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BiliBili Gaming announced the addition of Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng to their roster. This marks the end of the LCK Journey for the player, at least for now. He will join Bilibili Gaming and hope to help the team advance further than this year. Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng is one of the best known mid-lane players in the LCK. The player has a very controversial ( at times ) style of play. However, there is little doubt that he remains one of the best players

Optic Gaming has announced the addition of Joshua “Dardoch” Harnettm to their League of Legends roster. The announcement came via a tweet from the esports organisation. They refer to his jungling abilities and the high mechanical skill of the player. https://twitter.com/OpTicLoL/status/1070122422257504257? Dardoch burst onto the scene when he joined team Affinity in 2014. He amazed everyone with his high skill-ceiling. The player was one of the wonders in the scene and there was no doubt that he would have an illustrious career. Subsequently,

The Creator of Fortnite, Epic Games has announced its very own Games store. The 'Epic Games Store' will be a place for developers to publish their games and an alternative to Valve's Steam. For now, the Epic Games Store takes a 12% cut, allowing developers to take an 88% cut. This is in stark contrast to Valve's 30% cut from the developers. The case of Games stores taking a huge cut of the developers' earnings is an issue in the recent months. Epic

Valve has finally broken its silence and released a public statement on the Chongqing Major - TNC Predator controversy. After weeks of stoic silence from the game developer Valve's statement could not come any later. The statement is a harsh truth that TNC Predator is not the victim here. The organization has tried to sway public opinion in their favour despite having an open communication line with the organizers and Valve. Their attempts at covering up the incident and later swaying public opinion

The San Francisco Shock has acquired DPS Player Kwon “Striker” Namju for their season 2 roster. Striker was one of the most influential players in Season 1 of the Overwatch League. He was responsible for Boston Uprising's strong performance in Season 1 despite not having the biggest names in the initial stage. The player is well-known for his Tracer play and has a very high accuracy and impact with the character. His ability to eliminate the opponent support players with ease is what

ESL has issued invited to Alliance and Team Aster for their upcoming flagship event, ESL One Katowice 2019. The tournament will take place from 19th February 2019 till the 24th of the same month. It will take place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice and feature a prize pool of $300,000. ESL will not host any Dota 2 Majors for the current DPC season. However, they are not exiting the Dota 2 scene and have already hosted a few events for the game.

The deadline for the formal announcements of the Overwatch League rosters passed on December 1st. However, the Washington Justice which revealed its branding today has yet to announce its roster. Washington Esports Ventures, a sports organization founded by Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis owns this franchise. Their investment in esports comes at a time when esports is seeing increasing viewership numbers and potential growth. The Washington Justice is an apt name for a franchise situated in the

The Vancouver Overwatch League franchise is owned by the Aquilini Group. The Aquilini Group is a very diverse family business with deep roots in sports. They own the Vancouver Cancucks as well as the Rodjer's Arena. The venue was host to The International 2018, the biggest esports event in history [ in terms of prize pool ]. Their entry into Overwatch League is not a huge surprise as the group has expressed interest in esports as a whole.  https://twitter.com/TitansOW_/status/1069003703313674241 'Vancouver Titans' is the

Ibuypower will play host to yet another tournament, and this one comes after a gap of more than a year. The IBuypower Masters IV will take place over a two day period from January 19th to 20th. The tournament will see a prize pool of $200,000 which is a significant boost over the normal $100,000 for the organiser. There will be eight teams in attendance at the event. However, the organisers are yet to announce the list of these teams. If previous events

The Made in Brazil team will be using a stand-in at the Blast Pro series Lisbon. With Fer undergoing surgery on the tournament dates, MiBr did not have a stand-in ready for the team. http://www.sportsmonks.com/esports/fer-ruled-out-made-in-brazil-for-blast-pro-series-lisbon/ At the same time, they also let go of Boltz from their roster. The player was inactive for a long time and he was let go a few days ago. However, with no substitute player available on the roster, Made in Brazil had very less time to find

Echo Fox has announced the signing of Lee "Rush" Yoon-Jae and Kim "Fenix" Jae-hun just as we head towards the end of the off-season. Both the players are former NA LCS players [ Rush played for Cloud9 while Fenis was a part of Echo Fox].  This announcement comes as a surprise to many fans. It also comes just a few days after Echo Fox announced the signing of Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent, Apollo “Apollo” Price and Colin “Solo” Earnest to their League of Legends

Valve has pushed a new update to Dota 2 and its release comes in the form of 7.20d. The latest update brings about multiple changes to the gameplay and several heroes as well. Most importantly, Valve has brought about changes to the movement speeds and they are critical to the influence of certain heroes. Here are the changes in 7.20 d as well as how they might affect a normal game of Dota 2. Movement Speed Changes Melee heroes below 300 base movement

Team liquid player, Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi is the first Dota 2 player to play all 116 heroes competitively. KuroKy is a veteran in Dota 2, coming into the game as soon as it was released. Over his career, KuroKy has played in several well-known organisations such a Natus Vincere, Virtus Pro and now Team Liquid. https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1068560102398005248 He was on a mission since March of this year, when he took over the title of most-played heroes from EG's Fear. Team liquid secured a

The SuperNova Malta 2018 tournament is a $150,000 four day tournament featuring a total of eight teams. The teams Play in a Double elimination GSL Format with the playoffs being single elimination Best of Three matches. With the Group stages over, we are now down to the last four teams in the event. Day 2 of the tournament saw NRG and BIG gaming secure the last two playoff spots. NRG won their elimination match against Virtus Pro. in Group B, BIG Gaming won

Former Los Angeles Gladiators player Ted "silkthread" Wang has announced his retirement from professional Overwatch. The DPS main player for the Gladiators in Season 1 publicly released a lengthy Twitlonger post about the reasons for his retirement. He had already signed a contract with the Chengdu Hunters for Season 2. He also moved to China in order to scrim and practice with the team. Silkthread did not enjoy Overwatch anymore It was at this time that he came to a realisation on his

The ESL One Katowice is one of the premier ESL events throughout the year. With ESL forming a partnership with the Katowice local municipality it almost guarantees the longevity of the event. ESL One Katowice 2019 is a multi-game event which sees different esports titles on display. It is not uncommon to see Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and Starcraft all at the same event. Valve has also announced ESL One Katowice 2019 as the first CS: GO Major for 2019. However, the Dota 2

Dreamhack Mumbai 2018 is by far the biggest esports event in India. The tournament has already announced the participation of South East Asian team, Mineski. The Mineski team is the best team in the region and their participation definitely adds a lot of hype to the event. Dreamhack is partnering with Viacom18 an Indian Media company to host the tournament. https://www.facebook.com/Believe10/photos/a.578848978906034/929810753809853/?type=3&theater Dreamhack Mumbai 2018 will see a plethora of other activities in addition to the main events. These include music performances, BYOC tournaments

Tencent and PUBG Corporation is leaving no stone unturned in their endeavour to market PUBG mobile. The Mobile version of the hit game is seeing rapid adoption across the world. With countries like India, China and the Middle East leading the charts in a number of players, PUBG mobile is booming. The PUBG Mobile Star Challenge, Dubai begins soon and it has a whopping $600,000 prize pool. This contest is the first official tournament of PUBG Mobile bringing together some of the biggest

Chengdu Hunters and Los Angeles Gladiators have made a few changes to their Overwatch League rosters for Season 2. The new season of the Overwatch League starts on the 14th of February 2019. Chengdu Hunters add Kyo, Garry and Yveltal. Chengdu Hunters is one of the new teams for Season 2 of the overwatch League. The Chengdu Hunters team is owned by HUYA Inc., a leading game live streaming service in China. The organisation has partnered with Royal Never Give up to help

One of the most well known top lane players in the NA LCS, Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell will be joining Golden Guardians. The player is with TSM since 2015 and has repeatedly put up amazing performances. He helped TSM through a very successful period from 2015. Together they won two world championships and won three LoL Championship Series titles. Recently TSM added a new Top Lane player in the form of Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik. At the same time, they let go of Hauntzer