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Dota 2 losing players, hits the lowest player count since 2014 Since its release back in 2013, Dota 2 has remained one of the biggest and most successful MOBA games, drawing in thousands upon thousands of new players each year, however, it seems like Valve's prized game is going through tough times as it battles to keep its player base, which last month hit the lowest count since December 2013. Very few games can boast with the success Dota 2 has had since its launch in both the esports scene and in its ability to sustain a massive player…

Zappis ditches Overwatch career in pursuit of Master’s degree Former Florida Mayhem flex tank Joonas "Zappis" Alakurtti‏ announced his retirement from the Overwatch league earlier this Friday in order to pursue his goal of finishing his Law Master's degree. A post surfaced on Zappis’ official Twitter page on Friday, where he unveiled he will no longer continue his career as a professional Overwatch player, but instead focus on finishing his education. https://twitter.com/zappisOW/status/1213174943741042693 In his announcement, Zappis talked about his decision to quit the professional Overwatch scene, where he cited the lack of motivation and time as the biggest reason…

NRG sign Frexs to complete their Apex Legends roster NRG announced Joseph "Frexs" Sanchez as a new signing for their Apex Legends squad this Saturday, completing their roster ahead of 2020 season, which will be the biggest year for Apex Legends esports scene to date. As announced this Saturday, Frexs has become a member of NRG's Apex Legends roster, where he will play alongside Brandon "Ace" Winn, Marshall "Mohr" Mohr and Richard "KingRichard" Nelson, who is currently the team's substitute. The team signed Frexs as a replacement for 19-year-old Coby "dizzy" Meadows, who announced his retirement from Apex Legends…

Dota 2 update fixes Festivus rewards and implements Turbo mode changes Valve has applied numerous small fixes to Dota 2 at the start of 2020, yet decided to release yet another update this Friday which addressed and fixed some minor bugs as well as implemented a few community-inspired quality of life changes to the game. Only three days into 2020 and Dota 2 has already received its third small update of the year, which is set to slightly alter and change some in-game anomalies that have been troubling the player base. So far we have seen updates, which ended…

LoL revenue reaches $1.5 billion in 2019 League of Legends exited 2019 with impressive numbers involving viewership and player base, but what is even more impressive is the revenue LoL gathered throughout the year. According to data provided by SuperData Study, LoL amassed US $1.5 billion in revenue, which is second-highest among all free-to-play PC games and only a fraction of the global market, which generated $120.1 billion in 2019. Despite the exponential growth of the esports industry over the past few years which resulted in an introduction of numerous new esports titles, League of Legends managed to keep…

Garter leaves Dota 2 in favour of LoL due to “broken” competitive system Ylli "garter" Ramadani, a former Dota 2 professional player announced he will be ditching Dota 2 in favour of League of Legends, citing Dota's broken competitive system as a reason for his switch. Last few weeks were filled with an ongoing discussion between Dota 2 and League of Legends pros and personalities who publicly argued over which of the two MOBA titles is "the best", which started a heated debate that spread across both communities. There have been many talks about the topic before and while there is…

Chris Puckett leaving Overwatch League in 2020 Chris "Puckett" Puckett a well-known esports personality and a former Halo player and commentator has announced this on Wednesday, he will not be returning to Overwatch League for its third season, but instead, enter 2020 as a freelancer. Puckett has been the primary host of the Overwatch League analyst desk throughout the inaugural OWL season and Season 2 and quickly became one of the most loveable Overwatch personalities. Unfortunately, for the OWL fans, Puckett has announced he will no longer participate in the OWL and instead look for his career opportunities elsewhere. The…

More loadouts coming to Modern Warfare Joel "ArtPeasant" Emslie, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developed has confirmed a highly-anticipated extension to "Create-A-Class" system is making its way into the game in the near future as a result of CoD fans' complaints about there not being enough loadout slots in the widely popular FPS title. Modern Warfare was released back in October and has since amassed hundreds of thousands of players who play the newly released first-person-shooter every day and while the newest CoD title has received very positive feedback from the community, there has been one thing that troubled the…

Team Liquid visa woes ahead of 2020 LCS Team Liquid, the reigning LCS champions and 2019 MSI finalists are reportedly experiencing delays with acquiring visas for their junglers Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen and Shern "Shernfire" Cherng Ta as well as their head coach Jang "Cain" Nu-ri, which could see all three miss on the start of 2020 LCS season. Next season of LCS is rapidly approaching, with less than three weeks separating us from the opening fixture of 2020 LCS Spring. All 10 teams are practising day in and day out, as they make final adjustments to their strategies which they…

League of Legends Esports players who retired in 2019 Here we are, with one leg firmly in 2020, yet the memories of 2019 are still as vivid as ever, especially for League of Legends fans who witnessed a monumental year for League of Legends esports, that shaped the scene forever. From Europe finally winning the MSI, North America falling flat again and China claiming the second World Championship in a row, many memorable moments took place throughout 2019, yet the biggest game-changers were the retirement of some LoL pro players, who decided to hang up their mouse and keyboard at…