The World Rally Championship (WRC) has entered a multi-year partnership with simulation racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec. The agreement will see the manufacturer become the official partner of all esports activities from the World Rally Championship. RELATED: Fanatec become official sponsor and supplier of F1 Esports Series They have already collaborated with each other in 2020, with Fanatec providing […]
Spotify’s Tracy Chan is Twitch’s New Head of Product & Engineering for Music
Twitch has hired former Spotify Product Director Tracy Chan to lead its product & engineering for music division. With musicians and artists taking to Twitch as a revenue stream due in large part to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, creating and strengthening the infrastructure of the genre has become a priority. Previously, Chan served a […]
Doublelift to return to TSM, reports say
Seven-times LCS champion Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng is set to return to Team SoloMid after a five-split stint with Team Liquid, ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reports. The move is likely to happen ahead of the 2020 Summer Split, confirming earlier reports that Doublelift’s contract has been put up for sale by Liquid. According to ESPN, Doublelift was […]
ENCE acquires Jamppi to create 6-man roster, moves suNny to in-game leader
The 18-year-old last played for SJ Gaming. Popular Finnish esports organization ENCE has signed Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen to a two-year contract, the team announced today. ENCE is also moving to a six-man CS:GO roster for the foreseeable future. “Our results have been very disappointing, so changes needed to happen,” said ENCE’s general manager Niklas Ojalainen. […]
League of Legends NA, OCE, and PBE servers are “down for maintenance”
What do we do now? It appears some League of Legends fans will have to find something else to do for the next couple of hours. League’s NA, OCE, and PBE servers are “down for maintenance for the next few hours,” according to Riot Games. Riot lead producer of gameplay Jeremy “Brightmoon” Lee cited server […]
Gambit Esports withdraw from WePlay! Pushka League
The first online league for Gambit Esports didn’t go well at all. Although they started the ESL One Los Angeles Online with a victory over B8 and managed to take a series from Team Nigma as well, they didn’t prevail over any other squad and got eliminated in the group stage. WePlay! Pushka League should […]
How mechanics in Artifact 2.0 have changed?
On Monday, Valve outlined in a massive blog post how some mechanics in Artifact will change with the release of the revamped version. This includes initiative and mana, combat direction, card acquisition and more. Initiative in Artifact 2.0 How did it work before: In original Artifact, lanes were played in succession, from leftmost to rightmost. […]
Ungestüm, ungebrochen, ungeschlagen: Warum G2 Esports in Europa dominiert – League of Legends
G2 Esports krönt sich am Sonntagabend zum siebten Mal zum Champion der europäischen League of Legends-Liga LEC. Seit ihrem Eintritt in die Liga im Frühling 2015 war kein Team so erfolgreich und dominant. G2 Esports (G2) hat es wieder geschafft: Das europäische Team hat sich am Sonntag zum Sieger der League of Legends European Championship […]
LoL: Cloud9s Rückkehr auf den LCS-Thron – League of Legends
Sechs lange, titellose Jahre sind vergangen für die Cloud9-Fans in der LCS. Nun erklimmt das Team in Himmelblau erneut den nordamerikanischen LoL-Gipfel. Im Finale setzte sich C9 klar gegen FlyQuest mit 3-0 durch und krönte sich zum LCS Spring Split-Champion 2020. Cloud 9 mit Rekordsaison zum Titel Den kompletten Spring Split 2020 über war Cloud […]
PPD retires from competitive play
One of the most iconic captains in the Dota 2 professional scene, Peter “ppd” Dager has hanged the mouse. “I’ve spent just about the entirety of my twenties competing in video game competitions and at this point in my life (almost 29) I’m looking for something else that I do not think I can find […]