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.
Like an advent calendar, Riot Games is revealing details about all their projects this week. Two days ago we learned what to expect for the League of Legends client, and yesterday was all about the sm
Earlier this week, the kind people of Cheddar Esports invited me to come on their show and discuss Teamfight Tactics as it heads into 2020. Riot's game mode has been the leading autobattler for the pa
Less than one month away from competing, Royal Youth has confirmed that it will not have a League of Legends roster for the 2020 Turkish Championship League.
Riot Games came out swinging in 2019, on League of Legends' tenth birthday, when they announced multiple new games they've been working on, as well as many projects expanding the League of Legends uni
Even his teachers call him ZionSpartan. Darshan "ZionSpartan" Upadhyaya returns to his roots, announcing a change to his gamertag from irl name, Darshan, to his original tag, ZionSpartan. Read more here:
Blizzard has confirmed to be late on payments for the second season of Overwatch Contenders, totaling to less than 10% of total wages to be paid.
Reigning world champions FunPlus Phoenix have announced an expansion to their coaching staff, just days before the LPL's Spring Split is kicking off. Chen "REFRA1N" Kuan-Ting, former head coach of J T
The following was sent to Inven Global as a press release. BT has signed a new multi-year contract with Excel Esports to become their exclusive lead partner and will see BT branding prominent on all k
This week, an Overwatch developer made a post about how the community - specifically high elo - doesn't fully understand power creep, but received harsh feedback on his breakdown. He later clarified the statement, elaborating on how players are correct in some ways but lack some crucial data. Read more on the story here:
Taking place. Jan 17 – 19, the PAX Arena at PAX South 2020 in San Antonio will mark the debut of “Liferun,” a brand-new custom game mode coming to Fortnite in partnership with the International Red Cross. PAX Arena will feature Overwatch League pros, fan-favorite streamers, and a pro-am against Texas’ own OWL team the Houston Outlaws.
Riot frustrated some fans after removing the Spring Split Championship Points, but this makes Spring more impactful and meaningful than ever before. Teams now have more security in finding long term solutions to their problems, and the LCS should be more improved by Worlds than previous years.
For the maybe the last time, the League of Explorers and the League of E.V.I.L will square off against one another and Hearthstone players will get to decide the fate of the universe. Throughout 2019, the two teams have battled against one another across numerous card expansions and are heading for an epic conclusion in the frozen wastes of Dragonblight. Arch-Villain Rafaam's master plan aims to resurrect the progenitor dragon, Galakrond, and lay waste to the world as we know it. Can the League of Explorers stop him in time?
Vodafone Giants, parent company of Giants Gaming, has acquired the Rainbow Six Pro League Asia-Pacific championship roster, who previously competed under the Team Envy and Aerowolf banners.
Last year, just before Season 2019 launched, League of Legends fans were given a special treat. A new cinematic, titles 'Awaken', featuring League of Legends heroes fighting against eachother, welcome
Inven Global had a chance to speak to the newly built roster, as the team took some time off their hectic schedule in their bootcamp in Korea to talk about themselves and their 'evil' plan to take over the LCS.
On the 9th (KST), Riot Games announced that the head of Riot Games Korea passed away. It was revealed that his cause of death was liver cancer. Park joined Riot Korea in 2014 after his tenure at CJ E&
Riot Games announced the schedule for the 2020 LCK Spring Split. The 2020 LCK Spring Split will begin on the 5th of February (KST). It will commence about 2 weeks later than usual due to the lunar New
Fresh off their holiday break, the Hearthstone development team was back to work this week and on Wednesday afternoon they revealed the upcoming balance changes coming to the traditional card game and Battlegrounds, the auto chess mode. Titled "16.0.8 Balance Update," the blog post was shared on Blizzard's official forum and outlined some changes scheduled to go live later this week. In total, seven cards from the traditional card game are being nerfed and one from Battlegrounds.
Dignitas has added yet another talent, announcing former FlyQuest head coach, Invert, as their assistant coach to Thinkcard. This finishes up their off-season moves. Read more about the move here:
