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Keen Gaming announces massive roster changes for their Dota2 squad Keen Gaming have announced a huge roster reshuffle in their Dota2 team amid the departure of four of their players, who opted to leave the Chinese esports organisation this Thursday, April 2. Keen Gaming's venture into 2019/20 season has been less than impressive, and although the Chinese Dota2 squad has made a few roster changes at the beginning of the season, the new additions to the roster did not bring any notable results. Shortly after their 13th-16th place placement at The International 2019, Keen Gaming made some big roster…

BIG announce TuGuX as a head coach of their Academy CS:GO team Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin has been appointed as the new head coach of BIG's Academy CS:GO team, the German esports organisation announced earlier this Wednesday. This marks the return of TuGuX, who has been out of the competitive CS:GO scene for almost three years, since he parted ways with ex-Dark Passage stack in May 2017, and his first tenure as a coach of a Counter-Strike team. The German Counter-Strike pro began his career in 2008, when he played for some smaller German Counter-Strike: Source teams, including EnRo GRIFFINS…

Team Unique returns to Dota2 with ex-Gentlemen roster Team Unique have announced their new Dota2 project, assembled from of ex-Gentlemen roster, which marks the Russian esports organisation's fourth Dota2 squad since their entry in the competitive scene in summer of 2019. Team Unique assembled their first Dota2 team in July 2019, when they acquired Uvajenie.Hope roster. Unique's first Dota2 project, however, did not last for long, as the Russian organisation decided to drop their lineup in September following a streak of disappointing results, which included failed attempts at CIS Open Qualifiers for The International 2019 and a fifth-place finish…

AGO unveil their new CS:GO roster Shortly after announcing their plans of owning a seven-man CS:GO roster, AGO unveiled their main five players who will represent the team in the upcoming months. Earlier this month, when AGO signed Oskar "oskarish" Stenborowski as the seventh member of the roster, the team coach Mikołaj "miNirox" Michałków unveiled AGO's plans of having two players for each position in their squad, which would allow them to change out players if needed, due to fatigue or other factors that would require a roster swap. After signing their seventh member, all AGO players were slated…

Combo Breaker cancelled amid COVID-19 pandemic Combo Breaker 2020 has been officially cancelled this Wednesday, due to the team's concern regarding the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. Combo Breaker is one of the biggest Fighting Games esports tournaments of the year, so it's understandable to see the announcement has left the whole Fighting Games community in shock, while the organiser Rick “The Hadou” Thiher and his team have their own problems to deal with, as they have to issue refunds and cancel all previous preparations for the event. The unfortunate announcement surfaced on the official Combo Breaker website, with a…

33 set to join OG for ESL One Los Angeles Major Neta “33” Shapira will stand-in for OG during ESL One Los Angeles Major, as a replacement for Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen, who has found himself stranded outside of Europe. OG announced a full lineup for their ESL One Los Angeles Dota2 Major venture, which will feature Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan, Martin “Saksa” Sazdov, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein and two stand-in members in Sébastien “Ceb” Debs and 33. The roster change comes due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which saw both Topson and Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng stranded outside of Europe and unable…

Golden Guardians secure the final LCS playoffs spot Golden Guardians eliminated Dignitas from the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) playoffs tiebreaker bracket to secure a spot in the last stage of the 2020 Spring Split. Despite their struggles throughout the season, Golden Guardians switched into a higher gear as the LCS Spring Split entered its latter stage, which allowed them to secure a ticket leading into the playoffs, where they will compete for the organisation's first LCS title. Golden Guardians entered Week 9 of LCS Spring Split with a 6-10 record, meaning Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer and co. had…

NBA announces players-only NBA 2K tournament NBA is set to host an esports NBA 2K tournament, which will feature NBA professional players competing on a virtual court, with all matches said to be broadcasted live on ESPN. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has to date reportedly infected over 800,000 people across the globe, over 170,000 of which in the United States, most of the sports scene has come to a stop in a bid to ensure wellbeing and security for the players and fans. After Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 on March 11, NBA…

Rogue Warriors fined $420,000 by LPL due to match fixing scandal League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team Rogue Warriors have been fined 3 million RMB, equivalent to over US $423,000 due to the match-fixing scandal involving their former jungler Wang “WeiYan” Xiang. Last week, shock news emerged from the Chinese League of Legends scene, when another esports match-fixing scandal has been unveiled to the public, this time involving Rogue Warriors and their former jungler WeiYan, who has been found violating the team's and league's rules by making arrangements with other teams in a bid to manipulate match outcomes…

Team Liquid denied an entry into LCS Spring Split playoffs The reigning four-time League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) champions Team Liquid got denied entry into the LCS Spring Split playoffs after losing to Cloud9 in a do-or-die match in the final fixture of the split this Sunday. Team Liquid have had a tough start of their journey into the 2020 League of Legends season, beginning with visa issues, which prevented Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen from entering the United States, effectively meaning Team Liquid entered the split without a complete squad. Instead of Broxah, Team Liquid fielded their substitute academy…