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Alliance edge past NaVi at DreamLeague Season 13 playoffs Round one of DreamLeague Season 13 – Leipzig Major took off this Tuesday, January 21, featuring 16 top-tier Dota 2 teams who competed in upper and lower brackets in a bid to get themselves closer to the ultimate goal, which is claiming the Major title and $300,000 in prize winnings. Considering the Leipzig Major features some of the best Dota 2 teams in the world, it goes without saying day one of the playoffs offered a plethora of exciting fixtures, yet was one match that stood out from the rest…

BLAST Premier Spring Series on-air talent unveiled BLAST has unveiled the talent lineup for the upcoming CS:GO BLAST Premier Spring Series, which will kick off at the end of January at 3 Mills Studio in London, England. The BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season will kick off on January 31, 2020, and it will feature 12 CS:GO teams competing for a spot in the Spring Finals and the largest slice of US $300,000 prize pool. Attending the first-ever BLAST Premier event will be 100 Thieves, Astralis, Complexity Gaming, Evil Geniuses, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, Team Liquid, MiBR, Natus Vincere,…

Annie and Nautilus set to get a VFX update in League of Legends As revealed by Riot Games, Annie and Nautilus are the next two champions in line to receive a VFX update, which will hit the Rift in League of Legends' patch 10.3. Riot Games have been hard at work with releasing champion VFX (visual effects) updates. With the recently released Patch 10.1, we saw Thresh receive its VFX update, with more champions in line to get a fresh look in the upcoming patches. The announcement of Annie and Nautilus' VFX updates surfaced this Tuesday when Riot artist…

Ninjas in Pyjamas part ways with f0rest Ninjas in Pyjamas announced this Tuesday they are parting ways with their legendary player Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg, who has been with the team for over seven years, since the inception of NiP CS:GO roster back in August 2012. The announcement of f0rest's departure from NiP surfaced this Tuesday on NiP's official Twitter account, where the Swedish esports organization thanked the 31-year-old rifler/AWPer for his contribution to the team, which includes 64 tournament titles, five Major finals appearances and 1 Major title at ESL One Cologne 2014. With f0rest's departure, NiP have officially…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update introduces loadouts, crossbow and more Call of Duty Modern Warfare is set to receive a long-awaited update on Wednesday, January 22, which will introduce additional loadout slots, fix unit collision and bring back everyone's favourite crossbow weapon. The announcement about the upcoming Modern Warfare update surfaced earlier this Tuesday on Twitter, where Infinity Ward's Senior Communications Manager Ashton Williams claimed CoD will receive an update this Wednesday, which will include five additional loadout slots, fix for player collision and a return of crossbow weapon, which will be unlockable via in-game challenges. "Update tomorrow.…

ZywOo crowned as the best CS:GO player of 2019 If you were looking for an answer about who was the best CS:GO player of 2019, your search ends today. HLTV announced Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut, a 19-year-old AWPer for Vitality as the best CS:GO, player of the past year, and with that archived their annual top-20 CS:GO players of the year list. ZywOo's career as a CS:GO player started in 2014 at only 14-years-of age when he joined his first team – dizLown. At that point, he played CS:GO on and off and while his career did not take off…

MonteCristo partners with Cloud9 Esports caster, co-owner of Renegades and former CLG coach Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, who left the Overwatch League at the end of 2019, has announced he will be partnering up with a North American esports organization Cloud9 and continue his career as a content creator. MonteCristo announced his departure from the Overwatch scene on December 31, 2019, with a Twitter post where he explained the issues he has with the way how OWL is ran and for that reason decided not to extend his contract as an OWL caster and instead look to continue his career elsewhere. Since…

Diem could miss OWL opener due to health concerns Shanghai Dragons, a Chinese Overwatch League team have announced their star DPS Bae "Diem" Min-seong will be unable to participate in the opening fixtures of 2020 OWL due to a serious health issue that could see him ruled out of the professional play for at least a month. The OWL team made the announcement earlier this Monday, January 20, on their official Weiboo and Twitter accounts, where they unveiled Diem is undergoing medical treatment in Korea. While the team calmed the fans by claiming his condition is stable, Diem will,…

Dev1ce declared as the third-best CS:GO player of 2019 Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz has been declared as the third-best CS:GO, player of 2019 by the leading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive news website HLTV, due to his consistency and incredible results in the biggest tournaments of 2019. Dev1ce started his career as a CS player as a teenager when he was attending CS: Source LAN events in Denmark and was quickly spotted by Copenhagen Wolves who decided to sign him to their roster in 2011. Despite his incredible performances in CS: Source, it was not until CS:GO when dev1ce truly started to…

Epic Games and TikTok announce Fortnite dance emote contest This Saturday, Epic Games announced their collaboration with TikTok, to present the Fortnite #EmoteRoyaleContest, in which players and fans of the widely popular battle royale game will have a chance to have their own dance featured in the game as a new Fortnite emote. Fortnite unveiled a new exciting partnership with a video-sharing social networking service TikTok to introduce the #EmoteRoyaleContest, which will give Fortnite fans a chance to leave their own mark in the widely popular battle royale game. The #EmoteRoyaleContest, was announced on Fortnite's Twitter account and on…