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More fan favourite maps rumoured to be added to CoD: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward was hard at work since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare back in October, by adding classic CoD maps to their newest franchise, including Shipment, Crash Vacant and most recently Rust. However, there are rumours, leaks and speculations, suggesting we could see even more iconic maps added to the Modern Warfare playlist. Call of Duty has had a long and very prosperous history, drawing in thousands upon thousands of players with each of its release. Since the launch of the first Call of…

Five things to know about IEM Katowice 2020 The ESL's Counter-Strike tournament in Katowice is one of the biggest esports events in the ESL's event circuit, drawing in thousands upon thousands of esports fans each year, who tune in to witness the pinnacle of esports competition. This year's iteration of IEM Katowice will mark the seventh time CS:GO will travel to the Polish city, where we will see some of the world's best CS:GO teams compete between February 24 and March 1 for the lion’s share of US $500,000 in tournament winnings. Featuring 16 teams, who will be divided into…

100 Thieves sign MrSavage, a 15-year-old Fortnite player 100 Thieves have announced the signing of Martin "MrSavage" Andersen, a 15-year-old Fortnite pro, who has established himself as one of the best Fortnite players in the world. The Norwegian Fortnite pro started his career in May 2018, when he joined Public Enemy, where he remained until August the same year. Since January 2019, MrSavage has been playing under NRG Esports' banner and left the team on February 10, 2020. He will now become the official member of 100 Thieves' Fortnite team, as revealed this Thursday, February 20. Throughout his career…

Valve release teaser for The International 10 We are still over six months away from the 10th edition of The International, however, Valve already released a teaser for its prized Dota 2 tournament, which will serve as the culminating event of 2019/20 Dota Pro Circuit season. The short trailer video for The International was released earlier this Wednesday, February 18, on Dota2's official YouTube channel. Although the trailer caught the attention of all esports fans from all over the world, it surfaced without any context and no announcement, which sparked a debate about what Valve wanted to unveil with…

DreamHack and ESL sign revenue-share deal with esports teams A monumental moment in the esports history happened earlier this Tuesday, when 13 leading esports teams reached an agreement with Modern Times Group companies DreamHack and ESL to participate in their CS:GO competitions, as a part of a deal which will grant them revenue share generated from ESL Pro Tour events. The ground-breaking agreement between the teams and Modern Times Group is dubbed as The Louvre Agreement and will include Astralis, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, Complexity, Evil Geniuses, ENCE, G2 Esports, Team Liquid, Team Vitality, Mousesports, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas,…

Wukong set to receive major changes on PBE Riot Games have been promising a Wukong rework for a while and it seems like only now the rework is coming to fruition as several changes are coming to PBE, which will introduce significant buffs to the Monkey King. The League of Legends community has been asking for Wukong buffs for quite some time now, which is only fair, considering Wukong's poor win rate (47.22%). Once a force to be reckoned with on the Rift, Wukong's outdated kit simply didn’t fit into the current meta and Riot Games are set to…

Legends of Runeterra patch 0.9.0 Expeditions and EXP changes The Legends of Runeterra patch 0.9.0 will bring a plethora of changes to the Riot Games digital card game, including buffs and nerfs to cards, changes to Expeditions Archetypes, rewards and EXP gains, as well as other miscellaneous changes, which will improve player's gaming experience. While the card buffs/nerfs are perhaps the most interesting changes that will come with LoR patch 0.9.0, we cannot overlook all the tweaks which will be made to the Expeditions. EXPEDITION ARCHETYPES CHANGES While Riot Games are happy with the diversity of strategies and archetypes…

MhL returns to AGO CS:GO roster AGO, a Polish CS:GO team have announced the return of their AWPer Miłosz "mhL" Knasiak, who has re-joined their main CS:GO roster ahead of OGA Counter PIT Season 7. The 17-year-old AWPer was benched from AGO's main CS:GO roster earlier last week, in order to do some "individual work" before making his return to the team. The initial announcement from AGO, which unveiled the benching of mhL read: "By the decision of our coaching staff, sniper mhL will spend the upcoming weeks on individual work in the areas calibrated by the trainers." Although…

Legends of Runeterra set to introduce impactful changes to some of the strongest cards It's been almost a month since the release of Legends of Runeterra, giving the players more than enough time to develop a metagame and build decks which proved to be the most effective in climbing the ranked ladder. Some players prefer control decks, others rely on aggressive cards and then there are the third kind of players, who like to experiment and enter their games with unconventional builds. That said, there are some decks which are more popular and more successful than others, namely because…

EHOME qualify for ESL One Los Angeles Major EHOME, a Chinese Dota 2 team secured the final ticket leading to ESL One Los Angeles Dota 2 Major via the Chinese Major qualifiers, which concluded this Monday, February 17. EHOME became the third Chinese Dota 2 team besides Royal Never Give Up and Invictus Gaming to secure themselves a spot in the third Dota Pro Circuit Major of 2019/20 season with a convincing run through Chinese qualifiers. ESL One Los Angeles Major will be EHOME's second Major tournament of the season, having previously attended MDL Chengdu Major, where they finished…