Author: BLIX.GG
Costa Rican Club Sport Herediano has announced the launch of Herediano esports.’We will have a greater presence with broadcasts and tournaments of games such as Rocket League, FIFA, LoL and Football Manager, so we are looking for young and talented players with a hunger and desire to grow, ‘noted in Herediano’s statement.Besides these disciplines, Herediano is looking for Call of Duty, Free Fire Fortnite, Valorant and Dota 2 players – as can be seen in the esports section of the club’s website.Herediano officials noted that esports in Latin America generated revenue of 47.5 million dollars this year, driven by a…
Double winner of The International, now inactive, Finnish Dota 2 player Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen wants to return to the pro scene.’I [am] looking for teams after the last major, but there’s no slot. Of course, I wanna be in a good team. You know. I have [been] actively looking for a team,’ he said during the stream.24-year old Topson won at The International with OG in 2018 and 2019. He is the first two-time TI-winner.Topson has been playing for OG since 2018, and since 2021 he is inactive.
Vici Gaming captain Chen “èµ·é£äº” Guanhong, also known as Victoria, has left the team.Vici has not reported any details of the departure yet. This information emerged on the Valve official website.Victoria has been playing for Vici Gaming since November 2021.Vici Gaming Dota 2 lineup currently is:Yang “Erika” ShaohanGuo “Xm” HongchengZhou “Yang” HaiyangZhao “Yds.” JiayiLu “Fenrir” Chao (head coach)
Riot Games has officially announced that the update 5.03 has been delayed and will go live on August 9, 2022 instead.”We’re skipping our regular patch cadence this week to allow our engineers the time they need to upgrade our game engine. You can expect the next patch – Patch 5.03 – to start shipping August 9,” Riot said.Although the developers haven’t announced the changes yet, we know from the previous Riot statements that they will update the game engine in the upcoming patch.The shooter fans on Twitter are actively expressing dissatisfaction with the delay as they had expected minor fixes…
According to Leetify.com data, Mirage, Inferno, and Dust 2 are the most popular maps in CS:GO matchmaking this year. The data also suggests that they are the most popular maps in history.Mirage has been played in 29.6% of matches from January to June 2022. It is over 1.53 million of 5.2 million games in total.Inferno and Dust 2 are the second and third with very close rates – 20.7% and 20.5%, respectively.Then follows Nuke (8.1%), Overpass (6.8%), Cache (5.7%), Vertigo (4.9%), Ancient (2.1%), and Train at the bottom of the list with 1.6% pick rate.It is noteworthy that Cache, which…
BIG in-game leader Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz has negated rumors of joining G2 Esports.”There’s something I will never do, abandon my child BIGCLAN.GG”, he noted.Earlier, broadcast analyst Serhii “lmbt” Bezhanov announced that G2 intends to invite tabseN to replace Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen.G2 Esports is currently rebuilding its CS:GO roster and industry participants are actively discussing potential candidates for a new team. Among others, the name of the former NAVI in-game leader Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov was also mentioned.
French professional СS:GO player François “AMANEK” Delaunay is one step away from signing with Team LDLC, media 1pv.fr reported, citing its informed sources.28-year-old AMANEK is sitting on the bench in G2 for over seven months.LDLC are currently collecting a new roster. Two new players, Arthur “Snobling” Benard and Matthieu “Razzmo” Mellot, are being tested now, and Florian “ElectuS” Delearde was benched.Due to the report, LDLC’s lineup would be:François “AMANEK” DelaunayFilip “Graviti” BrankovicRemi “Diviiii” AlexandreRyan “Neityu” AubryHugo “Brooxsy” Di BonoEythan “unshaark” SolomonArthur “Snobling” Benard (On trial)Matthieu “Razzmo” Mellot (On trial)Julien “Krav” Hernandez (Coach)Lambert “Lambert” Prigent (Coach)Florian “ElectuS” Delearde (Benched)
French esports organization Team Vitality is scanning the market to improve its roster. According to 1pv.fr sources, Vitality’s management wants to sign ENCE’s Lotan “Spinx” Giladi.Israeli rifler would have to replace Kevin “misutaaa” Rabier.However, Vitality exploring other options as well as a transfer from ENCE may be difficult.If Vitality kicks off misutaaa, then only two French will remain in the team. The majority – counting the coach – will already be Danes.Team Vitality is currently consisting of:Dan “apEX” MadesclaireMathieu “ZywOo” HerbautKévin “misutaaa” RabierPeter “dupreeh” RasmussenEmil “Magisk” ReifDanny “zonic” Sørensen (coach)
French professional CS:GO player Audric “JACKZ” Jug is allowed by G2 Esports to explore his options and find a new team, 1pv.fr reported citing its informed sources.This information follows after an announcement from G2 in-game-leader Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen Aleksib, who is also allowed to explore options in other teams.There was also information that coach Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam could leave the team.JACKZ has played for G2 since 2018, with a short break last year. He is currently the oldest lineup member.It is worth noting that neither Aleksib, JACKZ, or XTQZZZ have officially left the team. However, with their departure, the roster…
32-year Lincoln “fnx” Lau is going to leave Brazilian Imperial Esports, Draft5.gg reported.According to the outlet, the team is now actively looking for a replacement and the search has been easy.The club has reportedly considered following names as a replacement:Rodrigo “biguzera” BittencourtLucas “Lucaozy” NevesJhonatan “JOTA” WillianMarcelo “chelo” CespedesHowewer, according to Dust2 Brazil sources, chelo – 24-years old MIBR in-game leader – is the favorite.If the deal goes through, Imperial’s lineup will be:Gabriel “FalleN” ToledoFernando “fer” AlvarengaRicardo “boltz” PrassVinicius “VINI” FigueiredoMarcelo “chelo” CespedesBrasil Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu (coach)