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Forty teams competed in Split 1 of NA ALGS, with the top 20 teams earning a chance to compete for $250,000 in prizes in the NA Split 1 Playoffs. The first team to win a game once reaching the match point threshold of 50 points splits $100,000 between the three players. TSM had 15 kills…
After what has felt like one of the most enjoyable sets in a while, TFT Set 6.5 is on its way. Not much is known about TFT Set 6.5 other than a character from the hit Netflix Show Arcane will be making their way into the game. Here will be a full list of all…
CoreJJ Support and Captain for Team Liquid announced Thursday that there will be a multi-day tournament featuring big names such as Doublelift, Spica, and Blaber as captains starting on Friday and ending with the Finals on Sunday. For fans this couldn’t be a better source of entertainment as they eagerly await the upcoming season filling…
After what has felt like a very long Set, TFT Set 6 has finally been revealed. In a YouTube Developer Diary video, the TFT team revealed the new Set, some champions, traits and some great new mechanics as well. Some champions were shown and others were hinted at. Here will be a full list of…
September was another strong month for Apex Legends top streamers on Twitch. August saw the highest peaks since the game launched, with several big names like NICKMERCS jumping over from Call of Duty: Warzone. In September, another big name in streaming made their appearance in the Apex scene and cracked the top 10. But who…
Yesterday, Kris “Toph” Aldenderfer, a professional melee player/commentator, announced on his stream a new Melee weekly event called “The King of the Cube.” The unofficial announcement came at the behest of Brandon “Atrioc Glizzy Hands” Ewing, who told his stream to ask Toph about The King of the Cube. Toph proceeded to “leak” their new…
YouTube saw an opportunity and took it. After losing out on the Michael Grzesiek and Tyler Blevins sweepstakes following the collapse of Mixer, it seemed as if the video sharing site was once again falling behind Twitch as a destination streaming platform. Yet just this week, the platform reintroduced themselves as a key combatant, stealing…
Hungrybox announced that he is holding a subathon on June 28 directly after the Kazuya showcase. The subathon to gain votes for Hungrybox’s entry into Smash Summit 11. The subathon has been going on since the 28 and has been going strong since then. Hungrybox has successfully gained over 1,600 subs with over 11,000 sub…
League of Legends’ 2021 Mid Season Invitational wrapped up in spectacular fashion, with China’s Royal Never Give Up taking the title. DWG KIA put up a strong fight, pushing the series to five games. This marks RNG’s resurgence as the best team in the world currently, just like 2018 when RNG won MSI. Xiaohu and…
During the May Melee, the APAC fans were treated to features of the broadcast that are considered normal in the NA matches but hadn’t been seen in APAC regional casts yet. This highlights the importance of making both the APAC and NA streams, production-wise, equal. APAC matches do occur very early in the morning, which…
The pandemic has impacted many industries. Esports and video games got a boost as it was a sport that did not need to be in person. These online continuations of the season gave a boost to the industry as well as popular games such as Animal Crossing, Among Us and the resurgence of Minecraft defined…
After months of silence, on February 19, 2021, Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada uploaded “Update: On Moving Forward,” a YouTube video going over his legal situation with Zack “CaptainZack” Lauth. In July, CaptainZack accused Nairo of being in a sexual relationship with him. CaptainZack was 15 years old at the time, while Nairo was 20. This accusation…
Bud Light is coming on as the Official Team Beer of Team Liquid League of Legends. This is the first beer sponsorship of any LCS team. Although, Bud Light is also currently a partner of the LCS broadcast itself, featured in “Bud Light Breakdown,” where the analysts discuss after the day’s matches, and “Bud Light…
In the Season 3 offseason there has been a shift that has started. Previously there were many retirements of players who moved to other games when they left professional play. This was a natural occurrence as players got burned out or lost interest in Overwatch. The community has seen big names this offseason such as…
Jehong ‘Ryujeong’ Ryu is back home. It may not be in the way that the Tiger Nation hoped it would be, but back to Gen.G as a content creator. On his Twitch stream, Ryujehong has been playing many games other than Overwatch. As of recently, he has been on a League of Legends binge. It…
One Last Try: G2 2020 Worlds Documentary premiered on the team’s Twitch channel on Dec. 17, 2020. The premiere hosted by Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere consisted of a preshow, the premiere of the documentary and an aftershow. The Preshow The guests of the preshow segment were Mid Laner Rasmus “Caps” Winther, Support Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle, Jungler…
The Triathlon Tournament: The Korean Overwatch league channel on Twitch has been broadcasting a triathlon tournament put together by Korean Blizzard as an offseason event. This is an event with 24 influencers and content creators from all over the space. Up for grabs is 100,000,000 won that converts to around 100,000 USD. The final winning…
The Gladiators have announced on Twitter that they have signed Min-seok “skewed” Kim. Skewed comes from team OZ Gaming in Korean Contenders and has been with the team since the November 11, 2019. He is a flex support player specializing in Zenyatta and Ana. His most recent accomplishment was a 9-10th place finish for Overwatch Contenders…
A patch has been added to Overwatch’s experimental mode. The heroes affected are Baptiste, D.Va and Reinhardt. Both tanks have received buffs while Baptiste has received nerfs. For a full breakdown, visit the Play Overwatch Website here. Buffs D.Va Mech Armor/Health has been redistributed from 200/400 to 300/300 Reinhardt Base Armor increased from 200 to…
Many of the Overwatch League fans may have forgotten Joonhyuk ‘Zunba’ Kim. He was an integral part of the Seoul Dynasty in Season 1, but then got less play time with the integration of Minhyuk ‘Michelle’ Choi in Season 2. In the off-season, Zunba had an option that he didn’t take and his trial fell…
