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Fenfen joins eStar ahead of LPL Summer Split Huang "Fenfen" Chen has become the newest member of League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team eStar, the Chinese esports organisation announced this Saturday. During their maiden season in the LPL, eStar did not need long to establish their dominance with exceptional performances throughout the early stages of the Spring Split. The league newcomers quickly climbed the ladder and solidified themselves as one of the best League of Legends teams in China. Throughout the group stage, eStar picked up wins against the reigning world champions FunPlus Phoenix and Invictus Gaming, however,…

Huni reportedly acquired by Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses have reportedly signed the former world champion Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon from Dignitas ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Summer Split. The reports surfaced this Wednesday, unveiling Huni will leave Dignitas and will continue his illustrious League of Legends career at Evil Geniuses. The rumours about a possible transfer already surfaced in late April, when it was unveiled Huni is not listed on Dignitas’ roster. The exact details about the contract are yet unknown, but Huni will likely have to settle for less compensation compared to US $2.3…

IO Esports and ONE Esports introduce SEA Dota2 League ONE Esports joined forces with a South-East Asian esports management company IO Esports to introduce a US $100,000 SEA Dota2 League which is set to unfold in an online format from June 18 to July 19. ONE Esports announced the upcoming SEA Dota2 tournament on Friday via a blog post on their official website and on social media. As revealed, the tournament will consist of seven invited Dota2 teams along with three teams who will qualify through ONE Esports regional online qualifiers, which will be open for all players in the…

Team SoloMid sign kiting is hard to TFT roster Team SoloMid have expanded their Teamfight Tactics roster with the signing of Leo “kiting is hard” Zhao, who has become an official member of the prominent North American esports organisation this Saturday. With the arrival of kiting is hard, Team SoloMid's TFT roster now fields a total of three players, including Lae-Young “Keane” Jang and Duy Minh “Souless” Nguyen, both of whom have joined TSM at the start of August 2019. Kiting is hard is said to represent the black and white colours at both TFT professional competitions, as well…

YEKINDAR to take over for buster at Virtus.pro Former pro100 player Mareks "YEKINDAR" Galinskis will take over for Timur "buster" Tulepov, who will temporarily leave Virtus-pro's active CS:GO roster to take a short break, as announced by the Russian esports organisation. Virtus.pro announced YEKINDAR's arrival with a Twitter post this Friday, alongside the signing of former Counter-Strike 1.6 veteran Aleksei "Flatra" Zlobich, who will take over as secondary coach and Maxim “MaAd’ Goncharov, who joined the organisation as an analytical psychologist. YEKINDAR began his CS:GO career in November 2017, when he teamed up with Elements Pro Gaming. Throughout the…

Tarzan and WADID leave Griffin Jungler Lee "Tarzan" Seung-yong and support Kim "WADID" Bae-in have left the former League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) champions Griffin, the South Korean esports organisation announced today. The announcements of Tarzan's and WADID's departure comes on the heels of Griffin's disappointing performance through LCK 2020 Spring Split. The 2019 League of Legends World Championship quarter-finalists finished the Spring Split last and eventually suffered elimination from the league after a failed run through LCK 2020 Summer Promotion series, where they lost to Seorabeol Gaming and SANDBOX Gaming, thus returned to Challengers Korea (CK) for…

Gen.G part ways with their head coach Edgar League of Legends coach Choi "Edgar" Woo-beom has left Gen.G in a bid to take a break from the competitive League of Legends scene, the Korean esports organisation announced today. Edgar, who has been the head coach of Gen.G ever since he arrived at the team in May 2018 has cut ties with the Korean esports organisation this Friday and will no longer serve as the main strategist of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2020 Spring Split regular-season champions. As revealed by Gen.G in their announcement, the decision was…

Kristou to replace Kjaerbye at North Danish CS:GO team North unveiled the 18-year-old Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand will stand-in for Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye, who announced he will be taking an extended break from competitive CS:GO due to medical reasons. Kjaerbye has not been involved in any of North's matches since the start of May, despite that, North managed to claw their way into the ESL One: Road to Rio using their coach Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson as a stand-in. At the time, North did not unveil why their star player has been missing matches but more light has been shed on…

Mangachu takes over as coach for Toronto Defiant Canadian Overwatch DPS player Liam “Mangachu” Campbell will transition to a hybrid coach-player role at Toronto Defiant, the North American Overwatch League team announced this Wednesday. Mangachu, who has been a member of Toronto Defiant since June 28, 2019 will transition to coaching. While he will remain available to play for the team if need be, the 23-year-old stated in his Twitter post, that he has officially updated his role in the team to coach. "Still under a player contract but I've updated my role in the Toronto Defiant as a…

Ranked mode, Jerry Cans, weapons balancing and more in PUBG 7.2 update It's been a long overdue, but PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is finally getting its own Ranked Mode, alongside weapons balancing, ignitable Jerry Cans and a plethora of other changes come Update 7.2. Starting on Wednesday, May 20 for PC players and Tuesday, May 26 for console and Google Stadia users, PUBG will allow players to finally test their skills against some of the best players in the world by rising through the ranks of the Ranked Mode, which is also said to feature unique rewards alongside bragging rights that…