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Grashog joins AGO

Bulgarian IGL Denis "⁠Grashog⁠" Hristov will be joining AGO's ranks, the organisation has announced, the move coming mere days after the release of Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki and Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz. Adding 22-year old Grashog marks a departure from an all-Polish roster for the first time in the AGO organisation's history. Recently he has regularly participated in the ESL Polish Championship and the Polish Esport League, representing most notably Pompa, among others. Grashog will be AGO's first international players Upon joining, Grashog spoke of his gratefulness for the opportunity: "I'm glad

The 5 most impactful League champions at the Worlds 2021 play-in stage

Worlds is back, and the League of Legends meta is reaching one of its most diverse points of the season. More than half of the champions on the game’s roster were selected over the 38 games in the play-in stage, setting the field for one of the most appealing World Championships in the game’s history.   Eighty champions were contested during the play-ins, with 75 being picked at least once, and five more being banned but never seeing playtime on Summoner’s Rift. For reference, that’s an increase from last year’s play-in

The Worlds 2021 groups are set

The participants of the League of Legends World Championship’s group stage are set after the competition’s play-in stage ended. Hanwha Life Esports and Cloud9‘s wins today made them the last teams advancing to the main phase of the tournament, alongside LNG Esports and DetonatioN FocusMe. Due to the rules, LNG and HLE could only qualify to the groups that didn’t have a squad from their region already, and there were three other LPL and LCK teams in the main phase of Worlds. Thus, LNG was placed in group D, joining

Cloud9 obliterate PEACE to qualify for the 2021 World Championship Main Event

Go ahead and breathe for a bit, North American League of Legends fans. Cloud9 have qualified for the main event at the 2021 World Championship after crushing PEACE in three short matches. Even though C9 were the favorite to win this meeting between the OCE representatives, there was still a bit of worry for the LCS third seed. They lost back-to-back games against Unicorns of Love and DetonatioN FocusMe before the start of the elimination round, while PEACE looked very decisive in their victory against the CBLOL’s RED Canids. Game

Hanwha Life take advantage of shorthanded Beyond Gaming, advance to Worlds 2021 group stage

Hanwha Life Esports beat Beyond Gaming and moved on to the group stage of the League of Legends World Championship today. Beyond had to field substitute PK out of his usual lane after Maoan was suspended yesterday. It was practically guaranteed that Beyond would be facing an uphill battle against Hanwha Life Esports, the fourth seed out of Korea’s LCK, in today’s qualification series in the play-in stage of the League of Legends World Championship. Beyond saw its starting mid laner Maoan suspended from competitive play just 12 hours before

Former champions possibly destined to clash at Worlds 2021

This article is sponsored by DJ Esports. DWG KIA had their fair share of ups and downs this season, but somehow, the team has found its way back to the World Championship as the LCK’s top seed.  After a roster change in the middle of the summer—one that placed legendary mid laner ShowMaker at the AD Carry position and the team’s starting AD Carry Ghost on the bench—the team struggled to find its identity in the season’s second half. Still, they were able to catch fire in the back-end of the

Which Attributes to Upgrade First in NBA 2K22 MyCareer

Top GamesWondering which attributes to upgrade first in NBA 2K22 MyCareer? Look no further. / Photo courtesy of Ralston Dacanay, 2KWhen starting with a fresh MyPlayer build in NBA 2K22 MyCareer, most players know that the journey to 99 overall is long, tiring and, most importantly, costs a ton of VC.For those wondering what are the essentials to aim for from the get-go, here's a breakdown of which attributes to upgrade first in NBA 2K22 MyCareer on Current Gen and Next Gen."In NBA 2K14, 65,000 VC was enough to get

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 6 Patch Notes

Call of DutyImage courtesy of ActivisionWith the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 6, we've listed the all-important patch notes for your perusal. Season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone has now gone live. With the new season comes a number of changes and tweaks that players can get stuck into straight away. These patch notes include bug fixes, mode changes, UI improvements, and much more. Raven Software has released the full patch notes for this season, and we've

CriticalRole, xQc, summit1g, and Tfue among the highest earners on Twitch, according to leak

Twitch, the No. 1 streaming platform for games and esports reportedly suffered a data breach earlier this morning, revealing the gross earnings that some of the most popular channels on Twitch amassed through August 2019 and October 2021. The money could refer to subscription, ad revenue, and bits these channels gathered during the period. CriticalRole tops the chart with a direct payout of $9,626,712, followed by xQc with $8,454,427. A user uploaded a 125GB torrent link containing the data on 4chan and an anonymous source confirmed to Video Games Chronicle

GODSENT qualify for IEM Winter over FURIA

GODSENT have won the North American closed qualifier for IEM Winter, defeating FURIA in the final 2-1 to secure themselves a spot at the 16-team IEM Winter set to take place in December. The closed qualifier featured four teams, with the two finalists receiving direct invites while Extra Salt and paiN gained spots through an open qualifier. After initially suffering a defeat to FURIA in the upper bracket final, GODSENT got a chance to enact revenge by topping the lower bracket final over paiN to meet Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's men