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More changes coming to Modern Warfare in January This Saturday Joe Cecot, Infinity Ward's Co-Design Director of Multiplayer unveiled to the community a number of changes are coming to Modern Warfare multiplayer, including a possible new game mode, changes to Trophy System and new class loadout slots. Since the release of Modern Warfare back in August, the Call of Duty community has been very consistent with their demands for Infinity Ward to implement more loadout slots. While Modern Warfare offers the players five default slots, there is no way of unlocking more, as it was the case in the…

MAD Lions finalise their Academy roster ahead of 2020 Spring Split MAD Lions, previously known as Splyce, have unveiled its new League of Legends Academy lineup this Monday, which will feature five young and talented members, who will compete in the Spring Split of SuperLiga Orange. Since their rebranding from Splyce to MAD Lions, the Spanish organization has introduced a handful of changes to their League of Legends team, which will enter 2020 LEC with a completely rebuilt roster in a bid to contest the top spots. The organization managed to retain Andrei "Orome" Popa and Marek "Humanoid" Brázda…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…