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Gen.G part ways with their head coach Edgar League of Legends coach Choi "Edgar" Woo-beom has left Gen.G in a bid to take a break from the competitive League of Legends scene, the Korean esports organisation announced today. Edgar, who has been the head coach of Gen.G ever since he arrived at the team in May 2018 has cut ties with the Korean esports organisation this Friday and will no longer serve as the main strategist of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2020 Spring Split regular-season champions. As revealed by Gen.G in their announcement, the decision was…

Mangachu takes over as coach for Toronto Defiant Canadian Overwatch DPS player Liam “Mangachu” Campbell will transition to a hybrid coach-player role at Toronto Defiant, the North American Overwatch League team announced this Wednesday. Mangachu, who has been a member of Toronto Defiant since June 28, 2019 will transition to coaching. While he will remain available to play for the team if need be, the 23-year-old stated in his Twitter post, that he has officially updated his role in the team to coach. "Still under a player contract but I've updated my role in the Toronto Defiant as a…

Kristou to replace Kjaerbye at North Danish CS:GO team North unveiled the 18-year-old Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand will stand-in for Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye, who announced he will be taking an extended break from competitive CS:GO due to medical reasons. Kjaerbye has not been involved in any of North's matches since the start of May, despite that, North managed to claw their way into the ESL One: Road to Rio using their coach Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson as a stand-in. At the time, North did not unveil why their star player has been missing matches but more light has been shed on…

Brussen announces retirement from Overwatch Boston Uprising's tank player Thomas "brussen" Brussen has retired from the professional Overwatch scene and is leaving the Uprising team, the North American esports organisation announced this Tuesday. Brussen's departure comes during a difficult time for Boston Uprising, who have already parted ways with DPS Sangbeom "Munchkin" Byun, Support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and assistant coach Ilias T. "iLka" Kaskanetas since the beginning of March, while Minseob "Axxiom" Park took a leave of absence due to medical procedure. While losing three members of the team in only two months is a huge blow for any…

Ranked mode, Jerry Cans, weapons balancing and more in PUBG 7.2 update It's been a long overdue, but PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is finally getting its own Ranked Mode, alongside weapons balancing, ignitable Jerry Cans and a plethora of other changes come Update 7.2. Starting on Wednesday, May 20 for PC players and Tuesday, May 26 for console and Google Stadia users, PUBG will allow players to finally test their skills against some of the best players in the world by rising through the ranks of the Ranked Mode, which is also said to feature unique rewards alongside bragging rights that…

League of Legends Patch 10.10; nerfs, buffs and new skins League of Legends patch 10.10 is already live on Public Beta Environment (PBE), giving us a first look at what the new update will introduce and it's hard not to be excited with all the buffs and nerfs that will bring some stability to the Rift, as well as new skins, that will add a new layer of customization. Riot Games unveiled the LoL patch 10.10 will enter the Rift on Wednesday, May 12, introducing buffs to a few forgotten champions in the current meta, including Annie, Nidalee, Sivir and…

Astralis to sign JUGi According to recent reports, Jakob "JUGi" Hansen will be joining the four-time Major champions Astralis, as the Danish CS:GO juggernauts look to expand their roster to seven members. The news comes only a week after Astralis unveiled they're looking to add one more member to their roster, following the acquisition of Patrick "es3tag" Hansen, with a possibility they will be looking to expand with one more member sometime in future, thus fielding an eight-man CS:GO roster. Es3tag is set to join Astralis in the summer, once his contract with Heroic runs out, meaning JUGi could…

Hanwha Life Esports sign DuDu for 2020 LCK Summer Split A Korean League of Legends team Hanwha Life Esports have announced the signing of top laner Lee “DuDu” Donju, who is set to join the team ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Champion Korea (LCK) Summer Split. After finishing 2020 LCK Spring Split at an underwhelming eighth place, Hanwha Life Esports have decided to freshen up their roster ahead of the Summer Split. On Friday, May 8, the Korean team announced the departure of Kang "Tempt" Myung-gu, with their substitute ADC Jeon "Zenit" Tae-gwon departing from the team…

League of Legends Volibear rework coming to Summoner’s Rift Riot Games have revealed a full in-depth look of the upcoming Volibear rework, which was ushered by the League of Legends fanbase, who voted for his Visual and Gameplay update (VGU) in 2019. Shortly after Riot introduced the Fiddlesticks' update which hit the Summoner's Rift on April 1, the League of Legends developer announced that Volibear's VGU was almost ready to be added to the game. Since then, Riot slowly unveiled changes that are coming our way, but it was not until this Friday when Riot Games uncovered a full…

Stratus leaves competitive play to focus on content creation Washington Justice DPS player Ethan “Stratus” Yankel will be stepping away from competitive Overwatch scene in a bid to pursue a career as a content creator, the 19-year old announced this Friday. The announcement regarding Stratus' decision surfaced on Washington Justice's Twitter page, where the North American esports organisation unveiled their DPS player will play his final match under Justice's banner this weekend against the newly-formed Vancouver Titans, after which he will transition to a new role within the team. "Our match this weekend will be Stratus' last one in…