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Power Rankings for the 12 Call of Duty League teams With the Florida Mutineers announcing their roster yesterday, all 12 of the Call of Duty League teams are confirmed and official. While some teams have yet to announce coaches or substitutes, all that’s left now is to wait until January 24 for the CDL’s launch weekend in Minnesota. Although, with every team now confirmed and practicing together, it’s fair to wonder which rosters hold the edge against the others. Today, we’ll be ranking each Call of Duty League team based on talent and current performance in scrimmages. Keep in mind,…

Should Apex Legends feature skill-based matchmaking? One of the hottest topics in the gaming community right now is skill-based matchmaking (SBMM). From Call of Duty to Fortnite to Apex Legends, SBMM is seemingly in every popular multiplayer title. Though developers believe it helps retain a particular player base, the mechanic is alienating a solid portion of their community, especially in Apex Legends. Once an enjoyable run-and-gun shooter, Apex public matches are now a nightmare for most players. While some other factors play a role, skill-based matchmaking is mostly to blame. So, this begs the question, should skill-based matchmaking be in…

Astralis win ECS Season 8, edging out Team Liquid Another tournament, another Astralis victory. The current kings of Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Astralis continued their dominant run yesterday with a win at the Esports Championship Series Season 8. The Danish roster defeated Team Liquid in three maps to take home yet another Championship. On a current streak that includes three straight Major tournament wins, there’s no question who is the CS:GO best team in the world. The question now, is Astralis the best CS:GO roster ever? Astralis takes home another Championship Back in 2018 when this current roster came…

Taking a look at the Modern Warfare Season 1 Battle Pass With the Season 1 update looming, coming December 3, there’s still a lot of unknown in terms of what the Battle Pass will hold. We know some of the rewards that will be featured but have no idea to what capacity. It’s expected that Infinity Ward will somewhat follow Call of Duty Mobile’s model they’ve implemented. There will be a Free and Premium version that offers different rewards like COD Mobile, with the Premium, costing $10, giving more advanced items. Although, the Free version won’t hinder those who choose…

NLaaeR officially retires from the Overwatch League after Atlanta Reign fallout Former Atlanta Reign Overwatch League player Ilya “NLaaeR” Koppalov has officially retired. The DPS player puts some of this decision on his former coaches at Atlanta. Citing communication problems and general disagreements, NLaaeR will no longer participate in the Overwatch League. Of course, some things could change in the future but for now, his retirement is final. Reign organization played a big part in NLaeeR’s decision Earlier this month, the Reign and NLaeeR parted ways for a flurry of reasons. The major reason was that NLaeeR didn’t feel…

Apex Legends introducing Friendly Firing Range, overhauling rank progression While it’s torrid start is certainly in the rearview mirror, Apex Legends looks to be turning things around before 2020. One of the main gripes among players has been the lack of content/ranks throughout the three seasons. Though developers Respawn step it up with every new season, there’s still a quality the game lacks. Most high-profile streamers can’t find enjoyment in the game for more than a week or whenever they reach max rank. However, in an upcoming update, that will be changing, along with some other things. Rank progression…

Which Call of Duty League team has the upper hand so far? We’re a little over a month into Modern Warfare and each Call of Duty League team has been practicing vigorously. Day in and day out, every CDL roster hops on and scrimmages Hardpoint and Domination all day long. However, when day turns to night, most players turn their attention to Search and Destroy tournaments to improve in that game mode. Although most professionals don’t play with others from their team, it’s the practice that counts. With everyone now caught up and grinding daily, there’s bound to be a…

Zellsis joins the Team Singularity CS:GO roster Team Singularity has announced they’ve signed Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro to their Counter Strike: Global Offensive roster. The 21-year old American Zellsis, recently of the Swole Patrol roster, hasn’t seen much success as of late. However, he joins a promising Team Singularity roster who defeated Zellsis’ Swole Patrol roster at WESG 2018 USA. Although a Danish-based organization, Team Singularity now rosters five Americans along with a British Head Coach. The current Team Singularity CS:GO roster: Michael “dapr” Gulino Skyler “Relyks” Weaver Sebastian “seb” Bucki Will “dazzLe” Loafman Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro Ian “Immi” Harding (Head…

Team Secret announces their new CS:GO roster After a two year hiatus from the esport, Team Secret has returned to Counter Strike: Global Offensive. In 2017, the team featured an all-female roster that housed names such as Julia “juliano” Kiran and Ksenia “ vilga” Kluenkova. This time around, however, Team Secret is going the more traditional route and bringing aboard an all-male roster. They start competing as early as today, with Season 5 of Lootbet already underway. You can follow all of Team Secret’s CS:GO operations on Twitter and their official team website. Team Secret makes their return to the…

Anime-themed Rocket Pass 5 announced for December release A brand new Rocket Pass has been revealed for Rocket League. Launching on December 4, this anime-inspired Battle Pass features tons of unique and stylish rewards. As always, there are 70 tiers to unlock and a free and paid version. The paid version of the Rocket Pass gives you a reward for every tier you rank up. These rewards range from wheels to paint jobs to goal explosions. In addition to all that, the featured car for this Rocket Pass is the Chikara. An anime-themed supercar, the Chikara will be unlocked once…