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SANDBOX Gaming secure a spot in 2020 LCK Summer Split SANDBOX Gaming became the final team to secure a spot in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2020 Summer Split by defeating Seorabeol Gaming in the summer promotion series this Thursday. After failing to impress in the 2020 LCK Spring Split, where SANDBOX finished ninth with a 5-13 record, Kim "OnFleek" Jang-gyeom got placed in the LCK 2020 Summer Promotion Series, where they had to fight against Griffin, Seorabeol Gaming and Team Dynamics for one of the two tickets leading back into LCK. The 2020 LCK Summer Promotion Series…

Arena of Valor World Cup 2020 cancelled Arena of Valor World Cup (AWC) 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by Tencent this Thursday. The decision was made to prioritise the health and safety of all those who would be involved in the tournament, as stated by the AoV developer and publisher. Tencent also assured its fans and players that all possibilities to keep AWC on the schedule were explored, however, due to the ongoing situation caused by the pandemic, no other option was left but to cancel the event altogether. "We are making the…

Excel Esports sign Kryze and promote Special to their main LoL roster Excel Esports have reportedly signed Unicorns of Love Sexy Edition top laner Felix “Kryze” Hellström and promoted BT Excel mid laner Jordan “Special” Scheffe to their main LoL roster, ahead of the 2020 League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Summer Split. Excel Esports ventured off into the 2020 LEC Spring Split with high ambitions, hoping to make a breakthrough and secure a spot in the league's playoffs for the first time in the organisation's history. Not many people expected much from Excel, however, seeing how they struggled…

Oskar leaves Sprout’s CS:GO team Sprout and Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný have mutually parted ways this Wednesday, due to "unbridgeable differences," as announced by the German esports organisation. In the announcement, Sprout explained the "different views on how to play" led to the departure of oscar, who has left the team with immediate effect after the Czech CS:GO pro spent almost four months with the German organisation. Oskar arrived at Sprout at the beginning of January alongside Paweł "dycha" Dycha as a replacement for Nils "k1to" Gruhne and Florian "syrsoN" Rische, who left for BIG. Since his arrival, the Czech…

Griffin get eliminated from LCK Griffin's poor performance through the season culminated with elimination from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) league this Wednesday after losing to SANDBOX Gaming in the lower bracket of the league's summer promotion series. Ahead of 2020 season, almost all LCK teams went through some massive roster changes, but no other squad had quite as turbulent offseason as Griffin. The Kanavi-incident led to the departure of Griffin's two key players in top laner Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon and mid laner Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon, while Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok opted to remain in the LPL. Without…

Huni not listed on Dignitas roster According to League Global Contract Database, Dignitas did not list Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon nor Jonathan "Grig" Armao on their roster ahead of League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) 2020 Summer Split, suggesting we are in for some massive roster changes ahead of the next split. About a month ago Dignitas unveiled they have let Huni "explore other opportunities", which suggested the North American team are prepared to let their top laner go, following a disastrous season, where Dignitas failed to secure a spot in the LCS Spring Split playoffs. Now it seems like…

Orgless reportedly disbanded their CS:GO roster A North American CS:GO team Orgless have disbanded their roster this Tuesday, according to reports from Electronic Sports League (ESL). Orgless, which consists of Matthew “Wardell” Yu, Pujan “FNS” Mehta, Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik, Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker, and Gage “Infinite” Green have reportedly dropped out of ESL One: Road to Rio tournament and decided to disband their roster, as unveiled by ESL on their official Twitter page. "Team “Orgless” have decided to not compete in the rest of the ESL One: Road to Rio and have disbanded," read the announcement. Because the qualifiers for…

Legends of Runeteera welcomes new Bilgewater champions Gangplank and Twisted Fate, Nautilus, Fizz and Miss Fortune got revealed as the newest members of the Bilgewater region in Legends of Runeterra, becoming the newest playable characters with vastly different playstyles. Gangplank Gangplank will be a five-cost unit with five power, five health and an Overwhelm effect. When Gangplank is summoned, he will also summon a Powder Keg – his iconic ability in the League of Legends game title. Additionally, Gankgplank will level up once he deals damage to the enemy Nexus in five different rounds The Powder Kegs are 0/1…

Fnatic is back at the top of CS:GO global rankings Fnatic have climbed their way to the top of CS:GO global rankings for the third time in their history following the Monday's weekly ranking update. The Swedish CS:GO powerhouse has overtaken the reigning IEM Katowice champions Natus Vincere for the top spot after the IEM Katowice matches expired from the Form sub-cathegory, which only takes into consideration the results over the last eight weeks, and based on those numbers, there is no team that can beat Fnatic. Natus Vincere spent the last two months as the leading CS:GO team…

Boston Uprising wave goodbye to iLka Boston Uprising unveiled the departure of their assistant coach Illias "iLka" Kaskanetas, who has decided to step away from competitive Overwatch coaching in a bid to pursue other life goals. The announcement of iLka's departure surfaced earlier this Sunday, on the official Boston Uprising website, where Chris “HuK” Loranger, President of Gaming for the Uprising thanked the 23-year-old Greek coach for everything he has done of Uprising since his arrival in October. iLka's first steps in the competitive Overwatch scene came in January 2018, when he signed for Wind and Rain who disbanded…