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Atlanta Academy announced Overwatch Contenders hiatus Atlanta Academy have announced they will withdraw from competing at Overwatch Contenders for the remainder of the 2020 season and will be going on an indefinite hiatus. The announcement surfaced earlier this Sunday on Atlanta Academy official Twitter page, where the team explained they will opt out of Contenders until further notice. Atlanta Academy's decision comes as a shock too many, considering the team fields some of the best individual Overwatch players in the scene. Their team currently consists of Garrett "Saucy" Roland, Kamden "Sugarfree" Hijada, Justin "Pika" Carasa, Daniël "daans" Scheltema and…

Team Aster members quarantined due to COVID-19 fears After flying home to China from Kyiv, Ukraine, Team Aster's Dota2 team has reportedly been in contact with one of the flight passengers, who was later confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, ushering the quarantine of four of their members. Although the Chinese Dota2 team have yet to confirm nor deny whether any of their players have been infected by the deadly virus, Team Aster unveiled they are taking the necessary preventive steps and putting four of their players in a designated quarantine facility. "There's a confirmed COVID-19 case on our…

Es3tag joins Astralis in a shock move Astralis have announced the signing of Patrick "es3tag" Hansen from FunPlus Phoenix, who is set to become the sixth member of Astralis' CS:GO roster at the start of July 2020. Rumours of this move have been floating around for some time and while it was uncertain whether the deal will go through, Astralis confirmed earlier this Sunday, that they have acquired the 24-year old Danish CS:GO pro, who will join their roster for an unspecified amount in July. The announcement of the new arrival surfaced on Astralis' official Twitter page and on…

Steam breaks new concurrent user record with 22 million Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, which has put most of the world into lockdown, many people started to seek entertainment in online games, which helped Steam reach a new record in concurrent users count, setting the bar at well over 22 million. Steam, a prominent video game digital distribution service has been on the rise in recent months, drawing in more and more users with each passing month and there might be a strong correlation with the rise of its popularity and the COVID-19 outbreak, which ushered many countries to implement…

Florida Mutineers will keep Prestinni benched ahead of Dallas CDL event It was unveiled earlier this weekend that Preston "Prestinni" Sanderson might not be competing under Florida Mutineers banner anytime soon after the esports organisation decided to replace him and opted to continue competing in the Call of Duty League with Maurice "Fero" Henriquez instead. Shortly after finishing second in Atlanta, Mutineers announced Prestinni made the decision not to attend the Los Angeles Home Series event, citing personal reasons as the factor that contributed to his decision. As his replacement, Mutineers fielded an experienced veteran Fero, who helped his…

MiBR will compete in ESL Pro League North America MIBR announced they will be participating in the ESL Pro League Season 11 North American division, in a bid to try and qualify for the ESL One Cologne, while also keeping their spot in FLASHPOINT league. The announcement surfaced this Saturday, March 21, on MIBR's official Twitter page, where the Brazilian esports organisation explained that they will look to gather points in the ESL Pro Tour rankings, hoping to qualify for the next Masters Championship event, the ESL One Cologne. The prominent Brazilian CS:GO team also criticised the rankings, which…

Invictus Gaming rebuild their CS:GO roster with four new members Invictus Gaming have completely rebuilt their CS:GO roster, by acquiring four new members this Thursday, who will join forces with PeiQi "flying" Song, as the longest-standing member of the team. It took quite a while, but Invictus' CS:GO roster is once again complete, after the Chinese esports organisation announced the signing of four new players, who will fill the vacant spots at the team. Invictus Gaming re-entered the CS:GO scene in August 2019, when they signed 8EASY line-up. Unfortunately, the team failed to stick together for long. In November,…

Crown signs for OZ Gaming Lee "Crown" Min-ho has announced this Friday he will be joining a Korean League of Legends team OZ Gaming, which competes in Challengers Kores (CK). The 25-year-old LoL pro has had quite a turbulent period in his career since he hoisted the Summoner's Cup in 2017 with Samsung Galaxy. Once regarded as one of the most talented mid laners in the scene, Crown's fall from grace began shortly after his career-best achievement and it culminated with his departure from Counter Logic Gaming earlier this month, when he got replaced him with Eugene "Pobelter" Park…

PSG.LGD assign Chalice to the carry position PSG.LGD, one of the most successful Chinese esports organisation announced they're switching up roles in their Dota2 team by moving Yang "Chalice" Shenyi to the carry position, By moving Chalice to No.1 position, PSG.LGD made the third carry switch in just under a month and it seems like the team does not know how they would like for their Dota2 team to look like. The confusion surrounding the carry position started in February 2020, when PSG.LGD traded Wang "Ame" Chunyu to CDEC Gaming and in return received Lai "Ahjit" Jay Son to…

Dota Underlords Update Patch Notes Valve has released a fresh update for Dota Underlords earlier on Thursday, March 19, which introduced some much-needed changes to the game and namely Bloodseeker, who has been terrorising the meta. Bloodseeker has become a force to be reckoned with in the Dota Underlords meta play. As a cheap and effective unit, that is not only self-sufficient due to its Bloodrage ability, which provided health regen and attack speed every time Bloodseeker killed an enemy, but also very effective even without an Alliance. The sheer power and usefulness of Bloodseeker called for nerfs and…