Resignation

How Santorin’s reinvention made him a difference-maker on Team Liquid

With this year’s League of Legends World Championship, Team Liquid’s jungler Lucas “Santorin” Larsen will have represented North America at the international tournament three times with three different teams. Santorin and Liquid are at the group stage of Worlds this year—and they’re aiming for the crown. As a part of Liquid, Santorin and the rest of his team garnered quite the accolades this year. The team secured first place in the first LCS Lock In tournament and two second-place finishes in the following LCS finals.  Prior to Santorin’s joining, Liquid

Alphari returns to Liquid’s starting LCS roster, will share playing time with Jenkins in week 6 of 2021 LCS Summer Split

After spending almost the entire 2021 Summer Split away from competitive play, Team Liquid’s superstar top laner Alphari is finally set to come back to the team’s main LCS roster for week six of the season, the organization announced today. In the latest episode of Liquid’s seasonal vlog “SQUAD,” the team’s current head coach Jonas “Kold” Andersen said Alphari isn’t the definitive starter just yet because he’ll still be sharing playing time with Jenkins. Whichever player “gives the highest possibility of winning” will get to play on stage. Kold is

Jatt resigns as Team Liquid’s LCS head coach, Santorin to take a break from competing due to health issues

The head coach of Team Liquid’s League of Legends squad, Joshua “Jatt” Leesman, has resigned from his position after one season with the organization, the team announced today. “We cannot thank Jatt enough for his work and dedication to Team Liquid, and wish him the best of luck going forward,” the organization said in a statement made earlier today. Jatt was brought on as Liquid’s head coach last May and took the team from ninth place in the LCS to the group stage of the World Championship within a span

Vancouver Titans tank ShRedLock retires

The Vancouver Titans will be looking a bit less powerful in the June Joust thanks to a sudden resignation.  Main tank Abtin “ShRedLock” Shirvani announced today that he’s retiring from professional Overwatch and leaving the Titans immediately. As Vancouver’s only main tank, it leaves the team in limbo. But ShRedLock said a “good replacement” has already been found.  ShRedLock joined the Vancouver Titans in May 2020 after the organization dropped its all-Korean roster to go for a Western team. The main tank was picked up alongside several of his teammates

Modern Times Group Appoints Former CFO Maria Redin as President and CEO

ESL and DreamHack parent Modern Times Group has appointed Maria Redin as group president and CEO effective immediately. Redin joined MTG in 2004 as a management trainee and most recently served as CFO. She has also previously held the position of CEO for Bet24, a former MTG gaming entertainment company. Her appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Jorgen Madsen Lindemann in July. According to a release, Lindemann will continue to act as an adviser to the company until the end of his notice period. With Redin’s appointment, MTG has

An Ubisoft VP has resigned following assault and misconduct allegations

Sponsored Links NurPhoto via Getty Images Maxime Béland, Ubisoft’s vice-president of editorial, has resigned following accusations of assault and misconduct that emerged in recent weeks. Kotaku first reported that Béland had stepped down and Ubisoft has confirmed his resignation to Engadget.Both Béland and Tommy François, the studio’s vice president of editorial and creative services, were reportedly placed on disciplinary leave in late June. Ubisoft has since confirmed that François is on leave pending the outcome of an investigation, and that it had fired another employee at its Toronto studio for

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Review – All Good Things

Star Trek: Picard's best aspect is also its biggest issue: It has one foot firmly in the past of the long-running sci-fi franchise, and another in a more modern, darker present. The show is a big, fan-servicey return to the story of legendary Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), complete with visits from a few beloved characters along the way, and no end of Easter eggs and references that often feel like high-fives to the dedicated viewers who've been enjoying the sci-fi franchise for decades, especially in the mid-1990s. Throughout