Author: BLIX.GG
League of Legends developer Riot Gaming has named Artem Bykov the LoL European Championship Commissioner.He will take over Maximillian Peter Schmidtâs place, the previous LEC Commissioner, who is now the head of esports for League of Legends in the EMEA region.Bykov joins Riot Games from ESL Gaming, where he built esports ecosystems and led development for new products as a general manager. Before ESL, Artem spent more than five years at Blizzard Entertainment. He also worked with Natus Vincere, Freaks 4U Gaming, and Epic Esports Events.”I am thrilled to join Riot Games as Commissioner of the LEC. The LEC is…
An upcoming esports organization – based in Switzerland – chooses the name TITANS and signes the CS:GO roster that was previously operated under the pseudonym GORILLAZ.The TITANS roster will consist of Miikka “suNny” Kemppi, Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný, Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen, Anton “supra” TÅ¡ernobai, and Magnus “Nodios” Olsen.Sergey “lmbt” Bezhanov will be the TITANS’ coach. He previously coached oskar and suNny together in MOUZ (formerly known as mousesports) during 2017-2019.The organization will focus exclusively on CS:GO for the first time but plans to enter other esports disciplines in the future.
Danish professional CS:GO Nicklas “gade” Gade and German esports organization BIG have parted ways.”We have mutually agreed with gade to terminate his player contract so he can freely pursue new opportunities. Thank you for everything Nicklas, and best of luck in your next chapter!â BIG said in a statement.27-year-old gade has been inactive in BIG since December 2021. Josef “faveN” Baumann replaced him in the active roster.gade as a part of BIG took 3-4th place at V4 Future Sports Festival Budapest 2021 and 2nd place at DreamHack Open in November 2021.BIG current active squad is:Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz (IGL)Tizian “tiziaN” FeldbuschFlorian…
According to a Jaxon.gg, BLAST and Perfect World have sent applications to Valve to organize a CS:GO Major in 2023.Of the two operators, Blast is the better known in the CS:GO world. Founded in 2016, it’s mostly known for its BLAST Premier league (formerly BLAST Pro Series).BLAST’s managing director Charlotte Kenny said in an interview with Pley.gg that the company is interested in running the Major.”We always get lots of comments on whether we are interested in hosting a Major or not. Just to dispel any rumors; BLAST is always interested in hosting a Major. What’s important is that our…
According to Dust2.com.br, MIBR has finished negotiations and is ready to announce the signing of Henrique “HEN1” Teles.27-year-old Brazilian AWPer should complete MIBR CS:GO roster after moving Marcelo “chelo” Cespedes from MIBR to Imperial Esports.HEN1 has been a free agent since June 30. He played for GODSEND but the core of his previous team moved to 00Nation.According to autlet sources, HEN1’s appearance will cause changing Breno “brnz4n” PolettoX’s role. brnz4n will become a sniper.After swiping chelo to HEN1, MIBR lineup will be:Raphael “exit” LacerdaMatheus “Tuurtle” AnhaiaJhonatan “JOTA” WillianBreno “brnz4n” PolettoHenrique “HEN1” TelesBruno “BIT” Fukuda Lima (coach)
Visa barriers have caused many Dota 2 players and entire teams to drop out of PGL Major Arlington 2022.Chinese Xtreme Gaming decided to pass the tournament in the USA because one of its players was denied a visa. South East Asian team, Fnatic, will make three substitutions in places of core team members who were not allowed in the USA.Players and esports org employees from Russia are also at risk. Visa was also denied to Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko, a Russian Dota 2 player who is currently playing for Entity.Even though all Natus Vincere players received visas, their coach and manager…
Southeast Asian esport organization BOOM Esports has secured a sponsorship from AMD recently.The sponsorship will include hardware support for BOOM Esports Dota 2 and Valorant Teamâs esports athletes to support their training sessions and competitive matches. BOOM Esportsâ athletes will also benefit from increased exposure as participants in the AMD Gaming 2022 Campaign, which includes the AMD Streamer Challenge; AMD Gaming Creators; AMD Game Lab and AMD Esports Challenge. As part of the sponsorship, BOOM Esports will also provide support for AMD through online content creation and appearances at selected AMD events.”Besides adding advantage to BOOM Esports in terms of…
Evil Geniuses have removed Anthony “CLASIA” Kearney from the EG.CD team (also known as the EG Blueprint project).”I’ve been removed from EG and severely disappointed in myself. I know I am better than what I showed to my teammates and everyone, Thank you valens [Soham “valens” Chowdhury, EG director of athletics] for the opportunity. Hopefully another one soon arises,” CLASIA noted.There are significant personnel changes going on in all EG divisions. Earlier it was reported that Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz would return to EG and specifically to the EG.CD.18-years old CLASIA hasn’t been in EG for so long. He joined the…
Danish professional CS:GO player Thomas “birdfromsky” Due Frederiksen has left ECSTATIC (formerly known as Lyngby Vikings).”Thomas has had an incredible journey on our team, leading us from being unranked to a peak of #16 on the HLTV world ranking. Furthermore, he’s just a lovely guy who is easy to talk to. He has incredible skills in leadership and communication, always making every player on the team push themselves as hard as they can. He’s great guy and we wish him the best of luck on his journey.” says Thomas Sinding, CEO of ECSTATIC.The 28-year-old esportsman has left the team after…
German professional CS:GO player Timo “Spiidi” Richter, who has been playing for four years for Sprout, is leaving the team.”Today will be one of the most emotional goodbyes as we say farewell to Spiidi. A player that was part of our journey from the very start on and who became family to us here at Sprout. Thank you Timo for your commitment and many memorable moments. We will miss you dearly,” said the Sprout statement.Spiidi has been with Sprout since December 2017. The club has won the German national championships several times since then, but couldnât achieve high results in…