Dignitas signed a few new players this off-season, opening up a potential 10-man roster. They've decided on V1per and Akaadian for the top side, keeping the rest of the Spring Split roster the same as well. But there may be changes in the future. Read here for more info on their 10-man squad:
This Summer, FlyQuest has become SeaQuest, running a similar campaign to last Spring, but this time saving our oceans instead of planting trees, making donations to the Coral Reef Alliance. Learn more about their mission here:
Huni left Dignitas early this off-season, joining his old Clutch Gaming staff, Andrew Barton and Artemis, as well as reuniting with former SKT teammate, Bang. Regardless of playing Academy, Huni is happy to be in a better environment for himself and his mental health. Read more here:
Dardoch had a tumultuous off-season which ultimately led to his transfer from TSM to Dignitas. He spoke with Inven Global about TSM's response, as well as his goals and plans to push forward and reestablish himself as a Jungler for Dignitas. Read more here:
With less than a week left before the start of the LCS Summer Split, Ovilee May announced she would not be rejoining the Broadcast team. Ovilee has spent the last three years as a host and interviewer for Riot Games but is moving on. Read more about her departure here:
Golden Guardians have signed Damonte to start as their LCS Mid Laner, with Goldenglue and Ablazeolive competing for the Academy slot. Olleh also joins the org as positional coach. Read more on their roster moves here:
TSM signed Winston as their new Academy Jungler after promoting Spica to their starting roster. Winston was part of Team Infernal in the 2019 NASG and played in the collegiate scene before then. Learn more about his addition to the team here:
The Riot Games dev team has been hard at work, and they just announced the next champion VGU - Dr. Mundo - which will go live in 2021. Read more on their efforts and Dr. Mundo's timeline here.
In Riot Games' most recent update to the Champion Roadmap for June 2020, it was confirmed by Lead Champion Producer Ryan 'Reav3' Mireles that three new champions would be hitting Summoner's Rift in the near future.
After signing huni earlier this week, Evil Geniuses has released Brandini from their roster for this Summer. Brandini and the rest of the EG Academy squad climbed to 2nd place in the Spring Split Playoffs, losing to C9 in the Finals. Read more on his release here:
Chime placed 1st in the 2019 Scouting Grounds, and has now been signed by Golden Guardians to play as their Academy Support. Keith will take his place back as the Academy AD Carry for the Summer. Read more on the story here:
Right after signing former TSM Jungler, Dardoch, Dignitas finalizes their 10 man roster with former FlyQuest Top Laner, V1per. Dignitas has not announced whether he or Lourlo will be starting for their LCS squad yet, but they have a plan to determine that. Read more on the transfer here:
Evil Geniuses announced a return back to their roots, revising the crest to "pay homage to the org's history and look ahead to the future." Additionally, Evil Geniuses is also announcing a partnership with LG UltraGear, one of LG's newest gaming monitors. Read more on their brand update here:
Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13th, FlyQuest released their Academy Support, JayJ, who had played with the org in both their Academy and LCS squads over the past two and a half years. Learn more about his move here:
TSM released former AD Carry, Kobbe, who signed with Misfits Gaming to start for the team in the Summer 2020 League of Legends European Championship. With the transfer, Misfits also announces former AD Carry Bvoy's departure from the team. Read more on the story here.
Despite overwhelming global support for the Polish AD Carry, Łukasz "Puki Style" Zygmunciak, in this week's freshest esports Twitter movement, LDLC and Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim claim the European Masters Championship. Though each game was a battle, they won the series with a clean 3-0 sweep and are your Spring 2020 Champions. All three games saw LDLC on Blue Side and K1ck on Red, and each were incredibly close. While LDLC had solid control for Game 1, K1ck actually had a strong advantage up through the mid game in both Games 2 and 3. In each of the last two games, K1ck secured the first three drakes, but failed to execute in each teamfight around the final drake to secure their Soul. With each lost fight, LDLC was able to claim additional resources to eventually take both games and, consequen
Riot Games has recently been under fire for not taking proper care of their solo queue environment. Even Voyboy made a video earlier this week, and now Riot has responded. Here's their plan to improve the playerbase.
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler walks through various stories from his past that helped lead him to his current passion, casting esports. Listen to Kobe's story, how he navigated hardship and worked through the early days of casting. Hear him talk about the pain during the death of his idol this Spring, but his resilience. And hear how his connection to the community drives him.
Leena Xu, President of esports organization TSM, faces controversy after screenshots from the team's Discord were used in a video by Duncan "Thorin" Shields. In one screenshot, Xu claims to have attempted to approach many players from Europe on behalf of TSM, and that the players she approached were under contract at the time of her reaching out. Inven Global has confirmed with a source close to the situation that organizations across the globe often go unpunished for the ways in which they circumnavigate certain rules when seeking to sign a player.