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Post Singapore Major shuffle log: Confirmed roster changes for DPC Season 2 

Dota 2 06/04/2021 15:40 Andreea “divushka” Esanu With ONE Esports Singapore Major coming to a close, the Dota 2 professional scene entered a short shuffle window in which teams have the chance to tinker with their rosters without getting any Dota Pro Circuit Points penalty. For those who haven’t qualified for the Singapore Major, the option of making roster changes became available right after the conclusion of Regional Leagues Season 1. According to the Valve rules, the teams have time to lock their rosters until April 11, 2021, the first

kpii and midone join up with Team SMG

Dota 2 03/04/2021 20:25 Cristy “Pandoradota2” Ramadani Title image courtesy of EPICENTER Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng and Damien "kpii" Chok will be playing for Team SMG for the DPC 2021 Season 2 qualifiers.  The DPC 2021 Season 2 officially begins April 13th, but open qualifiers and some closed qualifiers are already taking place. For teams that already have their place in either the upper or lower divisions, shuffles are in full swing.  Among them is the new(er) SEA team Team SMG, who made their debut into Dota 2 in January for

Esports movers and shakers in March 2021

Each month, Esports Insider curates a list of the industry’s key personnel changes. Here we have compiled March’s most notable movers and shakers. To read more about a story, click the corresponding link in the title. Spotlighted story: Victoria Horsley on her new role at Riot Games Image credit: Victoria Horsley / Riot Games The worlds of collegiate and professional esports continue to collide, as evidenced by the appointment of Victoria Horsley — who has been working with Esports Insider’s events team this year — to League Operations, Global Competitive

PlayStation Gives Away 10 Free Games For Play at Home Initiative

Credit: Sony Sony has announced a new giveaway as part of the Play At Home initiative. Starting next week, players will be able to download 9 games for free, with another coming in April. Some of the games available in this giveaway are some of the best titles available on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, as well as some of the most interesting indies that have been released. The first five games that aren’t VR titles are Abzu, Subnautica, The Witness, Rez Infinite, and Enter the Gungeon. Any

Indonesia Recognizes Esports as an ‘Accomplished Sport’

The government of Indonesia officially recognized esports as a sport during the 2020 National Conference of Central KONI held this week. As first reported by VPEsports, Indonesia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) officially recognized esports as an “accomplished sport” in the Southeast Asian country and named PB Esports Indonesia as the “only institution that covers esports as an achievement sport in Indonesia under KONI.” This milestone for esports athletes and the industry means that esports could be included as an official sport in

Evening Reading – April 24, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look. In case you missed it at Shacknews: [embedded content]Watch the VOD of today's Shacknews Dump on www.twitch.tv "Legendary quarterback DJ Khaled" #TheShacknewsDump ?LIVE https://t.co/ZWTiS4BCk1 pic.twitter.com/hJ703lh8ud — Shacknews (@shacknews) April 24, 2020 And now some random stuff from the Internet... Huge Nintendo DS with GabeN pic.twitter.com/08JcEhj34t — Huge Nintendo DS (@HugeNintendoDS) April 22, 2020 This meme is solid. Nordic American Tanker CEO on demand for oil storage [embedded content] "We are making

J.J. Abrams’s New Game Spyjinx Gets More Details

Fortnite creator Epic Games and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Games have teamed up to release a mobile game for iOS and Android called Spyjinx, a game long in the works.In 2015, J.J. Abrams and Epic Games announced that Spyjinx was in development and a closed beta would be available in 2016. Obviously, that didn't happen and now, four years later, the dev team has released more details and is finally inching the game closer to launch.From the limited information currently available, Spyjinx appears to be about secret agents and espionage

Box Office: Pixar’s Onward Does Well In US But Stumbles Internationally Amid Coronavirus Concerns

The latest box office numbers are in, and Pixar's Onward was unsurprisingly the biggest movie of the weekend in America. The film raked in $40.4 million in the US, which is a huge number, but it's also well below the $50 million that estimates suggested.The downturn in the US isn't due to the coronavirus, Deadline reported. Instead, "it's Onward itself here that isn't working," the site reported. The site points out a number of issues with the film and how it's framed, but it's too soon to say for sure