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Los Angeles Guerrillas sign Vivid and Spart Los Angeles Guerrillas have reportedly signed two new young talent to their Call of Duty roster in Kris "Spart" Cervantez and Reece "Vivid" Drost, who will join the Guerrillas ahead of their Home Series weekend, set to take off on Saturday, March 7, at Shrine Expo Hall, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Guerrillas have announced the addition of the two new members this Saturday, February 29, with a Twitter post. That said, the team did not specify whether the new additions will be joining the starting roster straight away or will Spart…

Natus Vincere stomp Astralis to book IEM Katowice finals appearance Natus Vincere shocked the world and booked a spot in the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice grand finals, following a complete trashing of Astralis at Spodek Arena, unfortunately in front of empty seats, as there was no live audience due to the coronavirus fears. A match that was expected to end in two swift maps in Astralis' favour met only half the expectations as it did end in two maps, but it was not Astralis who celebrated the win, but instead the CIS powerhouse who stomped the No.1 team in…

Swag announces retirement from competitive CS:GO Braxton "swag" Pierce has announced he is hanging up his mouse and keyboard and will step away from the competitive Counter-Strike scene. He will instead devote his time and energy to become a professional player of the Riot Games' FPS title – Project A. The 23-year-old American CS:GO pro has unveiled his retirement from the competitive scene earlier this Friday, February 28, thus ending his eight-year career. In the announcement, he explained that while he will continue to stream CS:GO in the future, however, his focus will now be on the Riot Games'…

LEC Spring Split Power Rankings – Week 5 The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Spring Split is already in its second half, with the top European League of Legends teams setting themselves up for the sixth week of the split. Although the Spring Split is far from over, given that there are still four more weeks left to be played, enough time has passed to give us a solid idea as of which teams have what it takes to go all the way and which team are still struggling with their performances. There are a handful of teams who…

League of Legends Pro League set to return on March 9 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) will be returning to our screens on Monday, March 9, as revealed by the Chinese league organisers earlier this Friday. China's League of Legends Pro League was on a temporary hiatus for over a month due to the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and was initially planned to return only at the end of April, as revealed by the Chinese national general administration of sports department earlier this month. So far the LPL teams have only competed in the first week of the…

Gen.g member bdd donates over $4,000 to coronavirus victims South Korean League of Legends star and arguably one of the best mid laners in the scene, Gwak "Bdd" Bo-seong donated 5 million South Korean Won (~ $4,100) to the National Disaster Relief Foundation to aid fight the coronavirus outbreak. Bdd made his generous donation public this Thursday, February 27, when he posted a picture on his Twitter, showing the receipt he received after making his 5 million KRW donation to the National Disaster Relief Foundation. In the same post, Bdd explained he decided to help those fighting and aiding…

Gambit bring Gpk back to their Dota 2 roster Gambit have announced the return of Danil "gpk" Skutin to their Dota 2 squad earlier this Thursday, February 27, after benching the talented youngster at the start of the month, due to his refusal to boot camp with his team. The return of gpk has been announced via Gambit Esports' official Twitter page, where the CIS esports organisation took the chance to explain the situation with gpk, his benching and the eventual return to their main roster. The announcement read: "We are pleased to announce that Danil "gpk" Skutin returns…

COVID-19 outbreak continues to affect the esports scene Besides the global health concern, the new coronavirus (COVID-19) presents, the disease outbreak in China also introduced massive negative ramifications to the Asian esports scene, with over 480 LAN matches already affected by the deadly virus in one way or another. The COVID-19 put the majority of major Asian esports leagues in shambles, yet there is another huge concern on the horizon as we are slowly approaching the League of Legends World Championship 2020, which is slated to be hosted in Shanghai. During a press conference, featuring the Shanghai municipal government,…

S1mple helps NaVi take down NiP at IEM Katowice Natus Vincere took down Ninjas in Pyjamas earlier this Wednesday, February 26, to secure a spot in the Group A's lower bracket finals at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice tournament, where the CIS juggernauts will face off against FaZe Clan for a spot in the playoffs. Natus Vincere got off to a strong start at the IEM Katowice, by defeating FaZe Clan in round one of Group A, only to fall short against Fnatic in round two (1-2), which saw them crash down to the lower bracket. Despite their…

FIFA pro Kurt0411 banned from every EA game Infamous YouTuber and FIFA pro Kurt "Kurt0411" Fenech has received a lifetime ban from all EA games and online services, after already receiving a lifetime ban from FIFA last year due to his abusive behaviour. There are many infamous esports players in the scene, yet none can compare to Kurt0411, who has risen to a new level of infamy earlier this Monday, February 24, when he received a lifetime ban from all EA games and online services, as revealed by Electronic Arts themselves on their official Twitter page. Kurt0411 was known in…