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Dallas Fuel Overwatch player Hyeon "EFFECT" Hwang might have suggested facing regulatory hurdles for Season 2. The player has faced a tough time in Season 1 as he went back to Korea. Battling stress and later coming out in the open regarding his sexuality, Hyeon has always had the Overwatch Community's support. On the 10th of January 2019, Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson another Dallas Fuel player posted a thumbs up sign along with his tweet. The tweet suggested that he had secured his visa

Esports organisation Virtus pro has announced a partnership with Gaming chair brand DXRacer. The partnership will see DXracer release a Virtus Pro branded Gaming Chair. In addition, Virtus Pro will also carry the DXRacer brand name on their social media platforms. The mutually beneficial partnership will see the two companies come together until the end of the year. Their partnership extends to the end of the year. Virtus.pro is a popular esports team in the CS: GO and Dota 2 community and we

Turner Broadcast Studio has revealed the list of teams for its upcoming tournaments. We will see the Eleague CS: GO Invitational feature four CS: GO  teams. While previous editions of the Eleague tournaments involved multiple CS: GO teams from all over the world, this one will be different. The four teams are Cloud9, Faze Clan, BIG and Complexity. These include two North American teams and two European teams. The Eleague CS: GO Invitational will take place over a three day period from January

Event organiser IMBATV might have just leaked information on the Third DPC event for the current season. The event organiser is already hosting the upcoming Chongqing Major 2018. The Chongqing Major is one of the five Dota 2 Majors for the upcoming year. IMBATV announced their tournament plans for the upcoming year. One of the events listed was an upcoming Minor. The Starladder IMBATV Invitational Season 6 is scheduled to take place from the 4th of March till the 10th. This event is

ESL has announced the Groups and Match-ups for the IEM Katowice Minors. The CS: GO MInors start on the 16th of January with the EU and CIS minor taking place. The remaining regions will see their competitions start on the 22nd of January. Each Minor features eight teams and has a prize pool of $50,000. The Top two teams from each Minor proceed to secure a spot in the upcoming Katowice Major. The third place in every minor will move to the Third

The IEM Katowice 2019 is touted to be one of the biggest events in Counter-Strike. It is the first Major of 2019 and has already garnered a lot of attention from mainstream media. IEM Katowice will take place in February, however, there are multiple Minor events which will determine which team makes it to the next stage. The European CS: GO scene has always been the peak of Counterstrike scene. European CS: GO has had a long history and we have multiple talented

The Australian Open has announced that Fortnite will be coming to the games. The Australian Open will take place from the 14th of January till the 27th of the same month. 100 personalities from sports, entertainment and the gaming world will take part in a Pro-Am duos tournament. The Fortnite tournament will have total money of $500,000 in prize money and charitable donations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0WgWNvxEs Fortnite is a global phenomenon, and we're excited to host the Grand Slam of competitive gaming events at the

Faze Clan has announced their complete roster for the start of 2019. After releasing Finn "karrigan" Andersen from the team, they needed to complete their full roster. They were one man short. With the IEM Katowice Major 2019, and the IBuyPower Masters IV before that fast approaching, the team had very little time to announce their roster. AdreN joins Faze Clan. Former Gambit player, Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev has joined the CSGO roster for Faze Clan. The player is a former Major winner when

Team Liquid is the last and final team to receive an invite to the IBuyPower Masters IV. The IBuyPower Masters will take place at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. There will be a total of eight teams in participation. These include some of the best teams in the world including Faze Clan, Astralis, Cloud9 and now Team Liquid. IBuyPower has revealed that Team Liquid is the latest invite to play at the IBuyPower Masters. This tournament is probably the last event before

Team Envy has received a $20 million investment according to its filing with the SEC. According to the StreetInsider Webpage here, Team Envy has managed to raise another $20 million. This is the first big investment of 2019. With esports growing at a phenomenal pace, such investments are very common in today's time and age. Team Envy recently added Karrigan to their CS: GO roster. The player is well-known for helping develop strong teams from scratch. He has been responsible for the formation

The winner of last years International Team OG are struggling to find a replacement for Ana. When Ana left the team in November, OG announced Pajkatt as his replacement. However, after two months with the roster, the player is set to part ways with the team. It is a mutual understanding between the two parties and there is no bad blood involved. There was a vivid lack of chemistry for the player with the team. Team Chemistry is a sensitive issue as the

Kalios is looking for a new team. Woo-yeol "Kalios" Shin is a former player for Boston Uprising in Season 1. The player is well-known for his performance on off-tank roles. He plays heroes such as D'va, Zarya. With Boston Uprising making multiple changes to their team, Kalios is without a team for Season 2. He announced on Social Media that he will be on the lookout for a new team. https://twitter.com/OW_Kalios/status/1081008565605752833?s=20 The player is extremely talented and is one of the best players

Complexity Gaming has received an invite to the upcoming IBuyPower Masters IV. The tournament is a return to Counter-Strike event for PC Maker IBuyPower. The company gained notoriety in CS: GO when its team was found guilty of match-fixing. The players of the original roster [ most of them ] were banned by the game developer. The bans still stand as of today. It was after this episode that IBuyPower's involvement in the CS: GO scene was limited to organising events. The IBuyPower

Chinese organisation Flash Gaming has announced that they will be disbanding their CS: GO roster. Flash Gaming is one of the top teams in the Asian CS: GO scene. They recently loaned two of their players to Tyloo. They let go of Cai “Summer” Yu Lun and Shang “Attacker” Yuan Zhang to Tyloo. This decision was taken after mutual understanding according to their official press release. You can read their entire statement on Weibo. Flash Gaming did not really have a lot of

Female Overwatch Player Ellie announced her decision to step down from competitive Overwatch. This comes as a result of the community's insistence on her to prove her identity even as she had great performances overall. The sexist nature of these comments steps from disbelief from members of the community that a female could play at such a high level. Despite this, the community kept pestering her for proof. Ellie, whose identity is still a secret even spoke on stream in order to 'prove

Almost every year, Valve releases an event celebrating the winter and the holidays in Dota 2. This year, the Frosthaven 2018 event started on December 19th. The event started alongside the release of Rubick Arcana. It is one of the best Arcanas in the game and has an excellent progression system. There is also a new game mode, which will see a group of five players defend the ancient from incoming creeps. The FrostHaven update was scheduled to end on January 3rd. However,

Activision Blizzard has fired Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann. As per the filing, the reason for the termination of his contract was 'unrelated to the Company’s financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures'. The announcement did have an impact on the performance of the Activision Blizzard stock price. The Activision Blizzard shares dropped 1% post the release of this announcement. Spencer is now on paid leave from Activision Blizzard. The company will bring back Dennis Durkin to the CFO position. Dennis has experience

Anthony "vanity" Malaspina and Victor "food" Wong have parted ways with Team Singularity. The two players will meet their former teammates on Swole Patrol. This allows them to play in the ESL Pro league and carve a name for themselves in the North American Counter-Strike scene. https://twitter.com/vanitycsgo/status/1080296823158333440 Swole Patrol recently lost Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro to Cloud9. The player joins Cloud9 on trial for the upcoming IEM Katowice 2019 Major.   Singularity CS: GO roster is now down to just the following: Joshua "oSee"

North American Counter-Strike team Optic Gaming has announced the signing of Refrezh to their roster. Ismail "Refrezh" Ali is a promising youngster who has proven himself in the European Tier two scene. The player was previously a member of Fragsters before being a free agent. The player was looking forward to his new adventure when he decided to leave Fragsters in the first week of December. Every journey has an end and my journey with these boys ends now. We have accomplished good

Finn "Karrigan" Andersen is one of the most well-known players in the Counter-Strike scene. The player has been able to provide excellent leadership to many of the top teams in the world. Formerly a part of Astralis, Karrigan moved to Faze Clan in  October 2016. He has been a staple of the team and has helped the team develop its own charisma. https://twitter.com/karriganCSGO/status/1079927993814958081 The former roster for Faze Clan was supposed to be the best team in the world. They had all the