In China, illegal esports betting sites have been rising in popularity since years ago. These sites allowed people to wager on the win/loss of an esports match, similar to that of traditional sports b
Kuro has retired as a player. On Dec. 9, Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng announced through his Facebook page that he will be retiring as a pro player. Kuro said that becoming a pro gamer was the best
GorillA announced his retirement via Twitter, deeming it his final moment as a professional gamer, and his first moment as a man.
TSM and Biofrost announced he would be taking a break from professional League to stream. Biofrost entered the LCS on TSM in 2016, playing with the org for two and a half years throughout his career, winning four titles with the team and attending Worlds three times. read more on his break here:
Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
UPDATE 12/4: Fnatic has unveiled the entire roster for Fnatic Rising's 2021 season, which features former FNC mid laner Fabian "FEBIVEN" Diepstraten.
T1, home to the most successful League of Legends team of all time, and Red Bull today announced their long-term partnership. The partnership will span all of T1’s powerhouse rosters, competing in League of Legends, VALORANT, Fortnite, Super Smash Bros., PUBG MOBILE and more. The deal further expands Red Bull’s long history in esports and gaming, which encompasses its own events, pro players, content creators and teams around the globe.
UPDATE 12/2: FlyQuest has announced the signing of top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao. Kumo, who split time in 2020 between Evil Geniuses and EG Academy, will be the starting top laner for FLY Academy heading into 2021.
Latin America League team, All Knights, announced they were signing Korean support, Wadid, to start for their team in 2021. Wadid is replacing former All Knights support, Newbie, who will play for the LCS team, Golden Guardians. Read more on his move here:
The initial founding partners committing to the VALORANT Champions Tour and the First Strike tournament will be Red Bull and Secretlab. Both have been long-time supporters of esports operated by Riot Games and will play a vital role in growing VALORANT from its foundational years.
On Dec. 2, DRX announced that they have signed Choi “cCarter” Byoung-hoon as their second general manager. cCarter has a decorated career as a former head coach of SK Telecom T1, winning 3
This off-season, 100 is reportedly keeping only one player, their star top laner, Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho. Beyond him, they're rumored to fill the rest of the team with the four Golden Guardians players from each role. Here is their current rumored roster, based on reports and official announcements from the team and players.
After a decade of professional League of Legends, North American mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer is hanging up his mouse and keyboard.
Effort has joined SANDBOX Gaming. On Dec. 1, SANDBOX Gaming announced that they have signed support Lee “Effort” Sang-ho. By signing Effort, SANDBOX Gaming has filled the piece they were l
Crown has retired from League of Legends. On Dec. 1, Lee “Crown” Min-ho announced through his Instagram that he'll be retiring. He mentioned that it's the last time he'll be greeting the
On Nov. 30, Team Dynamics made several announcements about their roster. Starting with the announcement of extending the contract with Lee “Rich” Jae-won, they signed jungler
On Nov. 30th, Afreeca Freecs announced that they've signed player contracts with the bot laner, Bae “Bang” Jun-sik, and the support player, Son “Lehends” Si-woo. Bang is a bot
Team Dynamics announced that they've signed Chae “NoBlesse” Do-jun as a coach to a two-year contract. NoBlesse will be assisting head coach Bae “sBs” Ji-hun. On signing NoBlesse
On Nov. 30th, DRX announced that they have extended their sponsorship deal with Red Bull. DRX first partnered up with Red Bull in March, 2019, and 2021 will mark their 3rd year of partnership. Through
On Nov. 30th, Gen.G announced the acquisition of three new members to their LoL roster, Yu “Ggoong” Byeong-jun, Seong “Flawless” Yeon-joon, as their new coach and jungler respe