Brazilian mid laner, Rafael “Rakin” Knittel, is parting ways with CNB e-Sports Club and CBLOL this offseason. He is joining up with Team Liquid, making a career change to become a full-time
"In hindsight, I could never have guessed that Epic's casual tone was actually hinting at their full-blown rejection of past esports practices."
Last Tuesday, the “best Heroes of the Storm player in North America” abruptly announced his retirement from the competitive scene after spending the last four years making a name for himself. Fan “Fan” Yang, a member of the first Heroes of the Storm World Championship team for Cloud9 issued a statement through his current team, Tempo Storm, regarding his decision to step down. His full statement can be found here. When Fan was approached by InvenGlobal to talk about his decision to move on from competing in the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) in 2019, he opened up a bit more.
DALLAS (December 12, 2018) – The Overwatch League is coming to North Texas. The Overwatch League, the first global professional esports league with city-based teams, today revealed the 2019 seas
Stunlock Studios today released a major holiday update, bringing a slew of new content into the Battlerite franchise along with a festive trailer showcasing some of the new features introduced. First
Schalke 04 signed Odoamne as their new top laner.On December 12th, Schalke 04 announced through their official Twitter that they have signed Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu to their roster.Odoamne
This week's editorial cartoon is about the ‘game boosting prohibition' law that was recently passed in South Korea on December 7th. One of the main offenses that upset the gaming ecosystem, &lsq
Afreeca Freecs made an official announcement that Coach No-Chul ‘NoFe' Jung will be joining them via their official social media on December 12th. NoFe was formerly the head coach for EDward Gaming prior to joining Afreeca Freecs; he was himself a pro gamer for 2 years in MVP Blue and NaJin White Sword before he changed his path and became a coach for HUYA TIGERS (former name for ROX Tigers). Under his guidance, the team has become the top team in the LCK, having made it to 1st place several times. They were placed 2nd in the World Championship 2015 and 3rd in 2016 after they lost to SKT T1 by 3-2. Afterward, NoFe joined EDG, which has placed 1st in China Regional Finals 2018 and qualified for World Championship 2018 with him. Now that NoFe has joined Afreeca Freecs, many League of Legends fans are looking forward to seeing how far Afreeca Freecs will make it under NoFe's guidance.
The Overwatch franchise team for Vancouver made their official announcement on December 1st and will be joining the Overwatch League in 2019. The team's name is ‘Vancouver Titans', and as many fans in the Overwatch community anticipated, the players are from RunAway, the team that swept the Overwatch Contenders KR. It is quite significant how every member of RunAway, the team that dominated the KR Contenders, got to join the 2019 Overwatch League. As the Overwatch League and regional Contenders were systemized in 2018, it was also the first year the players from the Contenders got to officially join the League. During this period, they had to test how smoothly the process of the Contenders players joining the League would go and how the Overwatch esports ecosystem would function around both the League and Contenders. During that process, every single member of RunAway made it to a League team, living up to their name as ‘the best regional Contenders team in KR'.
2018 was a rather unsatisfying year for the New York Excelsior. They seemed exceptional after having won the OWL Season 1 Stage 2 and 3, but they could not maintain their dominance to the end of the
NFL team Pittsburgh Steelers have invested in and became partners with esports team Pittsburgh Knights.On the 11th of December, the Pittsburgh Knights announced that they've become partners with the
Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik Broken Blade showcased impressive flexibility in the TCL on Royal Bandits, and is ready to make his mark on North America as the first Turkish player to ever play in the NA LCS.
Riot Games has posted a recap in numbers of the 2018 season of League of Legends.The 2018 season has come to an end with Invictus Gaming reigning as the World Champion. At the 2018 World Championship,
IgNar has returned to Europe (LEC) at Schalke 04.On the 11th of December, Schalke 04 announced through their Twitter that they've acquired support Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun.IgNar had played in
Overwatch League team Seoul Dynasty announced a fanmeet/friendly match with new OWL team Guanzhou charge, and the response from its fanbase has been largely negative. Seoul Dynasty fan and translator
On the 11th (KST) APK Prince (owner: Kim Da-nam) announced that they've signed Son "Mickey" Young-min on their LoL team. Mickey debuted in the LCK on 2015 as a member of Rebels Anarchy. On 2017, he
The 2019 LoL esports transfer market has almost come to a close. The word, ‘historical' would fit in perfectly, as a fair number of prominent teams have gone through a huge rebuilding process.
The Los Angeles Gladiators have signed Byung Ho “Panker” Lee to a two-way contract, which will allow him to play in both Contenders and the Overwatch League 2019 Season.
The starting dates for the League of Legends 2019 spring season has been announced.After the 2018 League of Legends All-Stars Event, Riot Games announced the starting dates for each region. Among the
Team Griffin has signed another support to their roster: Kabbie.On the 10th of December (KST), Team Griffin announced through their official Twitter that they've acquired Jeong “Kabbie”
