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Brussen announces retirement from Overwatch Boston Uprising's tank player Thomas "brussen" Brussen has retired from the professional Overwatch scene and is leaving the Uprising team, the North American esports organisation announced this Tuesday. Brussen's departure comes during a difficult time for Boston Uprising, who have already parted ways with DPS Sangbeom "Munchkin" Byun, Support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and assistant coach Ilias T. "iLka" Kaskanetas since the beginning of March, while Minseob "Axxiom" Park took a leave of absence due to medical procedure. While losing three members of the team in only two months is a huge blow for any…

League of Legends Patch 10.10; nerfs, buffs and new skins League of Legends patch 10.10 is already live on Public Beta Environment (PBE), giving us a first look at what the new update will introduce and it's hard not to be excited with all the buffs and nerfs that will bring some stability to the Rift, as well as new skins, that will add a new layer of customization. Riot Games unveiled the LoL patch 10.10 will enter the Rift on Wednesday, May 12, introducing buffs to a few forgotten champions in the current meta, including Annie, Nidalee, Sivir and…

Astralis to sign JUGi According to recent reports, Jakob "JUGi" Hansen will be joining the four-time Major champions Astralis, as the Danish CS:GO juggernauts look to expand their roster to seven members. The news comes only a week after Astralis unveiled they're looking to add one more member to their roster, following the acquisition of Patrick "es3tag" Hansen, with a possibility they will be looking to expand with one more member sometime in future, thus fielding an eight-man CS:GO roster. Es3tag is set to join Astralis in the summer, once his contract with Heroic runs out, meaning JUGi could…

Hanwha Life Esports sign DuDu for 2020 LCK Summer Split A Korean League of Legends team Hanwha Life Esports have announced the signing of top laner Lee “DuDu” Donju, who is set to join the team ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Champion Korea (LCK) Summer Split. After finishing 2020 LCK Spring Split at an underwhelming eighth place, Hanwha Life Esports have decided to freshen up their roster ahead of the Summer Split. On Friday, May 8, the Korean team announced the departure of Kang "Tempt" Myung-gu, with their substitute ADC Jeon "Zenit" Tae-gwon departing from the team…

League of Legends Volibear rework coming to Summoner’s Rift Riot Games have revealed a full in-depth look of the upcoming Volibear rework, which was ushered by the League of Legends fanbase, who voted for his Visual and Gameplay update (VGU) in 2019. Shortly after Riot introduced the Fiddlesticks' update which hit the Summoner's Rift on April 1, the League of Legends developer announced that Volibear's VGU was almost ready to be added to the game. Since then, Riot slowly unveiled changes that are coming our way, but it was not until this Friday when Riot Games uncovered a full…

Stratus leaves competitive play to focus on content creation Washington Justice DPS player Ethan “Stratus” Yankel will be stepping away from competitive Overwatch scene in a bid to pursue a career as a content creator, the 19-year old announced this Friday. The announcement regarding Stratus' decision surfaced on Washington Justice's Twitter page, where the North American esports organisation unveiled their DPS player will play his final match under Justice's banner this weekend against the newly-formed Vancouver Titans, after which he will transition to a new role within the team. "Our match this weekend will be Stratus' last one in…

Pyth retires from CS:GO, moves to VALORANT Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi retired from the competitive CS:GO scene in order to pursue a career in VALORANT, the Swedish CS:GO pro announced this Thursday. Pyth announced his retirement in a Twitlonger post, where he declared his nine-year-long CS:GO career has come to an end. In the announcement, the Swede talked about how during the past three years, since he left Ninjas in Pyjamas, he felt like he was unable to get back to the level he once was on while claiming that he struggled to find a place where he felt like…

Greyy leaves Paris Eternal and retires as Overwatch pro Overwatch League flex support Luís “Greyy” Perestrelo has announced he is leaving Paris Eternal and retireing from professional Overwatch due to mental health concerns and loss of passion of the game. The 26-year-old Portuguese flex support has officially retired from the Overwatch professional scene this Thursday, April 7, ending his three-year-long career as an Overwatch pro, which began in early 2017. Greyy joined Paris Eternal in November 2018, shortly after the team was formed, and has remained the sole representative of Portugal in the Overwatch League since. He also played…

Perkz and Caps will be switching positions for 2020 LEC Summer Split After winning their seventh League of Legends European Championship (LEC) title in the Spring Split, G2 Esports are looking to switch things up, or better yet, switch things back as they were with Rasmus "Caps" Winther moving back to the mid lane, while Luka "Perkz" Perković is set to return to his old position as the team’s ADC. There has been plenty of talk in the offseason about the switch and while Perkz and Caps hinted the swap could happen numerous times before, we never got to…

Vancouver Titans release Overwatch Roster The Vancouver Titans have announced they're dropping their entire active Overwatch League roster this Wednesday, due to the internal struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement named "A letter to our fans" surfaced on Vancouver Titans' official Twitter page, where Tim Holloway, the esports director at the Aquilini Entertainment (Vancouver Titans’ parent company) spoke to the fans and explained the situation that has caused the inevitable release of Titan's Overwatch roster. Mr Holloway started the announcement by thanking the fans for their patience during these difficult times, during which the organisation was dealing…