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[Official] Riot Games announces VALORANT Closed Beta starting April 7th, accessible through Twitch
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:
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Legends of Runeterra patch 0.9.3 increases weekly rewards, tweaks Expeditions
Last week, the Legends of Runeterra developers opened up about their philosophy for the game's progression system. The overall sentiment was clear: players need more agency when it comes to acquiring cards. This week's patch 0.9.3 aims to accomplish that by shifting Expedition rewards to weekly Vault rewards. Additionally, Riot Games is making text changes to a bunch of cards to illustrate their effects better.
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[UPDATED 3/30] The 2020 LCS Spring Split concludes Monday, March 30th with four tie-breaker matches
100 Thieves closed out the day by defeating Counter Logic Gaming, which put the team in a three-way tie for 2nd place with Evil Geniuses and FlyQuest at a 10-8 record. Simultaneously, a three-way 8-10 tie for 6th place and the final seed in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs exists between Immortals, Dignitas, and Golden Guardians. Four tie-breaker matches will be played on Monday, March 30th to decide post-season seeding.
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Riot's esports technical lead talks Corona virus pivot and more during IGEC 2020 digital panel.
To start off our digital conference series, we invited Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Trisha Hershberger, Freya Fox and Scott Adametz, Esports Tech Lead at Riot Games to join Inven Global's Director of Corporate Strategy, Nick D'Orazio in a frank discussion about how the esports industry can survive and even thrive in the new normal that is COVID-19.
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[LCK Today] T1 continues their climb to the very top of the standings, KT Rolster extends their match win streak to 7 games
In Day 28 of the Round 2 of 2020 LCK Spring Split, T1, APK Prince, and KT Rolster each took match victory against Hanwha Life Esports, SANDBOX Gaming, and Afreeca Freecs respectively. In the first mat
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TSM, 100 Thieves & Evil Geniuses qualify for the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs
FlyQuest's win against Team Liquid gave the reigning LCS champion its 10th loss of the season, and because the worst TSM, EG, and 100 can do is 9-9, they've secured spots in the Spring Playoffs regardless of the result of their respective final matches.
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The 2020 LCS Academy League Spring Playoffs bracket has been set
The 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Academy League Spring Split has concluded, and the post-season has officially begun. Let's take a look at how the seeding for 2020 LCS Academy League Spring Playoffs ended up panning out, and what matchups will start things off on Thursday, April 2nd.
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[LCK Today] Unstoppable Gen.G extends winning streak to 8, Griffin falls to an 8-game losing streak
The 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Spring Split continued in an online format. The first match of the 28th (KST) was APK Prince vs. DAMWON Gaming. Jang "Ghost" Yong-jun started for DAMWON for
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New York Excelsior announces they are temporarily stepping back from competitive play
Amidst all the news surrounding COVID-19 in esports, fans of the Overwatch League are not going to be thrilled about the news with one of the top teams in the league. New York Excelsior, who is one of the best franchises in the league since the inaugural season, announced they are temporarily stepping back from playing matches in OWL.
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The LPL has banned WeiYan for 2 years due to match-fixing
As of today, WeiYan is not allowed to participate in professional League of Legends. The punishment lasts two years until March 27, 2022. Rogue Warriors have been issued a fine of three million Yuan (roughly $420,000 USD) for not keeping their player in check, giving opportunity for this behavior to develop.
