Dignitas has confirmed the signing of former TSM Academy AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The signing comes after a report was released that said Dignitas was having a hard time signing talent for its 2020 LCS roster due to handing one-third of its budget to Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon by signing him to a new two-year […]
Just when we thought that the surprises for the day are over, OG announced a new roster. In an earlier tweet, OG hinted that Johan “N0tail” Sundstein would be taking over the coaching role. Naturally, we expected him to become a coach of OG, the two-times TI winning roster. However, that’s not going to be […]
Rocco “Saf” Morales Kicking off our top ten is Rocco “Saf” Morales. This Ghost Gaming competitor is a journeyman in competitive Fortnite. Alongside his duo partner Williams “Zayt” Aubin, they’ve achieved some impressive results since the beginning of competitive Fortnite. Saf and Zayt took second at WSOE 3, following that up with a win at […]
The Outlanders Update is finally here and, by the looks of it, it will change Dota 2 forever. As hype over the new patch continues, OG has managed to take some of the spotlight with some news of their own. Changes in OG #DreamOG pic.twitter.com/5L2UduUyC9 — OG (@OGesports) November 27, 2019 The two time […]
The first batch of seasonal offerings from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be released on December 3rd. With nearly all of it being free across all platforms. Activision has even dubbed Season One “the biggest free content drop in Call of Duty history.” Season One will feature six multiplayer maps across a variety of […]
You may be used to team announcements by now. Boston Uprising signing Brussen or New York Excelsior picking up Hotba. But the news we have today is a bit more surprising: Philadelphia Fusion welcome Philip “ChipSa” Graham, a popular streamer and auto-proclaimed “greatest Doomfist in the world.” What it's like when an Overwatch League team […]
Epic Games has announced the first round of heats for the Fortnite Champion Series Season Finals. Europe’s competitive Fortnite scene is arguably the best top to bottom in terms of its talent. The overseas region possesses such high-tier players as Mongraal, benjyfishy, Stompy, aqua and many others. For that reason, the Fortnite Champion Series Finals […]
In June earlier this year, Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung, main tank for the Seoul Dynasty, announced he would be retiring from professional Overwatch. In a surprise announcement, the Vancouver Titans have picked up Fissure for the 2020 season. It's official. Please help us welcome Fissure to the Vancouver Titans! We're excited to see some ground breaking […]
A report from Invenglobal has surfaced that implies that Dignitas has spent one-third of its 2020 budget on re-signing top laner Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon. With free agency well into its second week, Dignitas still only has one player on their roster. In addition, we don’t yet know if Huni will return to the top lane […]
LEC team Excel Esports has two substantial signings in their back office. Alex Parejo is joining Excel as their new Assistant Coach after leaving his role at Fnatic as Head Analyst. He’ll join fellow Fnatic college Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool who joined as the team’s new Head Coach. Excel also confirmed new hire Fabian Broich as […]
Maurice “Amazing” Stuckenschneider announced on Sunday that he won’t be competing in 2020 and will instead explore other options. Speaking on Twitter, Amazing said: “When you leave it all on the court/rift there is no point to being sad – I’m happy to have had a nice comeback to NA as a kind of send-off […]
ESPN is reporting that Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun will sign for China’s Vici Gaming with Kim Jeong-soo heading to South Korea to become SK Telecom T1’s coach. This marks a major change for kkOma, who’s only ever coached SK Telecom T1, after he retired from professional play. His time at SKT saw the side win eight […]
ESPN is reporting that Kim “Khan” Dong-ha is expected to sign for newly-crowned world champions FunPlus Pheonix. After receiving interest from teams in North America, South Korea and China, the top laner is set to join the world champions this month. Khan spent 2019 with SK Telecom T1, with the team falling to G2 Esports […]
With the first official season of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare league on the horizon, players and fans of the series are excited as ever. Well, at least most are. In an interview with The Loadout, Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag spoke about the upcoming COD League on The Mob podcast. Here is an excerpt from […]
Aydan “Ghost Aydan” Conrad and John “2Pac ThuGLorD” take home the first-place trophy along with $5K USD in the Code Red MW 2v2 Tournament. Yesterday, November 25, BoomTV and ZippoGaming hosted the latest Code Red tournament. This time, the game was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Teams of 2 faced off in the new 2v2 […]
Global entertainment platform Fandom has announced a partnership with Riot Games and State Farm to start a Teamfight Tactics tournament. Dubbed Fandom Legends: Teamfight Tactics, this tournament will start on December 1st and run over the course of four weeks. Every week there will be 16 competitors who will battle for a $2,000 prize pool. […]
Esports News UK is reporting that LVP, which runs and operates the regional UK League of Legends league the UKLC won’t return in 2020. Dom Sacco at ENUK reports that while it’s not clear at this stage whether UKLC will continue in its current form or not, it’s likely another company, event or Riot Games […]
EHOME have confirmed that Liu “Sylar” Jiajung is returning to the Chinese team’s roster. EHOME played pretty well during the previous DPC season and won a couple of important events. Although they couldn’t make it to TI 9, many people believed that they will be among the biggest contenders in the 2019-2020 DPC. Sadly, it […]
Legendary player Yeik Nai “MidOne” Zheng to join forces with Michael “ninjabooogie” Ross on newly formed SEA team, SEAMonkeys. Now the MDL Chengdu Major has come to an end, it’ss time to focus on the qualifiers for the next two DPC tournaments – WePlay! Bokovel Minor and The Leipzig Major. Yesterday, we announced that the […]
RImmortals have announced the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Eika as they look to finalize their 2020 LCS roster. Immortals have confirmed the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Jérémy “Eika” Valdenaire. Eika joins Immortals off the back of a 1st place finish in the LFL 2019 Finals and the 2019 Underdogs […]
Northeastern University won the Boston Uprising’s Fall Overwatch Collegiate Cup Championship. Teams from all over Massachusetts competed for $5,000 for their school’s esports program. After two weeks of intense matches, Northeastern University took the win and money home. In case you missed the streams, we've got you covered with a recap of all the Collegiate […]
100 Thieves has announced that Cody “Cody Sun” Sun is joining their roster. The AD carry is returning to his former team after 100 Thieves agreed to buy out his contract with Dignitas. The deal is likely to follow hot off the heels of 100 Thieves confirming that the team’s Academy support William “Stunt” Chen […]
The long wait is finally over for fans of Team Liquid’s former Dota 2 squad! Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasom, Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi, Maroun “GH” Merhej, Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov and Aliwi “w33” Omar have finally announced the name of their new organization – Nigma Esports. Nigma Esports The end of one journey is the beginning […]
Storied Dota 2 organization Team Secret has picked up their first male competitive Counter-Strike team. Team Secret announced their new venture into CS:GO on Twitter, revealing a European roster that previously played under the name M1x. Today's the day! We're excited to announce our #SecretCSGO team! Please welcome: 🇵🇱 @Secret_tudsoN 🇮🇱 @Secret_anarkez 🇽🇰 @Secret_sinnopsy 🇽🇰 […]
The current regular season of the Chapter 2 Season 1 Fortnite Champion Series has concluded with an additional round of qualifiers. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 introduced a squad format to the competitive atmosphere. After four straight weeks of intense competitions, we have seen several dominant teams rise to the top. Teams led by the […]
The next qualifiers for the upcoming Minor and Major are about to begin. With that in mind, the teams are trying to finalize their rosters before the action begins. One of them is Chaos Esports Club (ex. Quincy Crew), one of the newest teams in North America. Summit 11 We've got a Dota Summit vlog […]
The sun has set on Homestory Cup XX, and what an epic way for a tournament to end than an all-out battle between two esport rivals. Serral after 8 games going back and forth with Reynor ultimately prevailed. After losing to Reynor in the Blizzard World Series, Serral has managed to avenge his loss against […]
mousesports have come out victorious at the 2019 CS:GO Asia Championships, defeating ENCE in the Grand Final of the Shanghai event. The European squad took down some big names in their road to victory, defeating Evil Geniuses and hometown favorites TyLoo before reaching the Final. They take home the lion’s share of the $500,000 prize […]
The first Dota 2 Major of the season – MDL Chengdu in a wrap, we look at how the finals played out. After a week full of fantasy series, clutch moments and epic surprises, it’s finally time to say goodbye to the first Major of the 2019-2020 DPC season. Although the absolute best teams in […]
The Sweet Sixteen of Homestory XX’s remaining Starcraft players kicked off their tournament this morning, as they went head-to-head to decide who would either be eliminated or get knocked down to the loser’s bracket and have to work their way back up to the championship. After two days of 32 players competing for a spot […]
London Spitfire announced its 2020 roster, featuring JMac, Highly, Fuze, Schwi, Bernar, Krillin, Sanguinar and Glister. London Spitfire Off-Season Trades The off-season is the theatre of many changes in Overwatch teams. London Spitfire, champions of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season, surprised their fans by releasing their superstar players. From the initial roster, only Yung-hoon “Krillin” […]
All the action from Chengdu as our Major draws closer to the Grand Finals. MDL Chengdu has provided us with plenty of fantastic Dota 2 over the last seven days. If you’ve missed out on any of it check out our daily recaps for all the latest highlights. With the final day of competition looming […]
One day after signing damage player Sang-Beom “Munchkin” Byun, Boston Uprising announces flex tank Thomas “brussen” Brussen. Boston Uprising did some major changes during this off-season. After releasing seven players, Boston recreates its roster with the addition of flex tank brussen one day after signing Munchkin. As a flex tank, brussen specialized in D.Va, Roadhog […]
At the Tropical Islands Resort near Berlin, the sun has set on Day 2 of the Homestory XX Cup, and the final combatants for the Homestory Cup Playoffs have finally been selected. In the domed resort the final two groups of 16 Starcraft players duked it out to see which ones would move onto to […]
Natus Vincere is one of the most well known CIS organizations in Dota 2. After a couple of years between the tier one and two scenes, they’ve made very important changes in their roster by bringing Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov from VP to their roster. As a result, the team was able to win the WePlay! […]
Misfits Gaming Group, owner of the Call of Duty League team Florida Mutineers, has officially launched “the newest company under the MGG umbrella,” MSF.IO. MSF.IO is an esports incubator and seed fund, aimed at supporting esports companies “looking to take their business or idea to the next level,” according to the organization’s official press release. […]
Call of Duty and Apex Legends are just some of the esports titles nominated in the Game Awards 2019. The Game Awards are being held in Los Angeles later this year and the nominees have now been announced. Founded by Geoff Keighley, the Game Awards aims to “recognizes… excellence in the global video game and […]
After another exciting day in Chengdu today we’re breaking down all the action from the lower bracket. The first Major of the 2019-2020 DPC is slowly coming to an end. Every single day of it had something fresh to offer and this one was no exception. Sadly, three more teams left the tournament after getting […]
Danil “Dendi” Ishutin announces his return to the professional Dota 2 scene. Danil “Dendi” Ishutin is one of the most recognizable names in Dota 2. The legendary mid-laner has been a part of the professional Dota 2 scene for over 10 years now, ever since he played for team DTS back in DotA. Natus Vincere […]
After acquiring two players from the London Spitfire earlier this month, the Seoul Dynasty is continuing their roster changes. Korean damage player Sang-beom “Munchkin” Byun has been signed to the Boston Uprising for the 2020 Overwatch League season. Enough teasing. Please welcome @MunchkinOW to #BostonUp! Full announcement: https://t.co/1uuWYY41Ow pic.twitter.com/LZ0pByO5WQ — Boston Uprising (@BostonUprising) November 21, […]
Fortnite Champion Series participants have recently fallen victim to a glitch in Fortnite’s tournament matchmaking system. This bug occurs when all four players from a qualified FNCS squad do not properly load into the pre-game lobby. Professional players Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Benjy “Benjyfishy” Fish and Shane “EpikWhale” Cotton and their respective squads experienced this issue, which […]
On a tropical island near Berlin, 16 of the best Starcraft II players duked it out for a spot on the Homestory Cup XX bracket. Starcraft fans got more than their fill with over 112 matches taking place over a single day. Thirty-two players divided into Groups A, B, C and D, played against each […]
Earlier today, Esportmaniacos and ESPN reported that Kim “Trick” Gang-yun will be joining SK Gaming for the LEC 2020 season. Trick formerly played on Schalke 04, but most know him from his time on G2 Esports. At G2, he was an EU LCS MVP player and a serious force in European League of Legends. Trick […]
Just today, ESPN reported that FC Schalke 04 is signing Han “Dreams” Min-kook for the LEC roster. He will be playing alongside FORG1VEN, who Schalke picked up after his military service. Last year, Dreams played for SK Gaming. He made the playoffs in Spring but narrowly missed out in Summer. Before that, he played on […]
OverActive Media, the holding company for LEC side Splyce and Spanish LoL side MAD Lions has announced plans to rebrand the Splyce LEC team to its MAD Lions brand. The team will also make three new additions to the starting roster in former mousesports jungler Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, support Norman “Gistick” Kaiser and former Berlin […]
Esportmaníacos has reported that Team Vitality has completed their LEC roster for 2020 after signing Vodafone Giants mid laner Aljoša “Milica” Kovandžić and former LDLC AD carry Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos and promoting Academy jungler Duncan “Skeanz” Marquet. Vitality will retain Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet and support Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński to complete their 2020 roster with a […]
ESPN is reporting that FlyQuest will sign former Counter Logic Gaming mid laner Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage to join its starting roster. The team is likely to confirm the deal in the coming days. If the deal is finalized, PowerOfEvil will spend his third year in a row in NA. Providing he plays an entire split […]
Team SoloMid is finalizing a deal to bring Immortals jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett to the team’s starting roster for 2020. Dardoch marks what is likely to be the final piece in the TSM puzzle with deals for AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang and signing mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg up to […]
Although EHOME looked very dangerous before the new DPC season, their results at MDL Chengdu proved otherwise. The Chinese team didn’t do anything significant at Chengdu and were eliminated in the Lower Bracket after a very mediocre performance during the groups. EHOMe decide on a change As a result, it seemed like EHOME realized their […]
Royal Never Give Up announce new roster shuffle ahead of the next regional DPC qualifiers. Royal Never Give Up was one of the most interesting Chinese teams last season. They played very well in nearly every single tournament they’ve been in. Unfortunately, the new season didn’t start all that well for then. After a couple […]
New SEA team “Brothers United” includes regional legends Mushi, YamateH and Ohaiyo in their newly-formed roster The MDL Chengdu Major is slowly but steadily reaching its final part. After a couple of days of back-stage action, the first Major of the 2019-2020 DPC will finally enter the Main Event stage. Every single series so far […]
2019 is coming to a close but there is still plenty of CS:GO action to keep you occupied. With the release of Operation Shattered Web earlier this week, CS:GO has seen a surge in its active player base. If you’re coming back to CSGO and want to see some of the professionals in action, then […]
The Golden Guardians announced the signing of former Royal Youth’s Turkish jungler Can “Closer” Çelik. Closer was awarded the TCL Summer 2019 MVP and he was a major part of Royal Youth’s Worlds 2019 play-ins campaign. The team, somewhat ironically knocked out by NA LCS side Clutch Gaming. Golden Guardians have also confirmed the signing […]
ESPN is reporting that Immortals is finalizing deals for three players, top laner Paul “sOAZ” Boyer, AD carry Johnny “Altec” Ru and support Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent. The three new additions will join jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett and Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon and recent addition Jake “Xmithie” Puchero. It’s assumed that Dardoch and Arrow will either move […]
Nine months out from its initial release, Respawn Entertainment developed “Apex Legends” won an award for “Best Multiplayer Game” at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards. From the developers of Titanfall, Apex Legends released in early 2019. Now, many months later, it has been voted the “Best Multiplayer Game” at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards. Charlie […]
ESPN is reporting that Counter Logic Gaming is finalizing a deal to sign mid laner Lee “Crown” Min-ho from Immortals to replace Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage. ESPN reports that a number of other teams had an interest in Crown, with Evil Geniuses and FlyQuest among his options. CLG’s recent signing of Andy “Smoothie” Ta seems to […]
New LCS organization Evil Geniuses has secured its second major transfer of the offseason after agreeing to sign Bae “Bang” Jun-sik from 100 Thieves. ESPN reported that an undisclosed sum of cash was part of the deal, with Bang still having time left on his current contract with 100 Thieves. It has also been speculated […]
Florida Mayhem welcome former RunAway players Jun-ki “Yaki” Kim and Nam-jin “Gangnamjin” Gang. Dae-kuk “KuKi” Kim joins as Head Coach and Min-seok “DOX” Kim as assistant coach. On October 7, 2019, Florida Mayhem released five players without announcing any replacement. We can now see more clearly into the 2020 roster of Florida, as the team […]
When video games get released and we consumers get to interact and play them, a connection comes to life. Players find what works best in each game – best map, favorite level, the ultimate weapon – and in the case for the ultimate Modern Warfare weapon, the winner is without a doubt the 725 shotgun. […]
The playoffs continue into their third day at MDL Chengdu with two more teams eliminated. Another action packed day at MDL Chengdu has come to a close, as we saw another two of our teams head home and two more fall into the lower bracket. Lower Bracket Things are getting tight in our lower bracket, […]
Gen.G has confirmed its roster for the 2020 season with the signing of Rascal, CLid and Bdd. Gen.G has confirmed a triple swoop to complete its roster for the 2020 season. They’ve signed Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee, Kim “CLid” Tae-min and Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong. Reports also state that the contract length for Rascal sits at two […]
100 Thieves has confirmed the signing of former OpTic Gaming (now Immortals) jungler William “Meteos” Hartman. The jungeler became a free agent on Monday. The former OpTic Gaming jungler will join 100 Thieves as the team’s new starting jungler for the 2020 split. 100 Thieves have had a quiet offseason so far with only one […]
ESL announce the location for their 2020 Dota 2 Major – Los Angeles. The MDL Chengdu Major is the first Major of the new DPC and it is slowly coming to an end. Even though it’s not over yet, we already have information about one of the upcoming Majors in 2020 – ESL One Los […]
Riot Games announced that it would be fining Cloud9 $175,000 earlier today. The LCS team will also need to pay players additional payouts after Cloud9 violated league rules by issuing stock units to seven players. The news came from an official LCS competitive ruling post on Tuesday night. The ruling states that over the past […]
Former ROX Tigers and Team SoloMid coach Kim “SSONG” Sang-soo has agreed to coach Counter Logic Gaming for the 2020 LCS season. According to ESPN, SSONG will replace Heo “Irean” Yeong-cheol, who coached the side during the 2019 season. SSONG most recently worked with Echo Fox and had a short stint with Immortals back in […]
ESPN is reporting that Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou has finally found a new home after an extended absence from professional League of Legends due to a mandatory stint in the Greek army. FORG1VEN, who hasn’t played professional League of Legends since his time with H2K-Gaming back in 2016 (bar three tempory stints in his breaks from […]
With fans eagerly anticipating the upcoming esports season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, our staff over at ESTNN have put together this “in the loop” guide for you to get caught up with. The inaugural season of the Call of Duty League™ will begin with the Call of Duty League Launch Weekend at the […]
The group stages for ESL Pro League Season 10 have come to a close, with the final two American teams claiming their spots at the $750,000 Finals in Odense, Denmark. Six teams have qualified from the Americas division, with world top-fives Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses having secured their qualifying spots in the first round. […]
Today, Riot Games announced that another new champion will be arriving in Summoner’s Rift. His name is Aphelios, the Weapon of the Faithful. He’s a marksman character with lore ties to the Solari and Mount Targon. At this time, little is known about Aphelios. He is a marksman, but previously Riot Reav3 said that he […]
The fourth day of the MDL Chengdu Major is over! Similar to the previous days, we saw some pretty amazing Dota 2 games at the highest possible levels. Sadly, we had to wave goodbye to two teams that we definitely didn’t expect to leave so soon. Let’s take a look and see what happened in […]
ESPN has reported that Origen is set to finalize its 2020 LEC roster with the acquisition of former Mammoth support Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw. Destiny joins from OPL second split champions Mammoth. The team also made it to Worlds but sadly failed to progress past play-ins. Destiny will join an Origen side that’s added former Splyce […]
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf won “PC Rookie of the Year” and “PC Player of the Year” at the Esports Awards. The accolades keep piling up for 16-year-old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf. Giersdorf became a household name earlier this year when he took home $3M USD in the Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals. Giersdorf continues to reap the […]
ESPN is reporting Immortals has finalized a deal for former Team Liquid jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero to be the teams starting jungler for 2020. By joining Immortals Xmithie will be rejoining the organization that he almost secured the NA LCS title with back in 2017, the final split prior to franchising. You stole Barons and […]
The regular season of ESL Pro League is coming to an end, the final few teams earning their qualifying spots at the upcoming Finals in Odense, Denmark, in December. The first leg of the European division saw the likes of Astralis, mousesports, and Natus Vincere lock in their appearances at the Odense event. The final […]
ESPN is reporting that Origen will sign former Splyce jungler Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir. Xerxe will join an Origen roster that is also set to sign former Schalke 04 AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp as the team looks to challenge for the 2020 LEC title. Xerxe has been one of the hidden gems of the Splyce […]
The Fortnite Champion Series is moving into its final week of play. See who advanced to the semifinals this week. Week Three of the Fortnite Champion Series is in the books. Thus far, we have seen some high-profile squads qualify for heats, which will take place in two weeks. Names like SEN Bugha, Tfue and […]
ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reported that Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen will be moving from TSM to Cloud9. The move comes shortly after it was revealed that Cloud9 is also signing Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme for their new support. Zven has a long record of success in LoL esports. He, along with Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre, was considered the best […]
ESPN is reporting that Team SoloMid has secured the services of Splyce’s star AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup. Kobbe will join the roster and likely replace out of contract AD carry Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen. Kobbe comes with a wealth of experience and a Worlds Quarter Final appearance from the 2019 Worlds under his belt. Kobbe […]
As reported earlier, Fnatic former jungler Broxah is set to sign for NA LCS champions Team Liquid. Earlier on we spoke about a number of changes to Fnatic, most notably the signing of SK Gaming jungler Oskar “Selfmad” Boderek which seemed to set the stage for Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen to depart. ESPN has now confirmed […]
The LoL Esports free agency period is just getting started but there are a ton of roster changes happening all around the world. ESPN reported that FlyQuest is signing Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun to their LCS roster. IgNar has played on different Korean and European teams but will now make his way to North America. He […]
ESPN is reporting that Origen is finalizing the signing of Schalke 04’s star AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp. Origen has acted swiftly to replace departing AD carry Patrik “Patrik” Jírů who looks set to join Excel Esports as Origen has snapped up one of the most hyped-up European AD carry players in Upset. Upset helped […]
ESPN is reporting that Misfits Gaming is set to sign Vodafone Giants jungler ván “Razork” Martín Díaz & support Petr “denyk” Haramach. The pair will sign from SuperLiga Orange champions Vodafone Giants. While the two players are not signing from an LEC side, as champions of the Spanish regional league and with pre-signing chemistry Misfits […]
Amongst the flurry of off-season roster moves, 100 Thieves has announced they have acquired Tommy “ry0ma” Le from Bombers, an OPL team. This isn’t a pickup that many were expecting to hear and may take some by surprise. Le has played in the Oceanic LoL scene since 2015. He has a great track record there […]
T1, formerly SK Telecom T1, has announced tonight that they are releasing Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong from their LCK roster. Se-hyeong is a beloved player in the Korean LoL scene and though his time at SKT was short, he will be missed. Hello, this is T1.We have ended our contract with Mata.We highly appreciate what he […]
ESPN is reporting that bot laner Patrik “Patrik” Jírů is joining Excel Esports from Origen. He’ll pair up in the bot lane with new Excel Esports support Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen who is rumored to be joining from Splyce. Patrik, formerly known as Sheriff as been around the European scene for a long time for […]
Korizon is reporting that KT Rolster has parted ways with its entire starting lineup which includes Song ‘Smeb’ Kyung-ho, Hwang ‘Kingen’ Seong-hoon, Go ‘Score’ Dong-bin, Gwak ‘BDD’ Bo-seong, Kim ‘PraY ‘ Jong-in and Jeon ‘Zenith’ Tae-gwon. KT Rolster finished the most recent LCK split in eighth-place after a disappointing Summer split following on from a […]
Among the many League of Legends roster changes announced tonight, Cloud9 and the Golden Guardians made a swap rather early on. This swap was between Cloud9’s former Academy mid laner Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer and Golden Guardians’ former Academy mid laner Cristian “Palafox” Palafox. Gilmer has proved himself on the LCS stage and is confirmed to […]
ESPN is reporting a double deal for Rogue in the LEC. Oskar “Vander” Bogdan the team’s support star has signed a two-year contract extension and he’ll be paired with Misfits Gaming AD carry Steven “Hans Sama” Liv. Vander has had a solid season with Rogue after a rough first split, he had a good partnership […]
Pablo Suárez at Esportmaníacos is reporting big changes at Fnatic. The rumor states that Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre will join the organization as the new Head Coach after Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool left to join Excel Esports. The rumor mill keeps on spinning, however, as SK Gaming jungle Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek is set to link up with […]
ESPN is reporting that TSM is set to make a sensational swoop to bring former support player Vincent “Biofrost” Wang back to the side with Andy “Smoothie” Ta head in the other direction. The deal is expected to be confirmed on Monday evening when the global League of Legends free agency window opens. TSM is […]
2019 has been a breakout year for the entire Counter-Strike professional scene. However, I believe that there will be quite a few CSGO teams in 2020 that will prove their worth. If you’re following recent esports news, then you will know huge esports organizations such as OG, Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves are all acquiring […]
ESPN’s Jacob Wolf has reported that Cloud9 is set to pay a $1.5 million buyout for Dignitas support Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme. Jacob reports that the deal will see Vulcan head to Cloud9 for $1.5 million and Dignitas Academy bot laner Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The deal has been verbally agreed upon and will likely be finalized […]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has become a global phenomenon once again, with millions of happy fans clamoring online to shoot, trash talk, and happily throw live grenades at each other. Contrastly, many current COD users have been disappointed since the game launched without any clear kind of Battle Royale feature. However, with game rumors […]
Fortnite Champion Series squads are losing out on essential points and prize money due to glitched lobbies. Ninja’s Squad History Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Nate “NateHill” Hill, Trevor “Funk” Siegler and Malachi “Reverse2k” Greiner have been competing in the Fortnite Champion Series Qualifiers for three weeks. The foursome has steadily improved each week and reached the […]
The playoffs are now underway, and things are heating up at MDL Chengdu. We saw some amazing games yesterday in the final day of our group stage. Now the playoffs are upon us and the series they’ve delivered so far have been just as exciting. Let’s take a look at how the day played out. […]
DotaBuff & ESL’s new Dota 2 league have announced they’ll now be accepting divine ranked players. In case you didn’t know, DotaBuff & ESL launched a new Dota 2 league called Reach. Reach will mainly focused on tier two and tier three players, offering them a place to “shine.” Apart from exposure, the best players […]
League of Legends is a household name even among those who aren’t esports fans. After all, it’s one of the biggest competitive scenes in video game history, having grown to 100 million unique viewers in 2018 (more than that year’s Super Bowl), and boasting prize pools over $6 million for its biggest events. Yet for […]
We break down all the action from MDL Chengdu Day 2 Day one of the MDL Chengdu Major was absolutely nuts! There were so many amazing games to watch that it was hard to keep track of what’s happening in each one of them. Luckily, we at ESTNN managed to cover most of them, so […]
beastcoast’s Dota 2 team is in the hospital due to contracting the H1N1 virus. beastcoast are currently the only South American representative at the MDL Chengdu Major. They’ve lost their first game in Groups. Now, they have to fight for their survival against Gambit Esports. However, something way worse happened during the day. Something that […]
All the action from Day 1 of the group stages at MDL Chengdu. Day one of our first Major of the DPC season is a wrap. There was plenty of excitement from Chengdu as our teams faced off at the start of our group stages. Let’s check out some of the highlights. TNC.Predator vs Team […]
The Call of Duty League has officially announced the full schedule of matches for the first 11 weeks of the 2020 season. On November 15th the Call of Duty League (CDL) released the full match schedule for the first 11 weeks of the regular season. This includes the opening weekend, set for early 2020 from […]
Excel Esports are finalizing the buyout of Splyce support player Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen. ESPN has reported that Excel Esports is finalizing a buyout for Splyce support player Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen ahead of the LEC free-agency opening on Monday. Norskeren will be joining an Excel Esports side that is looking to make major moves […]
It may be Friday, but the roster changes never stop coming as the New York Excelsior has picked up a new tank player to replace Tae-hong “MekO” Kim. Please join us in welcoming @HOTBA_OW to the @andbox_official family as the new off tank for the NYXL squad#EverUpward pic.twitter.com/G82faE2INS — NY Excelsior (@NYExcelsior) November 15, 2019 […]
Splyce top laner Tamás “Vizicsacsi” Kiss has announced his retirement. Via Twitter, Vizicascsi stated he plans on retiring ahead of the 2020 LEC season, starting on Monday when his contract expires. Vizicsacsi left FC Schalke 04 to join join Splyce for the 2019 season and has been an important member of its roster. While a […]
The Golden Joystick Award for Esports Game of the Year went to Fortnite. The battle royale faced – and defeated – other titans in the esports industry, like League of Legends and Overwatch. Fortnite in 2019 It has been a long and exciting journey for Fortnite Battle Royale in the esports atmosphere this year. The […]
Epic Games has smartly associated its Fortnite Battle Royale title with numerous popular franchises and companies throughout the years. Some of these include crossovers with Marvel, National Football League, Stranger Things and Marshmello. Just last season, Fortnite separately crossed over with both Batman and Borderlands to introduce new players skins and rift zone locations, respectively, […]
As players come and go in Overwatch League teams during this 2019 off-season, ESTNN sums up all players trades in a comprehensive guide so you don’t miss anything about your favorite team or player. Overwatch League Key Dates The trading season officially began on September 30, 2019. From this date, all Overwatch League teams can […]
It looks like LGD.Int is back as LGD Gaming announce they’re forming an SEA team. The Chinese Dota 2 organizations have always tried to find new talents. Although Valve explicitly added a rule saying that “in cases where one organization or person has ownership in multiple teams, only one of those teams will be eligible […]
T1 Telecom are rounding out their Pro Dota 2 roster with former Mineski player, Kim “Febby “Yong-min. T1 Telecom owns one of the most legendary League of Legends teams. During TI 9 they made the surprise announcement that they wanted to try their luck in professional Dota 2. The first player announced as part of […]
Omar “Madara” Dabachach announces he’ll no longer be playing with Ad Finem. Ad Finem was one of the biggest hits a couple of years ago when they came out of nowhere and nearly won the Boston Major. The Greek Squad quickly earned the love from the Dota 2 fans due to their aggressive play style. […]
Houston’s Overwatch League team is under new management. Today, the Immortals Gaming Club announced they’ve sold the Houston Outlaws. The buyer of this Overwatch League franchise is Beasley Broadcast Group. Immortals acquired the Outlaws in June when they bought Infinite Esports and Entertainment, but due to them already owning the Los Angeles Valiant, they had […]
Apex Legends players are pushing the Firing Range to its limits. Apex Legends released the brand new Firing Range mode in patch 3.1. This new game mode is a more advanced version of the Training mode. Players can enter solo or with a squad and test out all the legends, weapons, and items. Target dummies […]
Are you curious about what weapons and items the pros are using this FNCS? Two weeks into Chapter 2 – Season 1 of the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), 1Up Analytics broke down the loadout statistics from the NAE Week 1 Finals. With the release of Fortnite Chapter 2, the item pool was completely revamped. It […]
Another Twitch streamer is taking their talents to Mixer. pic.twitter.com/pGpElRpRj6 — XSET Ewok (@Ewok) November 14, 2019 Mixer has acquired yet another recognizable Twitch star in Soleil “FaZe EwOk” Wheeler. The official Fortnite streamer and FaZe Clan member has added herself to a list of Twitch streamers who have decided to move over to the […]
UK-based LEC organization Excel Esports has announced former Fnatic and G2 Head Coach Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool is joining the organization as Head Coach. YoungBuck has a wealth of experience within Europe, where he’s earned the title ‘ The six-star general’ due to his success with G2 and Fnatic in the past 3 years. YoungBuck spoke […]
Benjyfishy of NRG Esports showed up in the NA East Platform Solo Cash Cup. For those who don’t know, Benjy “NRG benjyfishy” Fish is one of the absolute best Fortnite players in the world. The Fortnite Esports Wiki website currently has Fish ranked at the top of the European region ahead of teammates Kyle “FaZe […]
A while back, the legendary League of Legends team SK Telecom T1 decided its high time to try their luck in the Dota 2 scene too. As a result, the organization announced its new roster days before TI 9 came to an end. Initially, there was only one player – Lee “Forev” Sang-don. Many people […]
The LCS has announced changes to its import policy when it comes to upcoming 2020 LCS Academy rosters. Throughout the 2019 Academy season, LCS teams were allowed to field one non-resident player on an active roster. During the 2020 season, the LCS will allow one additional slot for “emerging region” players. Those regions are: Turkey […]
The first Major of the new Dota 2 Pro Circuit starts in just two days from now. Sixteen of the best teams in the world will go head to head to decide which one of them will get the most significant piece from the pie which in this case is $1M USD. The teams will […]
The Overwatch League’s Dallas Fuel has signed Flex DPS Doha. The off-season is the period where Overwatch teams see the most change. While some teams are letting go of most their roster and others are renewing their lineup, Dallas Fuel is slowly but surely building its new team. Two weeks after signing Youngjin “Gamsu” Noh […]