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Jamppi suing Valve for supposed unfair VAC ban Finnish CS:GO pro Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen is reportedly suing Valve for alleged damages that came from an old VAC-banned account, which prevented him from signing for OG in 2019. In the lawsuit, it is also stated that Jamppi bought a second copy of CS:GO in 2015, when he was only 14-years-of-age, so his friend could play with him. The account in question later received a VAC ban, however, because it was bought by Jamppi, it was believed the Finnish CS:GO pro himself was the one violating the rules. Jamppi reportedly tried…

Rocket League sets new player record with almost 500,000 players across all platforms Since COVID-19 outbreak turned into a global pandemic, social distancing and staying at home has become a new way to live, which ushered many individuals to seek entertainment in playing video games, so it should not come off as a surprise many game titles saw its player base grow significantly over the course of last few months, and Rocket League is no exception. Just recently Counter-Strike: Global Offensive set a new milestone, by reaching 1,000,000 concurrent players, which marked its highest player count since the game's…

MiBR part ways with their CS:GO coach zews MiBR announced the departure of their CS:GO coach Wilton "zews" Prado, who will be leaving the Brazilian esports organisation after spending last 15 months trying to help MiBR claim a tournament trophy. The 32-year-old CS:GO coach has announced the departure from MiBR on his official Twitter page, where he talked about the struggles MiBr went though and their inability to reach the heights they were hoping for, while also claiming he is aware MiBR's lack of success also falls on him. Zews joined MiBR in December 2018, when the Brazilian CS:GO…

Chaos Esports Club released its Dota2 roster Chaos Esports Club announced on Wednesday, March 25, they're releasing the former Quincy Crew squad from their Dota2 roster, just five months after signing the quintet of players under the North American banner. The announcement comes as a shock to many, as Chaos Esports Club quickly established themselves as serious Dota2 contenders in the North American region, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, which brought with it a lot of uncertainty of the 2019/20 Dota Pro Circuit schedule, Chaos seemingly decided to focus on other, more stable projects. "Today we, unfortunately, have…

Copenhagen Games 2020 cancelled amid COVID-19 outbreak Organisers of Copenhagen Games have announced their annual esports event has been cancelled amid the increasing fears and restrictions surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, which has reached most of Europe already. The cancellation of the event, however, should not come off as a shock to anyone, considering Copenhagen games were in question ever since mid-March, when Denmark decided to close its borders to foreign visitors, prompting anyone who wanted to attend the event to cancel their tickets and look for refunds. Copenhagen Games is an annual esports gaming festival, which was held in…

Team Aster members quarantined due to COVID-19 fears After flying home to China from Kyiv, Ukraine, Team Aster's Dota2 team has reportedly been in contact with one of the flight passengers, who was later confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, ushering the quarantine of four of their members. Although the Chinese Dota2 team have yet to confirm nor deny whether any of their players have been infected by the deadly virus, Team Aster unveiled they are taking the necessary preventive steps and putting four of their players in a designated quarantine facility. "There's a confirmed COVID-19 case on our…

Atlanta Academy announced Overwatch Contenders hiatus Atlanta Academy have announced they will withdraw from competing at Overwatch Contenders for the remainder of the 2020 season and will be going on an indefinite hiatus. The announcement surfaced earlier this Sunday on Atlanta Academy official Twitter page, where the team explained they will opt out of Contenders until further notice. Atlanta Academy's decision comes as a shock too many, considering the team fields some of the best individual Overwatch players in the scene. Their team currently consists of Garrett "Saucy" Roland, Kamden "Sugarfree" Hijada, Justin "Pika" Carasa, Daniël "daans" Scheltema and…

Florida Mutineers will keep Prestinni benched ahead of Dallas CDL event It was unveiled earlier this weekend that Preston "Prestinni" Sanderson might not be competing under Florida Mutineers banner anytime soon after the esports organisation decided to replace him and opted to continue competing in the Call of Duty League with Maurice "Fero" Henriquez instead. Shortly after finishing second in Atlanta, Mutineers announced Prestinni made the decision not to attend the Los Angeles Home Series event, citing personal reasons as the factor that contributed to his decision. As his replacement, Mutineers fielded an experienced veteran Fero, who helped his…

Steam breaks new concurrent user record with 22 million Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, which has put most of the world into lockdown, many people started to seek entertainment in online games, which helped Steam reach a new record in concurrent users count, setting the bar at well over 22 million. Steam, a prominent video game digital distribution service has been on the rise in recent months, drawing in more and more users with each passing month and there might be a strong correlation with the rise of its popularity and the COVID-19 outbreak, which ushered many countries to implement…

Es3tag joins Astralis in a shock move Astralis have announced the signing of Patrick "es3tag" Hansen from FunPlus Phoenix, who is set to become the sixth member of Astralis' CS:GO roster at the start of July 2020. Rumours of this move have been floating around for some time and while it was uncertain whether the deal will go through, Astralis confirmed earlier this Sunday, that they have acquired the 24-year old Danish CS:GO pro, who will join their roster for an unspecified amount in July. The announcement of the new arrival surfaced on Astralis' official Twitter page and on…