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NRG sign Frexs to complete their Apex Legends roster NRG announced Joseph "Frexs" Sanchez as a new signing for their Apex Legends squad this Saturday, completing their roster ahead of 2020 season, which will be the biggest year for Apex Legends esports scene to date. As announced this Saturday, Frexs has become a member of NRG's Apex Legends roster, where he will play alongside Brandon "Ace" Winn, Marshall "Mohr" Mohr and Richard "KingRichard" Nelson, who is currently the team's substitute. The team signed Frexs as a replacement for 19-year-old Coby "dizzy" Meadows, who announced his retirement from Apex Legends…

Dota 2 update fixes Festivus rewards and implements Turbo mode changes Valve has applied numerous small fixes to Dota 2 at the start of 2020, yet decided to release yet another update this Friday which addressed and fixed some minor bugs as well as implemented a few community-inspired quality of life changes to the game. Only three days into 2020 and Dota 2 has already received its third small update of the year, which is set to slightly alter and change some in-game anomalies that have been troubling the player base. So far we have seen updates, which ended…

LoL revenue reaches $1.5 billion in 2019 League of Legends exited 2019 with impressive numbers involving viewership and player base, but what is even more impressive is the revenue LoL gathered throughout the year. According to data provided by SuperData Study, LoL amassed US $1.5 billion in revenue, which is second-highest among all free-to-play PC games and only a fraction of the global market, which generated $120.1 billion in 2019. Despite the exponential growth of the esports industry over the past few years which resulted in an introduction of numerous new esports titles, League of Legends managed to keep…

Garter leaves Dota 2 in favour of LoL due to “broken” competitive system Ylli "garter" Ramadani, a former Dota 2 professional player announced he will be ditching Dota 2 in favour of League of Legends, citing Dota's broken competitive system as a reason for his switch. Last few weeks were filled with an ongoing discussion between Dota 2 and League of Legends pros and personalities who publicly argued over which of the two MOBA titles is "the best", which started a heated debate that spread across both communities. There have been many talks about the topic before and while there is…

Chris Puckett leaving Overwatch League in 2020 Chris "Puckett" Puckett a well-known esports personality and a former Halo player and commentator has announced this on Wednesday, he will not be returning to Overwatch League for its third season, but instead, enter 2020 as a freelancer. Puckett has been the primary host of the Overwatch League analyst desk throughout the inaugural OWL season and Season 2 and quickly became one of the most loveable Overwatch personalities. Unfortunately, for the OWL fans, Puckett has announced he will no longer participate in the OWL and instead look for his career opportunities elsewhere. The…

More loadouts coming to Modern Warfare Joel "ArtPeasant" Emslie, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developed has confirmed a highly-anticipated extension to "Create-A-Class" system is making its way into the game in the near future as a result of CoD fans' complaints about there not being enough loadout slots in the widely popular FPS title. Modern Warfare was released back in October and has since amassed hundreds of thousands of players who play the newly released first-person-shooter every day and while the newest CoD title has received very positive feedback from the community, there has been one thing that troubled the…

Team Liquid visa woes ahead of 2020 LCS Team Liquid, the reigning LCS champions and 2019 MSI finalists are reportedly experiencing delays with acquiring visas for their junglers Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen and Shern "Shernfire" Cherng Ta as well as their head coach Jang "Cain" Nu-ri, which could see all three miss on the start of 2020 LCS season. Next season of LCS is rapidly approaching, with less than three weeks separating us from the opening fixture of 2020 LCS Spring. All 10 teams are practising day in and day out, as they make final adjustments to their strategies which they…

League of Legends Esports players who retired in 2019 Here we are, with one leg firmly in 2020, yet the memories of 2019 are still as vivid as ever, especially for League of Legends fans who witnessed a monumental year for League of Legends esports, that shaped the scene forever. From Europe finally winning the MSI, North America falling flat again and China claiming the second World Championship in a row, many memorable moments took place throughout 2019, yet the biggest game-changers were the retirement of some LoL pro players, who decided to hang up their mouse and keyboard at…

PashaBiceps becomes an ambassador for LV Bet Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski, one of the most recognisable names in the Counter-Strike scene, was revealed as a new esports betting ambassador for a betting website LV Bet earlier this weekend. PashaBiceps, a former member of Virtus.pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has reportedly signed a deal with LV Bet to become one of their esports betting ambassadors. It was also revealed he will not only play the role of an ambassador but also be heavily involved in the marketing and advertisements of the esports betting website. LV Bet are a bookmaker that facilitates online…

Call of Duty Modern Warfare player reveals a bug on Piccadilly map Call of Duty community found a new in-game bug, which allows for players to stand outside the Piccadilly map, out of reach for other players, meaning we got introduced to a new game-breaking bug barely two days after we saw the deadly chair incident on St. Petrograd. It seems like it's a weekly occurrence for a new Call of Duty bug to be introduced to the public and while that might sound like a slight exaggeration, this Tuesday marked the day when Call of Duty community found the…