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English broadcast announced for KeSPA Cup League of Legends fans from all over the globe can breathe easy knowing KeSPA Cup will, after all, have an English stream available, despite having announced later last week, there won't be an English broadcast of the prestigious South Korean tournament. Earlier this Friday, a heart-breaking announcement surfaced, claiming there will be no English broadcast for the upcoming 2019 KeSPA Cup, which left English-speaking League of Legends fans dishearten, as they would not get an opportunity to tune into one of the biggest LoL tournaments of the year and experience it in its full glory.…

ViCi Gaming advance into semi-finals of ONE Esports World Pro Invitational One Esports World Pro Invitational Singapore entered its final stage of the playoffs on Saturday, December 21, when round two of the lower bracket took off. Remaining in the tournament were some of the biggest names in the Dota 2 competitive scene who were given one last shot at entering the grand finals via the lower bracket, yet out of all teams, it was ViCi gaming who showed the most competitive spirit and are now only one step away from making an appearance in the grand finals alongside Evil…

Valve sues GESC for over $750,000 in unpaid prizes and wages Valve’s VP of marketing, Doug Lombardi unveiled this Saturday that Valve Corporation have filed a lawsuit against Global Electronic Sports Championship for failing to recompense teams and players from two Dota 2 Minor events, held in March and May 2018. Valve reportedly filed a lawsuit against Singapore-based tournament organizer Global Electronic Sports Championship (GESC) at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore for over US $750,000 which the esports event organizer owes teams and players, who participated at the GESC: Thailand and GESC: Indonesia Minors earlier in 2018.…

Alpha x Hashtag disband their Dota 2 roster Later this week news surfaced, unveiling a SEA Dota 2 team Alpha x Hashtag will disband and release its entire roster, only a couple of months after setting foot into the Dota 2 pro scene. The SEA Dota 2 scene is currently undergoing one of its best times, with many positive changes on the horizon which will help the growth and development of the region which already houses one of the best teams in the world, such as TNC Predator and Fnatic among others. Amid all the good news, however, comes a…

KeSPA Cup could be without an English broadcast Max “Atlus” Anderson, an Australian League of Legends broadcaster, who currently casts the LCK announced there will be no English broadcast of the upcoming 2019 KeSPA Cup for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 2015. KeSPA Cup is an annual League of Legends tournament, organized by Korea e-Sports Association, which features top South Korean League of Legends teams competing for the largest slice of ₩ 100,000,000 (~ US $86,200) and the glory that comes with winning the cup. The 2019 KeSPA Cup, which is set to kick off on Monday,…

EPICENTER – day three recap The group stage of the EPICENTER 2019 is behind us, meaning the list of six finalists is complete and with it the schedule for the final stage of the tournament, which is set to take off this Saturday, December 21. But before we get too ahead of ourselves, let's look at what happened on day three of EPICENTER. EHOME vs Heroic EHOME and Heroic stepped into the arena in the early hours of Thursday, where we witnessed the most one-sided affair of the tournament, with Heroic making short work of EHOME to advance into the…

LMS and LST merge into Pacific Championship Series Earlier in September, a massive announcement surfaced on the official Philippines League of Legends Facebook account, revealing League of Legends Southeast Asia Tour (LST) and League Masters Series (LMS) will merge into Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a new regional league for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, set to debut on February 8, 2020. The new league is said to combine the best 10 teams from LMS and LST in attempt to form a new, stronger league, which will feature only top talent from Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan…

Are Riot Games developing an MMORPG? League of Legends co-founder Marc Merrill released a statement this week, addressing the claims about a Riot Games’ MMO game and while he stated there were talks about it in the company, he also explained there are a few roadblocks in the way of achieving that goal. While a well-known company, Riot Games have been ridiculed for having released only one game in 13 years since the company's establishment, and while their only game title – League of Legends, has grown to be one of the most popular games in the world, there was…

EPICENTER 2019 – Day two recap Day two of EPICENTER 2019 tournament is behind us, when we got to see the remaining four teams from Group B flex their muscles against each other in a bid to secure a spot in the semi-finals. While day one of EPICENTER did not leave any CS:GO fans indifferent, it was day two that took the cake with a phenomenal performance from mousesports, who claimed the first seed and a spot in the final four. ForZe vs Evil Geniuses The day started with a clash between the North American powerhouse Evil Geniuses and the…

Unethical contracts cast a shadow on esports Esports industry is no stranger to some questionable, unfair or outright unethical and borderline manipulative contracts made between esports organizations and young inexperienced esports players. While such contracts have become more of an exception than a norm nowadays, the lower and less regulated levels of the esports scene have had their fair share of such incidents and it seems like the issue is still very much alive in those waters. Only earlier this week news surfaced of another highly controversial contract made between an unnamed North American organization and an anonymous mobile esports…