On the 15th (KST), Afreeca Freecs took on Gen.G in the 2020 LCK Summer split. With a set score of 2-0, Gen.G took a dominating victory against AF in their last match of round 1. With both sets snowbal
This week in both the League Championship Series and LCS Academy, we saw TSM face off against Immortals. TSM got the Academy win, but Immortals secured the LCS victory. While this type of thing happens all the time - since not every Academy team reflects the strength of their LCS squad - the TSM vs Immortals situation brings a bit of nuance to an otherwise mundane conversation. Before the start of the 2020 LCS Summer Split, Immortals announced a few roster changes, sending three of their Spring
Last weekend, Overwatch revealed a new legendary skin and also mentioned that an in-game event would be accompanying the skin's release alongside other potential rewards. Through July 27, players can participate in Sigma's Maestro Challenge for a chance to win up to nine rewards, including the legendary Maestro Sigma skin. Players across PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch will be eligible to participate in the contest.
Although students from around the world recently started their summer break, Hearthstone is headed back to school. On Tuesday morning, Blizzard Entertainment revealed their upcoming expansion for the long-time collectible card game, Scholomance Academy. The fifteenth expansion, set to launch in early August, introduces 135 new cards, including 40 Dual-Class ones that (as the name implies) can be used by two of the ten different classes to create unique playstyles, strategies, and mechanics shared by both.
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, Origen have signed Jactroll as their new support, replacing Destiny who has played for the team since the start of 2020. Read more on the trade here:
Kim Min-ah, the hostess for the LCK analyst desk, has temporarily stepped down from the LCK.. On the 1st (KST), Kim has been under fire for saying sexual remarks against a minor on the official Korean
After the victory, Xmithie spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about his success vs Doublelift in 2020, the rise of Ignite Graves in the jungle, and playing with two rookie solo laners in Top Laner Kieran "Allorim" Logue and Mid Laner David "Insanity" Challe.
This past weekend, 100 Thieves became the first team to beat Cloud9 this Summer, beating them in the first game of the second round robin of the Split, and tying up their head to head at 1-1. Just a week before that, 100 Thieves made a roster change, adding Juan "Contractz" Garcia and Philippe "Poome" Lavoie-Giguere to the starting roster, replacing William "Meteos" Hartman and William "Stunt" Che
Plup reminded us all that, yes, the Melee gods really are that much better at you in Smash Bros.
UPDATE 7/13: Donald Trump's Twitch account has returned to the platform after the two-week hateful content suspension.
The year of 2020 has brought an abnormal reality to fandom culture. While esports and gaming conferences got canceled as the pandemic progressed, they were not the only events to suffer from the current conditions: pop culture and anime conventions also saw themselves readjusting to the new norm.
The roars from the crowd have all dissipated. There aren't any more people that made their way to the Riot PC Bangs and to the Bilgewater Cafe, nor are there a line of people taking pictures of the mu
After a perfect 9-0 round robin in the first half of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split, Cloud9 has been made mortal. 100 Thieves handed the reigning LCS champion its first loss of summer.
League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), Playwire, and Overwolf to award Alienware Aurora gaming computers, in-game currency, and more
On July 12th (KST), Gen.G swept Hanwha Life Esports in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong had a great performance with Twisted Fate and Zoe.
On July 12th (KST), in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Summer Split, T1 faced Team Dynamics and Gen.G played Hanwha Life Esports. In game 1 of T1 vs Team Dynamics, Lee “Faker&rd
On the 12th (KST), Team Dynamics took down T1 in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. It was a close match while the third game ended near the 50-minute mark. Top laner Lee “
FlyQuest have had quite the year, finishing 2nd in Spring, and starting off Summer strong. Through all of it, they've made numerous changes to their roster and staff. We spoke with DLim about all the changes and what FlyQuest's goals are moving forward. Read more here:
Counter Logic Gaming is changing things up for week 5 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split. CLG Academy Top Laner Alexey "Deus" Zatorski will be making his LCS debut in place of Kim "Ruin" Hyeong-min.
On the 11th (KST), Afreeca Freecs took down SeolHaeOne Prince in the 2020 LCK Summer split, with a set score of 2-0. The jungler for AF, Spirit, pulled out his pocket pick, Poppy, to gain many advanta
