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Emagine announces retirement from CS:GO Chris "emagine" Rowlands, a 28-year-old Australian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro has announced retirement from the competitive CS:GO scene earlier this Monday, thus ending his successful career after almost four years. Emagine declared his retirement earlier this Monday, February 17, with a Twitlonger post, where he explained that time has come for him to hang up the mouse and focus on other things in his life. "The time has come for me to hang up the mouse – It’s been a wild ride and I’m forever grateful to everyone who’s been involved with my journey,"…

Call of Duty League set to implement changes for SnD and Domination Call of Duty League will reportedly receive changes for Search & Destroy and Domination modes in the official Modern Warfare competitive ruleset, which will affect official competitions as well as CDL playlist. On Friday, February 14, Call of Duty League announced a handful of changes will be implemented into the official CDL ruleset, in a bid to fix some issues and make the competitive Call of Duty scene more exciting and more enjoyable for the players. The changes will include decreased round time limits for both Search…

Solarity part ways with Airwaks and Nikof Solarity, a French esports organisation, which competes in Fortnite announced the departure of Karim "Airwaks" Benghalia and Nicolas "Nikof" Frejavise, who both left to join Team Vitality earlier this Saturday. The departure of Airwaks and Nikof was made public on Saturday, February 15, when it was unveiled the duo parted ways with Solarity amidst contract negotiations. Airwaks and Nikof will from now on play Team Vitality, who unveiled their signing on the same day via their official Twitter page. Nikof started his professional Fortnite career in February 2018, when he joined PCS…

Activision Blizzard unveils plans for WoW esports scene Activision Blizzard kicked their esports plans for World of Warcraft into overdrive by announcing their 2020 roadmap for Arena World Championship (AWC) and Mythic Dungeon International (MDI), which will see higher prize pools and increased development commitment from Blizzard. Shortly after announcing their US $160 million deal with YouTube Gaming, Activision Blizzard unveiled their plans for World of Warcraft (WoW) competitive scene, which will see further development of its two main competitions in AWC and MDI. Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard made a media-rights deal with Youtube, which is said to…

Team Secret announces League of Legends team Team Secret, a European esports organisation, have announced their expansion into the League of Legends scene with the acquisition of a Vietnamese squad, which will compete in Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) Sprint Split 2020. Team Secret, mostly known for their success in Dota 2 have announced on their Twitter earlier this week they are expanding into League of Legends competitive scene with their own LoL squad team in a bid to leave a mark in another game. With this announcement, Team Secret now fields teams in a handful of esports titles including…

What to expect from League of Legends Wild Rift? During the League of Legends 10th Anniversary ceremony, Riot Games unveiled they're planning on releasing a mobile version of League of Legends, dubbed Wild Rift. Since its announcement, LoL fans from all over the world have been eagerly anticipating the official release of the game and while Riot has not yet announced the release date, there are already plenty of things to look forward to. Shortly after the announcement was made, Riot Games gave LoL fans a chance to pre-register for Wild Rift which would award the select few with…

FIFA eMLS continues to grow with two League Series While still in its early phases, the popularity and appeal of eMLS has been growing steadily over the past few years and if Season 2 is to go by, eMLS should see good omens for 2020 season, which could become the biggest year for the league to date. The third season of eMLS took off on January 10 with Series 1 at Philadelphia, which saw a fierce battle between 25 FIFA teams who duked it out for the title and US $7,500 in prize winnings that comes with it. In…

Enable reportedly benched from Seattle Surge Ian "Enable" Wyatt, a flex player for Seattle Surge has revealed he has been moved to the inactive roster, following Surge's poor performances from the opening two weeks of Call of Duty League 2020 season. The inaugural Call of Duty League has just recently finished its second competitive week, with Chicago Huntsmen taking home the London homestand title, which cemented them as the top team in the league. While Huntsmen enjoy their strong start of the season, there are a handful of teams, who have had yet to show anything notable. One of…

Riot Squad release its CS:GO team Riot Squad have announced the organisation and its CS:GO team have decided to part ways earlier this Thursday, February 13, following a streak of underwhelming results. Riot Squad explained their decision behind the temporary exodus from the CS:GO scene in a TwitLonger post, where the North American organisation talked about their goals and ambitions for the future. "We’ve maintained an organizational goal of making it to Pro League this season, however between the changes within ESL and our inability to qualify through MDL finals, we’ve decided to take a break and regroup on…

Ninjas in Pyjamas return to Europe and qualify for ESL One Los Angeles After returning back to Europe, Ninjas in Pyjamas have made it through ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Europe Closed Qualifier, meaning Peter "ppd" Dager and the company secured themselves a ticket for the third Dota 2 Major of the season. Ninjas in Pyjamas have gone through quite a lot of changes in the last few months, which included roster reshuffles and change of region, all in hopes to achieve better results. Ninjas in Pyjamas spent the first set of Major qualifiers on the North American soil,…