he discussed joining the team, the beginning of his career, and what the change of environment to a first-tier league has been like.
