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CLG Hires Jonathan McDaniel as New LCS General Manager

League of LegendsJonathan McDaniel has been hired as the new LCS general manager for CLG League of Legends. / Photo courtesy of CLGCounter Logic Gaming has named Jonathan McDaniel as the new general manager of their LCS League of Legends team, the North American esports organization announced Tuesday.The news was made official nearly four days after CLG announced they had relieved Daniel "Tafo" Lee of his GM duties on Oct. 22.Commitment. Development. Experience. ?We are thrilled to announce @kamikazplatypus as CLG's new #LCS General Manager.Read more: https://t.co/gD1k95xy3R pic.twitter.com/qFSUuBA4eq— CLG (@clgaming)

Sources: Former OpTic, Unicorns of Love manager Romain to become G2’s new League of Legends general manager

G2 Esports is naming former OpTic and Unicorns of Love general manager Romain Bigeard as its new League of Legends GM ahead of what’s shaping up to be the busiest offseason for that team in its history, sources familiar with the move told Dot Esports. Bigeard is leaving Riot Games, where he’s served as a business development manager and on-stage talent since December 2018. Riot Europe’s upper management announced his departure in a region-wide internal memo sent on Oct. 12.  He’ll be returning to manage a pro League team for

FIFA Game Could be Renamed EA Sports FC, According to Documents

FIFAImage courtesy of EA SportsEA have been exploring the possibility of renaming FIFA, with filed applications leaning towards "EA Sports FC."Recently, EA Sports revealed that they could be choosing to rename the FIFA franchise at some point in the future. With the publisher in the process of renewing their naming rights agreement with FIFA, it has since emerged that the company has begun filing trademark applications for a new name. The applications have been filed with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office on Oct.

London Spitfire drops 6 players ahead of 2022 Overwatch League season

The London Spitfire didn’t have a successful year in the Overwatch League, but this doesn’t come as a surprise since GM Ysabel “Noukky” Müller told fans at the beginning of the year not to expect much. Although the franchise’s goal is to develop European talent, quite a few of those talents are moving on. The Spitfire released a plethora of roster changes this morning, announcing that it’s parting ways with Daniel “Hadi” Bleinagel, Kristian “Kellex” Keller, Mikkel “Molf1g” Djernes, Dom “Hybrid” Grove, and Jeffrey “blasé” Tsang. The Spitfire is a

Endpoint quartet sign two-year extensions, become “legacy members”

MiGHTYMAX, Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel, Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man, and Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting have re-signed with Endpoint, extending their contracts with the team for two more years. Alongside that, the four players have also earned "legacy member" status, which the organization hopes will help with player retention. Ross "⁠RossR⁠" Rooney, the former coach who has now been promoted to the General Manager role, explained how the legacy status will work: "Players that are stalwarts for the organization, that have been here for a certain defined period, have the opportunity to, in essence,

Virtus.pro GM: “[Changes?] It all depends on whether we qualify for the Major”

In a podcast for the Virtus.pro fan app Bearloga, the organization's General Manager Sergey Glamazda spoke about a plethora of topics, including their CS:GO roster which is currently ranked fifth in the world. His comments were first reported on by Cybersport.ru. Throughout 2021, the CIS powerhouse Virtus.pro has been firmly rooted in the top 10, ranking as high as No. 3 in March, but a last-place finish at the StarLadder CIS RMR event in June-July jeopardized qualification for the biggest event of the year — the PGL Stockholm Major. Only

Gundam Evolution Gets Lots of Screenshots Showing ∀ Gundam, Barbatos, Guntank, & Dom Trooper

Bandai Namco continues to share a lot of new screenshots of the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter Gundam Evolution. The screenshots revealed on Twitter (sources: 1,2,3,4), showcase four different mobile suits, the ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos, the ZGMF-XX09T Dom Trooper, the WD-M01 ∀ Gundam, and the RX-75 Guntank. You can check them out in the gallery below. In case you have missed the original reveal and the first gameplay showcased earlier this week, Gundam Evolution is a free-to-play first-person shooter for PC (Windows 10 is required) that will let you choose a

Complexity Limit gets Sylvanas to 45.4 percent, but fails to down boss before reset

The battle for the World of Warcraft Sanctum of Domination Race to World First is fierce, and two guilds are currently trying to get the first kill on Sylvanas, the last boss of the raid. Complexity Limit from US and Echo from EU are battling hard to reach the 45 percent checkpoint, which is rumored to be the end of the boss fight. Today Complexity Limit was able to get the boss down to 45.4 percent but wiped in the end after a small misstep. gave it everything we had so

Gundam Evolution Reveals First Gameplay Showing Mobile Suits in FPS Action Aplenty

Today Bandai Namco revealed the first live gameplay of the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter Gundam Evolution, which was announced last week. During the long livestream, we got to see two exhibition matches, showing popular mobile suit mecha in action. You can check them out below. [embedded content] [embedded content] In case you have missed the original reveal, Gundam Evolution is a free-to-play first-person shooter for PC (Windows 10 is required) that will let you choose a mecha from the franchise and wreak havoc on 6 vs. 6 battles. There are

CLG GM Tafokints tells LCS team ‘this might be the last time that we have this roster of five playing’ in behind-the-scenes video

In CLG’s latest Bud Light Gaming Cooldown video, the organization released a behind-the-scenes look at a “private team meeting” between the players and the team’s general manager, Daniel “Tafokints” Lee, where he told the group that there will be significant roster changes coming soon. The team is tied for last place with Golden Guardians in the general LCS standings for 2021 with a 10-26 record, but as for the Summer Split, CLG are dead last with a 5-13 record through the last six weeks of play. This past weekend, they