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Kruise leaves Part Eternals to join Toronto Defiant Overwatch League support Harrison “Kruise” Pond has parted ways with Paris Eternals and joined Toronto Defiant OWL roster, the team announced today. "Please join us in welcoming Kruise to the team as main support, coming over from Paris Eternal," read the announcement on Toronto Defiant's official Twitter page. "Very excited to start a new chapter and I couldn't ask for a better team to do it with, everyone is really friendly and I can't wait to start playing alongside them. Thanks for all the love and support it means a lot,"…

Red Bull and FACEIT announce 2v2 CS:GO tournament – Red Bull Flick Red Bull AOC and FACEIT joined forces to announce a brand new CS:GO 2v2 tournament called the Red Bull Flick, which will feature duos from all over the world competing for the largest slice of US $22,000 (€20,000) prize pool. The Red Bull Flick will be played on the FACEIT platform, utilizing its anti-cheat software, in a bid to establish competitive integrity, which is often breached in the amateur tournament such as this one. The event will be played in a brand new game mode, created by…

Excel Esports sign Fortnite pro Wolfiez British esports organisation Excel Esports signed Jaden “Wolfiez” Ashman as their first Fortnite player, Excel announced today. Wolfiez will become the first-ever Fortnite player who has signed with Excel, meanwhile being one of the best Fortnite players in the world. The 16-year old Fortnite pro is widely regarded as the biggest talent in the scene and a Guinness World Record holder, as the youngest person in esports history to ever win US $1 million at a single event. The young Brit began his Fortnite career in February 2019, when he made his first…

MVP PK leave Counter-Strike competitive scene Team MVP PK and their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad have officially parted ways, with reports unveiling their former players will turn their focus to become VALORANT players. The decision comes after a period of instability and turmoil for the South Korean CS:GO squad with their most recent tournament placement coming from Asia Minor Championship – Rio 2020: East Asian Closed Qualifier and ESEA Season 33: Asia-Pacific Open where MVP finished fourth and 9th-16th respectively. Team MVP, widely regarded as the most successful South Korean esports organisations expanded into CS:GO in 2015 with a…

Uzi becomes a free agent Jian "Uzi" Zihao has become a free agent this Friday after his contract with Royal Never Gives Up expired, according to official Riot Contract Database. Uzi, widely regarded as one of the best ADC players in the history of the game is official without a team. As of today, there are no news of the two sides working on an extension of Uzi's contract, meaning that the Chinese League of Legends player is in theory free to sign with any team he desires. Although Uzi's departure is far from confirmed, this move should not come off…

SANDBOX Gaming secure a spot in 2020 LCK Summer Split SANDBOX Gaming became the final team to secure a spot in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2020 Summer Split by defeating Seorabeol Gaming in the summer promotion series this Thursday. After failing to impress in the 2020 LCK Spring Split, where SANDBOX finished ninth with a 5-13 record, Kim "OnFleek" Jang-gyeom got placed in the LCK 2020 Summer Promotion Series, where they had to fight against Griffin, Seorabeol Gaming and Team Dynamics for one of the two tickets leading back into LCK. The 2020 LCK Summer Promotion Series…

Arena of Valor World Cup 2020 cancelled Arena of Valor World Cup (AWC) 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by Tencent this Thursday. The decision was made to prioritise the health and safety of all those who would be involved in the tournament, as stated by the AoV developer and publisher. Tencent also assured its fans and players that all possibilities to keep AWC on the schedule were explored, however, due to the ongoing situation caused by the pandemic, no other option was left but to cancel the event altogether. "We are making the…

Excel Esports sign Kryze and promote Special to their main LoL roster Excel Esports have reportedly signed Unicorns of Love Sexy Edition top laner Felix “Kryze” Hellström and promoted BT Excel mid laner Jordan “Special” Scheffe to their main LoL roster, ahead of the 2020 League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Summer Split. Excel Esports ventured off into the 2020 LEC Spring Split with high ambitions, hoping to make a breakthrough and secure a spot in the league's playoffs for the first time in the organisation's history. Not many people expected much from Excel, however, seeing how they struggled…

Oskar leaves Sprout’s CS:GO team Sprout and Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný have mutually parted ways this Wednesday, due to "unbridgeable differences," as announced by the German esports organisation. In the announcement, Sprout explained the "different views on how to play" led to the departure of oscar, who has left the team with immediate effect after the Czech CS:GO pro spent almost four months with the German organisation. Oskar arrived at Sprout at the beginning of January alongside Paweł "dycha" Dycha as a replacement for Nils "k1to" Gruhne and Florian "syrsoN" Rische, who left for BIG. Since his arrival, the Czech…

Griffin get eliminated from LCK Griffin's poor performance through the season culminated with elimination from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) league this Wednesday after losing to SANDBOX Gaming in the lower bracket of the league's summer promotion series. Ahead of 2020 season, almost all LCK teams went through some massive roster changes, but no other squad had quite as turbulent offseason as Griffin. The Kanavi-incident led to the departure of Griffin's two key players in top laner Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon and mid laner Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon, while Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok opted to remain in the LPL. Without…