With VALORANT solidified in its popularity, game devs and designers have begun to explain more of their processes for creating different aspects of their universe. Specifically, how did they decide on these weapons and skins, how do they balance them, and how to they limit pay-to-win features? Read more here:
Riot Games has announced a global marathon live stream to raise funds for COVID-19, highlighting the League of Legends community members.
Mobalytics specializes in League of Legends and has recently expanded to Riot Games' card game Legends of Runeterra. The tweet from T1's official twitter account announcing the investment and collaboration also features a link to sign up early for access to Mobalytics' VALORANT programs.
Since 2019, Park “Teddy” Jin-seong, Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu, and Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk have been considered the top three best Bot Laners of the LCK. However, in 2020,
Viper, who has become a free agent from Griffin, has joined Hanwha Life Esports. On the 18th (KST), Hanwha Life Esports announced through their social media that they've signed bot laner Park "Viper"
Nike is presenting a yoga training program on nike.com with T1 Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok. The program is designed so that even beginners can follow easily at home. This program is the first
Team Griffin previously disclosed to be considering contract termination as well as other options with its current League of Legends Champions Korea roster. The team announced today to be letting go of Mid Laner Son "Ucal" Woo-hyeon, Top Laner Park "Untara" Ui-jin and Bot Laner Park "Viper" Do-hyeon.
This off-season, DAMWON Gaming Mid Laner, ShowMaker, set off to climb to Challenger in Korea by playing only unique champions - meaning he would never play any champion twice. On May 16, he reached his goal, playing 87 games on 87 different champs, boasting a 69% win rate. Read more on his story here:
Rocket League Championship Series teams have expressed their worries regarding the lack of communication of the administrative side of the league and the teams themselves.
In yet another off-season change from Team Liquid, Academy Jungler, Shernfire, was released from the org on May 15th. He played with the team only one Split, starting off on the main TL roster during Broxah's visa delay, and then switching to Academy upon his arrival mid-season. Read more on his story here:
The LGQ will see 2,000+ participants battle for two seats at the Teamfight Tactics: North America and Oceania Final. From there, two players will go on to compete at the global Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies Championship for a $200,000 prize.
Big will be taking the place of Juan "JayJ" Guibert, who spent the last year of his 2.5 year tenure with the organization as the starting Support for FLY Academy.
On Monday, May 18th, Hearthstone will release a small patch to help balance the game, updating 12 cards in Standard and fixing a game breaking bug with Ethereal Conjurer. After the update, eight of the cards will be available for a full dust refund due to major changes/nerfs. Read more on the Hearthstone patch update here:
A portal has been spotted near the Clock Tower, in the training grounds.
Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi has been appointed as the new Head Coach for SANDBOX Gaming. On the ?? (KST), SANDBOX Gaming announced via Twitter that Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi ha
While someone won the championship in both EU and NA, there was Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun who was runner-up in both of those regions. Last season, IgNar was reunited with his former teammate,
Twitch Rivals returns today with yet another showcase of a multiplayer video game, in hopes to highlight its entertainment value and esports potential. This time the game of choice is Legends of Runet
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:
The format of the Mid-Season Cup (MSC), which is scheduled to be held on the 28th (KST), has been leaked by the Support player for Invictus Gaming, Southwind, through his stream. According to his stre
Riot Games' upcoming tactical shooter VALORANT has expanded its closed Beta access to Brazil, Latin America, and Korea, and with the playerbase growing exponentially, the VALORANT developers published an update on the official VALORANT Beta website to address community feedback on ranked, provide updates on the anti-cheat program 'VANGUARD', and the conundrum of 'Peeker's Advantage.'
