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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,…

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…

NaVi reportedly set to sign Perfecto as a replacement for GuardiaN Natus Vincere are reportedly on the brink of signing Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy from Syman as a replacement for Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács, who has failed to impress with his performances since he re-joined NaVi earlier in 2019. Rumours surfaced earlier this Thursday, claiming NaVi are close to making a deal with Syman which would see Perfecto join the CIS juggernauts as a replacement for GuardiaN. The fee for Perfecto is said to be in the region of US $200,000, however, no official confirmation has been made public yet. Earlier…

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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Arcitys unveils a vision exploit in Modern Warfare The Call of Duty League is only a week away and while many would expect everything to be set and ready for what will be the biggest and most prestigious event in CoD esports history, it seems like Infinity Ward still has a lot of things to improve and fix, namely the newly unveiled game-breaking vision exploit. Alec "Arcitys" Sanderson, the main AR for the Chicago Huntsman shared a short clip on his official Twitter account unveiling a vision in-game bug he discovered during one of his Call of Duty matches…