Naturally, this change will spur on a whole new method of trash talk and mockery against teams who have no intention of forfeiting despite being behind.
For the first time in five weeks, Cloud9 did not win the NA Cup for the 2020 World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. That is not because another team won, but instead because the 2020 AWC has already concluded with C9 winning every all four NA Cups in dominant fashion.
Min Min will be the 6th DLC fighter added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate since the game's release in December 2018, and will come to the title alongside a new stage called Spring Stadium and new music tracks.
UPDATE 6/22: More members of the community have voiced their thoughts via Twitter on Mixer's shutdown and subsequent Facebook Gaming partnership.
The tournament that starts in June will mark the first step taken towards the organization’s objective of developing a legitimate ladder from amateur to pro in the North American League of Legends competitive scene.
In one month, on July 22nd, Microsoft will be shutting down their livestreaming platform, Mixer, and will move their viewers and partners to Facebook Gaming. Ninja and Shroud have become free agents, hinting at move back to Twitch. Read the story here:
Riot Games is reworking the Ranked Mode for VALORANT later this week, but Senior Producer Ian "Brighteyez" Fielding revealed what players could expect upon queueing up in a blog post on the official VALORANT website.
Santorin continued establishing himself as the Troll King of Summoner's Rift with a 2-0 week on Trundle to the tune of a ridiculous 90% kill participation in FlyQuest's wins over TSM and Dignitas.
BANDAI NAMCO'S Dragon Ball FighterZ, the fighting game based on the popular tri-canon of anime series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, surpassed 5 million copies sold earlier this week. Since its release in January 2018, DBFZ has become a success both in the upper echelon of the competitive Fighting Game Community as well as casual gamers who are fans of the IP.
On June 21st (KST), kt Rolster played Gen.G and SeolHaeOne Prince played DAMWON Gaming in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. In Game 1 of kt Rolster vs Gen.G, Lee “Kuro&rdq
Counter Logic Gaming's 2-0 finish in week 2 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split was its first undefeated week of the entire season. CLG's 3 wins in its first four games of summer have already tied the win total of its 10th place finish in the Spring Split.
On the 20th (KST), Day 4 of the 2020 LCK Summer Split took place at LoL Park, Seoul. T1 marked their first match victory on the board, while Afreeca Freecs marked their 2nd match victory, against Hanw
Riot Games has officially announced the 2020 Honda Scouting Grounds, however, they disqualified multiple players in doing so. More than half of ANEW Esports' roster is now ineligible to attend. Find more details on the story here:
FlyQuest announced that their Academy ADC, Mash, would move up to start for their LCS team this weekend, replacing longtime veteran, WildTurtle. Read about Mash's history here:
On the 19th (KST), Day 3 of the 2020 LCK Summer split took place at LoL Park, Seoul. DAMWON Gaming was able to take down SANDBOX Gaming with a set score of 2-0 to take their first victory of the split
League of Legends Patch 10.13 is on its way. Riot Games has listened to the fervorous chants of its community, begging them “please nerf Yuumi”. Coming to the game on June 24, the patch, which also targets Death’s Dance, is being put to tests to ensure proper balancing.
On Jun 18, esports organization T1's CEO Joe "JoeMar" Marsh called out fellow esports org G2 Esports for having a smaller prize pool than T1 for the org's VALORANT Ignition Series. The tweet itself, while meant in good fun and consistent of nothing but harmless banter, highlighted how rivalries between esports organizations could benefit the developing esports infrastructure of VALORANT, which was officially released on June 2, 2020.
In particular, the ability to lead your squadron through a variety of strategies (stealthy espionage or quick airships with high-speed maneuvers) reminded many of your typical MOBA or classed based team-game.
Even if those diehard PC players just want to sneak a few more matches in bed, the reveal of Apex Legends on the Switch is largely being met with positive excitement and enthusiasm.
The second of three weekends of qualification matches for the upcoming Summer Showdown tournament. The competition begins in North America at 12 pm PDT on Saturday, June 20.
