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HellRaisers replace scoobyxie with AiyvaN HellRaisers, a Ukrainian esports organization announced earlier this Friday, they are parting ways with Alexander "scoobyxie" Marynych, who was immediately replaced by Ivan "AiyvaN" Semenets as the team's new AWPer for their 2020 CS:GO roster. HellRaisers made a post on their official website this Friday, January 10, titled "HellRaisers.CS:GO Roster Changes", where they unveiled the team will part ways with their AWPer scoobyxie, who will be replaced by AiyvaN as the team’s new AWPer and the fifth member of HellRaisers. Scoobyxie is a 22-year CS:GO player, who started his career as a professional in…

FURIA and Ninjas in Pyjamas crash out of Bukovel Minor FURIA and Ninjas in Pyjamas became the first two teams to crash out of the WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020 after failing to stack up with the competition in the group stage, and are now sent home packing with $12,000 each. WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020 took off on Thursday, January 9, featuring eight teams from six regions including Gambit, Team Spirit, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fighting PandaS, Nigma, Royal Never Give Up, Geek Fam and FURIA Esports. All eight teams travelled to Bukovel hoping they can rise to the top and…

Hearthstone expands its competitive scene for 2020 season Blizzard unveiled their planned expansion for the Hearthstone Masters Tour for 2020 season by doubling the number of events from previous years, each with the minimum US $250,000 prize pool with an added bonus from crowdfunding. As revealed earlier this week, Blizzard has announced ESL and DreamHack as the operators of the Hearthstone Masters Tour, which will allow the expansion of Masters Tour events from three to six events for the 2020 season. The announcement comes only a couple of days after Blizzard revealed Warcraft III and StarCraft II are both receiving…

Miro announces his return to Overwatch competitive scene Former Overwatch pro, Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk has announced on his personal Facebook account he is set to come out of the retirement and make a return to the Overwatch competitive scene after over 16 months since he temporarily retired. Miro's announcement surfaced earlier this Thursday on his Facebook account, where he made a post, which read: "Hello all. I'm currently FA and looking for an OW team. There were some personal problems at the time of retirement but those are now solved so I want to give it another chance to…

Pacman announced as head coach of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles Jonathan "Pacman" Tucker, MLG national champion and one of the longest playing players in the Call of Duty scene has been announced as the new head coach of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles earlier this Wednesday. This will be his first experience as a head coach, having previously been involved in the scene as a player, general manager and analyst. OpTic Gaming, one of the iconic Call of Duty teams have announced Pacman as their new head coach with a short video, which they released earlier on Wednesday, thus finalising…

Paris Eternal sign FDGod to their Overwatch squad The French Overwatch team Paris Eternal have unveiled the signing of 18-year-old support and French national Brice “FDGod” Monsçavoir as their final pickup of the offseason, ahead of 2020 Overwatch League. Paris Eternal announced FDGod as their final signing of the offseason earlier this Tuesday on their official Twitter page. The former Young and Beautiful support FDGod will join forces with his national team teammates Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Damien "HyP" Souville, who were both involved in French team fourth-place finish at 2019 Overwatch World Cup. https://twitter.com/ParisEternal/status/1214618924865581056 FDGod first appeared in…

New tournament format and point system for Call of Duty League revealed Activision announced the new tournament format and schedule for the 2020 Call of Duty League, as well as a revamped point system, which will be used to determine which eight teams will advance into the playoffs. The 2020 CDL season is rapidly approaching and Activision are making the final changes to the tournament in a bid to make its inaugural season a successful one. Shortly after the CDL was announced, Activision were under fire from the fans and Call of Duty pro players, who were not all…

DreamHack unveils invites for Open Leipzig 2020 CS:GO event Swedish production company and organizers of some of the biggest esports events, DreamHack announced all four invited teams for the upcoming DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020 tournament, which will take off on Friday, January 24, and conclude two days later on January 26, 2020. The Leipzig CS:GO event will mark the first DreamHack Open tournament of the year, with seven more set to follow throughout 2020. The second event is slated to take place in Anaheim later on February 21, 2020. As it has become a tradition, DreamHack Leipzig will feature…

Overwatch 2 leaks suggest release date is set for 2020 After countless of speculations and leaks, Activision Blizzard finally announced Overwatch 2 during 2019 BlizzCon earlier in November of 2019. The expansion unveiled a new story mode which will take place in the Overwatch world as well as new heroes and maps. While there was no set release date back then, there were reportedly some leaks made by PlayStation Brazil on their official Twitter page, where they claimed the sequel to Overwatch is set to be released this year. During BlizzCon 2019, which took place at the start of…

WePlay! Bukovel Dota 2 Minor 2020 tournament preview WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020 is set to kick off this Thursday, January 9, and will mark the first Dota Pro Circuit tournament of 2020 and the second Minor tournament of the season. Travelling to Bukovel will be eight Dota 2 teams, who will compete for the largest slice of US $300,000 prize pool and the last ticket leading to DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major. All eight teams will enter the tournament looking to prove their worth and kick-off 2020 with a bang, however, with the stacked lineup, the road to the…