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Psyonix announced Rocket League Spring Series online tournament Psyonix announced an online format for its Rocket League competition, in a bid to keep the show going amid the COVID-19 outbreak, which has put most of the esports scene at a halt or ushered online leagues. Following the announcement of the cancellation of Rocket League Season 9 World Championship, the Rocket League community was left in dark in regards of the future of its competitive scene, up until this Sunday, March 29, when Psyonix announced an online Rocket League competition, which is set to begin in April and US $300,000…

Boston Uprising benched Mouffin amid sexual misconduct allegations The Boston Uprising flex tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal has reportedly found himself benched from the team after allegations of several cases of sexual misconduct surfaced on Twitter and other social media. On Friday, March 27, a popular female Overwatch streamer KhaleesiBB made a Twitter post, detailing allegations of sexual assault she and her friends experienced, involving Mouffin. According to the streamer, the Boston Uprising star has been sending messages via social media platforms to other girls, asking them for nude photos, regardless of their age, with one of the incidents supposedly…

StarLadder and Parimatch introduce $100,000 CS:GO league Parimatch and StarLadder have joined forces to introduce the Parimatch League, which will be an online CS:GO league, featuring teams from Europe and CIS region, who will duke it out for the US $100,000 prize pool. The event will mark StarLadder's return to the CS:GO scene for the first time since StarSeries i-League Season 8, which took place back in October 2019. Despite StarLadder's five-month hiatus from the CS:GO scene, the Ukrainian professional esports organiser is a prominent name in the esports scene, having hosted a plethora of top-tier events across several…

Modern Warfare 2 Remastered release date leaked Two prominent Call of Duty leakers, Okami and TheGamingRevolution have hinted a potential release date of the remastered version of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, and if their claims are to be trusted, MW 2 Remastered might be just around the corner. Both Okami and TheGamingRevolution have gained renown as two trusted Call of Duty leakers, having provided a plethora of predictions about the Activision's FPS title, which later proved to be true, which includes the release date of Call of Duty's battle royale title – Warzone. Their most recent leaks,…

WePlay! announce Pushka League WePlay! continues to bring excitement and joy to Dota2 fans, as the Ukrainian tournament organisers recently unveiled a new full-fledged online league, dubbed WePlay! Pushka League, which will feature 14 Dota2 teams from CIS and Europe. WePlay! Pushka League will be starting on Thursday, April 23, featuring seven teams each from Europe and CIS regions, vying for the largest slice of US $250,000 prize pool. With the announcement of the new league, WePlay! also unveiled there will be 12 directly-invited teams, while the remaining two spots will be awarded to the champions of open qualifiers.…

Nigma edge out HellRaisers at WeSave! Charity Dota2 event Nigma edge out HellRaisers at WeSave! Charity Dota2 event Team Nigma went the distance at WeSave! Charity Dota2 event earlier this Thursday, and won Europe versus CIS superfinals showmatch with a close-fought 3-2 win over their Russian counterparts HellRaisers. Team Nigma once more proved they are one of the best Dota2 teams in the scene with their commanding run through WeSave! Charity tournament, which they sealed with a strong performance against HellRaisers in the EU vs CIS superfinals. Although it wasn't the cleanest of execution, Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi and…

Modern Warfare update brings new Warzone weapons, new maps and more The newly released update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare introduced a heap of new content available on both Modern Warfare and Warzone games, as well as a wide array of bug fixes, which will make both games more enjoyable to play. The newest patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was initially slated for March 24, however, Infinity Ward decided to hold back the update until this Thursday, March 26, as developers looked to add more features and fix additional bugs before the update release. Coming with…

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…