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Overwatch player banned after caught cheating during Breakable Barriers tournament Another esports incident surfaced only a couple of days ago, when an Overwatch team, which goes by the name Minions on the Flank got disqualified from Breakable Barriers after the tournament administrators found out one of their members used third-party software to cheat and gain an unfair advantage over his competitors. It seems like every week, esports world sees another incident unfold. From unethical and outright manipulative contracts between esports players and organizations to match-fixing, unpaid salaries and tournament winnings and even politically-driven suspensions of esports players, the competitive esports scene have it all. However,…

San Francisco Shock Welcome ANS To 2020 Roster San Francisco Shock surprised fans last night by announcing the addition of Lee “ANS” Seon-chang to their team. ANS is a formerly-retired DPS player, who is especially skilled at sniping; so much so that Shock welcomed him by premiering 20 of his “Widow Popoffs” on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9X4oV3E2s8 Ansan Sniper, or ANS for short, retired from professional Overwatch on January 16 2019 after playing for BlossoM in the Korean Contenders League for over a year. During his time with BlossoM, and while streaming, ANS built a reputation for being an amazing sniper, hitting…

Rogue and x-kom AGO form a League of Legends team North American esports organization Rogue have announced they are partnering up with a Polish esports organization x-kom AGO to form a brand new League of Legends team. The partnership will see Rogue's academy team Rogue EC rebrand itself into AGO ROGUE and continue competing in Polish League of Legends' league – Ultraliga. As revealed, Rogue will be taking over the selection and career development of the team members, while x-kom AGO will work on providing support for the team in Warsaw, Poland, as well as work on marketing approach for…

Uzi could retire due to health concerns Royal never Give Up's star ADC Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao is reportedly suffering from a hand injury, which puts his and the future of RNG under a huge question mark, as Uzi might not be able to compete in 2020 LPL and could even be forced into early retirement from the professional League of Legends scene. According to Liu "Mlxg" Shi-Yu, his teammate and star ADC of RNG is suffering from his ongoing hand injury, which could see Uzi miss out on the LPL 2020 Spring split and possibly even the rest of the…

Vitality edge past mousesports to win EPICENTER 2019 Mousesports have had an incredible run at EPICENTER 2019, which was only an extension to their impressive run in the CS:GO competitive scene, which saw them claim last three offline CS:GO events in a row, yet they got stopped in their tracks this Sunday when they had to admit defeat to the French giants Vitality. The title decider began with Vitality getting off to a flying start on Inferno, picking up a 5-1 lead on T-Side, thanks to Alex "ALEX" McMeekin's 1v2 clutch, which denied mouz an eco-victory. Despite their strong start,…

Tanizhq reveals Team Gigantti will exit Overwatch Contenders Team Gigantti, a Finnish Overwatch Contenders team revealed earlier this Monday, they will no longer compete in the Overwatch Contenders Series due to the league's low viewership and financial instability. Team Gigantti's coach Tanishq “Tanizhq” Sabharwal took on Twitter today, to reveal Team Gigantti will release the entirety of their roster as they will no longer participate in the Overwatch Contenders Series. "This might come as a surprise to many people, but given the state of finances in Tier 2, the near 6-month gap between the seasons and the low viewership, its…

ViCi Gaming go the distance at ONE Esports World Pro Invitational After an underwhelming show in the group stage, ViCi Gaming resurged and went the distance at ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Singapore where they swept Gambit and Evil Geniuses en route to claiming their first tournament title of 2019/20 season and US $200,000 in prize money. ViCi vs Gambit The Chinese juggernauts entered the lower bracket finals in hot form, following a dominant display on Saturday when they edged past Team Secret (2-1) and decimated Alliance (2-0). Having defeated two of the strongest teams in the scene,…

English broadcast announced for KeSPA Cup League of Legends fans from all over the globe can breathe easy knowing KeSPA Cup will, after all, have an English stream available, despite having announced later last week, there won't be an English broadcast of the prestigious South Korean tournament. Earlier this Friday, a heart-breaking announcement surfaced, claiming there will be no English broadcast for the upcoming 2019 KeSPA Cup, which left English-speaking League of Legends fans dishearten, as they would not get an opportunity to tune into one of the biggest LoL tournaments of the year and experience it in its full glory.…

Valve sues GESC for over $750,000 in unpaid prizes and wages Valve’s VP of marketing, Doug Lombardi unveiled this Saturday that Valve Corporation have filed a lawsuit against Global Electronic Sports Championship for failing to recompense teams and players from two Dota 2 Minor events, held in March and May 2018. Valve reportedly filed a lawsuit against Singapore-based tournament organizer Global Electronic Sports Championship (GESC) at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore for over US $750,000 which the esports event organizer owes teams and players, who participated at the GESC: Thailand and GESC: Indonesia Minors earlier in 2018.…

ViCi Gaming advance into semi-finals of ONE Esports World Pro Invitational One Esports World Pro Invitational Singapore entered its final stage of the playoffs on Saturday, December 21, when round two of the lower bracket took off. Remaining in the tournament were some of the biggest names in the Dota 2 competitive scene who were given one last shot at entering the grand finals via the lower bracket, yet out of all teams, it was ViCi gaming who showed the most competitive spirit and are now only one step away from making an appearance in the grand finals alongside Evil…