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Riot Games to tackle toxicity with revamped Honor system rewards
Toxicity and online games. They seem to go hand in hand, and League of Legends is no exception to that. The game has been struggling with toxicity throughout all game modes, despite Riot’s efforts to combat this intrusiveness. To battle this problem the developer is building on the Honor 2.0 project to incentivize players to … Continued
Dr Disrespect’s YouTube numbers are up, show impressive growth throughout 2021
It’s been two years since the infamous Twitch ban, but the Doc has seemingly found his stride on YouTube, and the numbers don’t lie. On Twitch, Dr Disrespect was one of the most-followed streamers. Twitch acknowledged his popularity by signing him to a multi-year deal, paving the way to a successful future together. That came … Continued
Hotfix focuses on nerfing recently buffed Master Yi as he became too strong
If you’re a lower ELO player in League of Legends, chances are you’ve played with or against Master Yi more times than you can count. With recent changes that took away power from the Lethality build, Riot has created a new and improved monster that is Master Yi jungle. The changes Riot Games implemented had … Continued
Lost Ark was the most popular game on Twitch in February
Lost Ark topped League of Legends and GTA V in viewership on Twitch in February, adding to the hype the game created. Despite only being released in the second week of February, Lost Ark quickly took over the Twitch directories, becoming the second-best launch on Twitch. Only VALORANT did better in 2020. The game’s popularity … Continued
Activision Blizzard faces new lawsuit – This time for wrongful death of an employee
The lawsuits against Activision Blizzard don’t seem to stop. The latest one to be filed is one for wrongful death by the family of a woman who died by suicide. The information was first revealed in a report by Washington Post reporters Gus Garcia-Roberts and Shannon Liao. According to the Department of Fair Employment and … Continued
Riot is contemplating creating a Solo-only queue in favor of the current system
The 2022 season hasn’t been complete smooth sailing for the players in the ranked queues. This fact hasn’t escaped Riot Games, and in a recent developer blog, the company went into more detail. In that blog, competitive gameplay project manager Codebear, and Riru, part of the marketing communications team, talked about the competitive season … Continued
Rawkus is no longer coaching Sentinels
Rawkus took to Twitter last night to announce he’s no longer coaching Sentinels. The announcement came immediately after Sentinels lost the first map in their NA VCT Challengers One matchup against OpTic 2-13. To make matters even more interesting, Rawkus says he hasn’t been coaching the team for two weeks already. Unfortunately for the FaZe … Continued
Technical issues force LCS to postpone FlyQuest vs Evil Geniuses
The LCS Super Week didn’t have the smoothest of starts. Technical issues at the LCS studio forced Riot Games to postpone the last game of the night, a first in LCS regular season history. The first day of this week’s Super Week was plagued with pauses. The problems first arose during the game between Immortals … Continued
Cloud9 head coach LS released just four games into the season
In a surprising move, Cloud9’s Nick “LS” De Cesare has been removed from his position as head coach only four games into the season. De Cesare, an immensely popular content creator, signed a three year deal during the LCS 2022 off-season, but is now being released from his coaching duties early in the season. Strategic … Continued
VALORANT Champions Tour is returning to Iceland in 2022
It’s official, the VALORANT Champions Tour is returning to Iceland! In what has quickly become a match made in heaven, Riot Games announced the first Masters event of 2022 will be held in Reykjavik. The announcement was first made on the Weibo account of VALORANT esports yesterday. The original announcement was made in Mandarin, but … Continued
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & new Warzone announced – to be built on entirely new engine
There aren’t a lot of things you can count on in life. Activision releasing a new Call of Duty every year is one of those things. The developer has officially revealed the new title to be “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”. Warzone is getting an upgrade as well, with both games being built on … Continued
Asmongold breaks personal concurrent viewer record twice in one week
Asmongold is back, and he’s breaking records left and right. During his February 11 stream he amassed over 367,000 concurrent viewers, destroying the previous record of 285,000 he set just three days prior. One of the most popular streamers to ever go live on Twitch only just recently came back after a nearly four-month break. … Continued
FlyQuest debuts in 2022 LCS Spring Split with Janna Smite top pick
The 2022 LCS Spring Split has only been running for one day, but FlyQuest made sure to remember the opening night by picking Janna Smite top. The pick wasn’t completely unsurprising, as Janna Smite top has been a popular pick in high elo games. She has garnered an impressive 58.06 percent win rate and made … Continued
Zeri makes professional debut in Mad Lions Week 4 matchup against Fnatic
League of Legends’ newest addition Zeri made her debut onto the professional stage after being picked by LEC’s Mad Lions in their week 4 matchup against Fnatic. The Spark of Zaun was recently made available for competitive play, and Mad Lions didn’t waste any time to put her on the big stage. Fans were delighted … Continued
Tarik is clear: “Between CS:GO and VALORANT, CS:GO is the harder shooter”
Tarik has never been one to shy away from giving his opinion on all FPS-related matters, and he’s just lit a fire under the debate which shooter is more difficult, CS:GO or VALORANT. When Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella returned to playing CS:GO when he was signed by Team Liquid, Counter-Strike fans were quick to mock VALORANT. … Continued
Champion 160, the Void Jungler – Here’s What We Know
Season 12 started off the new year strong as Riot announced they’d be adding four champions to the pool throughout 2022. With Zeri already live on the rift, that leaves us with three more champions to be revealed. One of the yet-to-be revealed trio of champions, currently only known as Champion 160, is said to … Continued
Asmongold reassures fans: “I can’t imagine a world where I’m not making content”
It wasn’t that long ago that Asmongold admitted that quitting Twitch was on his mind. The streamer life wasn’t enjoyable, he struggled with his mental health and took a break to regain focus. A second break was needed after he tragically lost his mother, but he returned a while later to the joy of his … Continued
Nemesis shows how much the damage levels have changed in League – calls Season 12 “crazy” high-dama...
Former pro player Tim ‘Nemesis’ Lipovšek gave his thoughts on the way League of Legends has changed the damage output throughout the game’s lifespan. “It’s crazy how much damage there is in the game now compared to old seasons.” The ex-MAD Lions and Fnatic mid laner, who’s now a streamer for Gen.G isn’t the first … Continued
Logan Paul gets $3.5 million reimbursed after buying fake Pokémon box
The fake Pokémon box Logan Paul bought for a whopping $3.5 million won’t be haunting the influencer’s dreams anymore. The seller, who goes by the name Shyne, has publicly stated he paid back the full purchase amount. The video Paul uploaded on January 13 where he revealed he was scammed out of millions, quickly went … Continued
Ahri is getting a rework for Season 12
The Nine-Tailed Fox is getting a rework for Season 12 to bring back the fun players used to have playing Ahri. Once upon a time, Ahri was one of the main champions in the League of Legends circuit. Popular among players and cosplayers alike, she really was one of the poster girls for the game. … Continued
Players aren’t enjoying Shipment anymore – ask for changes
With the announcement that Shipment would get a rework to be put in Call of Duty: Vanguard, fans were over the moon. But that excitement seems to have faded away, rather quickly. Although the latest iteration in the Call of Duty franchise is trying to take the game in a new direction, old classics and … Continued
No in-game Champions skins for VCT Champions winner, says Riot
Sorry Champions winner, you will not receive an in-game skin for winning the most prestigious tournament in VALORANT history. Despite incredible support by the fans, Riot will not be providing in-game skins of the winning team as it does for the League of Legends World Championships. The community was hoping to get their hands on … Continued
These are the December 10 patch notes for Warzone
Raven Software isn’t messing around with its latest Warzone Pacific patches. Two patches in as many days have been dispatched to make the game more enjoyable and balanced to play. A bunch of weapons got a nerf in one way or another. The NZ-41, PPSh-41, M1912, and Sten all received a nerf, while the Owen … Continued
Fortnite’s Chapter 3 brings Spider-Man, new map, and Gears of War collab
Fortnite is the game that has brought us countless crossover events and collaborations. Epic Games basically set the new standard for cooperation between intellectual properties. With an accidental release of the Polish version of the launch trailer for Season 1 of Chapter 3, fans already got a look at what’s in store for them. Although … Continued