Friday, August 7th, Dr Disrespect returned to streaming, making his debut on YouTube Live and addressed the Twitch ban, as well as showing off his new home for the Champions Club on YouTube Live. Read more on his frustration here:
Present in the League of Legends scene for nearly a decade, and part of the LoL Esports scene for five years, Christian “IWDominate” Rivera will be making part of Cloud9’s roster of content creators.
On the 7th (KST), Afreeca Freecs defeated Team Dynamics in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. Afreeca Freecs support, Nam “Ben” Dong-hyeon, played Nautilus and Karma
In partnership with Riot Games LATAM, Glory Lamothe has created her second cosplay from the VALORANT series.
As soon as Clozer became eligible to play in the LCK, he debuted in the league and has been delivering fantastic performances. Showing off his mechanics, he's already been making T1 fans happy through
US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
Team Liquid is proud to announce their new esports roster for VALORANT, the new tactical shooter made by Riot Games. The five-man roster consists of the entire former fish123 roster that did so well during the game's early tournaments, most recently placing second at the WePlay! VALORANT Invitational. Read more on the team here:
We spoke with Phreak about casting in the quarantine, caster bias, how the LCS needs to improve, and his recent addition of harsh criticism towards some plays and decisions LCS teams are making. Phreak has received abundant praise over the summer, learn more about how he has worked and grown here:
Reckful, who first gained notoriety in the World of Warcraft community, has been immortalized as a permanent NPC Rogue Trainer in the Cathedral of Light in WoW's most recent expansion, Shadowlands, to honor his passing and memory.
On August 8th, Dr Disrespect went to Instagram Live for a short session, ending with a news segment stating, "Dr Disrespect may return to streaming as soon as today." Read more on his ban and his eventual return here:
Riot Games uploaded a video to the League of Legends YouTube channel this morning that featured Teamfight Tactics Lead Developer TJ "Riot Green Teej" Bourus laying a base for the future of the TFT roadmap. The video covers what is next for TFT mobile, a Little Legends update, and hints at the theme for the next set of Teamfight Tactics.
Oh boy, this is a big one. 10.16 patch have been implemented this week for League of Legends, and this patch is absolutely huge. Not only in size, but in the amount of buffs that Riot gave to the cham
On the 6th (KST), T1 defeated SeolHaeOne Prince in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split and collected their 4th straight win. It was a clean victory for T1. After the match, T1 coach
On the 6th (KST), T1 swept SeolHaeOne Prince in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. It was their 4th straight win and their 10th win overall. Bot laner Park “Teddy” Jin-seong
In the quarterly earnings call held Monday, Activision Blizzard reported that Q2 2020 exceeded expectations in terms of revenue and Earnings Per Share (EPS). The total consolidated net revenues for th
On the 6th (KST), in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split, DAMWON Gaming faced Gen.G and SeolHaeOne Prince played T1. With a 2-1 victory and their 6th straight win, DAMWON Gaming
On August 6th (KST), DAMWON Gaming defeated Gen.G in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split and went to the top of the standings. It was a 6-game winning streak for them as they succe
Overwatch League franchise team Dallas Fuel announced Thursday that it's dropped support player Jonathan "HarryHook" Tejedor over "player misconduct". The misconduct in question has HarryHook using misogynic language, calling women "whores" and "bitches", and was brought to public attention August 5 by members of the Overwatch community.
Close to 900 Activision Blizzard employees are organizing in Blizzard's Slack channel to put together a list of demands for improved employment conditions, including more pay increase and more vacation time.
FaZe Clan announced the disabling of Killjoy for its Ignition Series tournament via the FaZe Update Twitter account with the following explanation: "Due to the recency of Killjoy's release, there is a risk that multiple issues may negatively impact the competitive integrity of this weekend's tournament. As such, Riot Games has requested that she be disabled in official tournaments until they are confident in her stability."
