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Caps and company successfully recovered from an upper-bracket setback to maintain their incredible streak in the LEC, once again at the expense of perennial bridesmaids Fnatic, who looked stronger than ever in the LEC Summer Split playoff but still capitulated at the final hurdle against their rivals. Another LEC Split, another G2 victory, and while the challengers’ identity continues to shift, the final boss of European League of Legends still remains the same. Fnatic put up a spirited challenge throughout the playoffs as they defied the expectations set by their fourth-place finish in the regular season to bulldoze their way…

The Botez Chess Camp invitational tournament is in full swing, featuring a selection of talented female chess players across a wide skill range in a single competition—and the younger Botez’s sister’s struggles led to an interesting outburst. The Botez Chess Camp is a FIDE-rated single round-robin tournament organized by notable streamers Andrea and Alexandra Botez, pitting prominent female players and creators against one another, including the Botez sisters themselves. It’s a notable attempt to blend content and competition together in a more serious way than often happens in the chess space, bringing along three WGM (woman grandmaster) and two WFM…

The new era of competitive Overwatch 2 continued with the Esports World Cup kicking off July 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sixteen teams converged on the city as part of the massive EWC celebrations and played for over a million dollars. The revamped Overwatch 2 circuit took a break as competitive teams headed to Saudi Arabia, with squads earning invites based on performances at OWCS Dallas, or working through regional qualifiers and stages to make it to EWC. Here’s everything to know about the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament: Schedule, results, teams, streams, and more. Contents Esports World Cup…

The countdown to the 2024 League of Legends World Championship is on. Twenty teams will enter this year’s edition of the pinnacle event, but the path they tread won’t be easy. Gen.G was the first team to secure a spot in the Swiss stage thanks to their victory at League‘s Mid-Season Invitational, but as each region’s split draws to a close, more squads will soon be joining the Korean giants at the biggest event on the calendar. There’s still time for the many League challengers to stake their claims and make history at the 14th edition of the glamorous Riot…

It seemed like just another Sunday LCS matchup for veteran League of Legends top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young, but his MVP performance in Liquid’s 2–0 win over Immortals came with a record originally thought to be unbreakable. The 29-year-old Korean has now played the most LCS matches in the region’s history. In his 630th appearance in the LCS against Immortals on July 28, Impact passed Jason “WildTurtle” Tran to record the most games played in the North American competition since its inception. Impact was unaware of the record in his post-match interview, saying he was too focused on the game—and…

Nadu, Winged Wisdom is one of the strongest and most despised Magic: The Gathering cards to drop into the Modern format through Modern Horizons 3. The issue many MTG players are having with Nadu, Winged Wisdom is that the Simic-colored Rare is warping the Modern format, much like what Oko, Thief of Crowns did to Standard when Throne of Eldraine was released. Played in Bant colors at the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour and referred to as Bant Nadu, the build dominated the field and the top eight. Many players after the Pro Tour called for the Legnedary Bird Wizard…

In a surprise announcement today, League of Legends global head of esports Naz Aletaha announced she will be stepping down from her role and leaving Riot altogether in the coming months after over a decade with the company’s flagship esports program. Aletaha broke the news in an article on X/Twitter. After taking a sabbatical beginning in February this year, Aletaha wrote she felt the need to move one. “I’ve decided I’m ready to start a new chapter in my career,” she wrote. “This decision wasn’t easy, but it’s the right time for me to explore new horizons.” Aletaha went on…

Last weekend, Fnatic was crushed by G2 Esports in the 2024 LEC Summer Finals, with both mid laners only picking Lucian and Corki throughout the series. After the game, Humanoid criticized the mid lane meta, saying mages feel useless at the moment. Anyone who follows competitive League of Legends or plays the game themselves knows AD carries are dominating the mid lane meta. Fnatic’s mid laner believes it’s due to a fundamental problem that should be fixed sooner than later. Humanoid shared his thoughts in one of the interviews after losing the final to G2. “I am happy with it…

After being dropped from NRG’s VALORANT roster on July 15, coach Chet shed some light on what was happening behind the scenes. This included how he had to pay for players’ buyouts with his own money. Chet made a shocking revelation on his stream on the day he was fired from NRG. The American coach claimed he had to pay five figures for Ethan and Demon1‘s buyouts. Both players joined the roster from Evil Geniuses in December 2023. “Honestly, they’re fucked for the next season, so I don’t care. Yeah, esports is ruthless…I can say this as this doesn’t matter…

Abyss has finally entered the VCT map pool for stage two playoffs, and VALORANT fans nearly immediately got to witness multiple professionals fall to their doom in the all-important elimination match between KRÜ Esports and Cloud9. The VCT Americas stage two playoffs kicked off on July 17 with the regional debut of VALORANT’s newest map, Abyss. What sets this map apart from the rest is agents can fall over the edge and automatically die if they aren’t careful. Naturally, this made it all the more exciting to watch between two playoff teams—Cloud9 and KRÜ. After selecting Abyss as their map…