Author: BLIX.GG
With the launch of Episode 5 Act 1 of Valorant, the developers at Riot games are looking to implement a few changes to the competitive matchmaking system. A new rank, Ascendant, will be added to the hierarchy. The new Ascendant rank is just below the Immortal rank and above the Diamond rank.The developers believe that the lower ranks have too many Bronze and Silver players. If the developers were to move the lower-ranked players up, it would overpopulate the higher ranks. So adding a new rank will help maintain the prestige of higher ranks while helping to clearly define the…
In a catch-up ahead of BLAST Premier Spring Final in Lisbon Natus Vincere’s superstar Aleksandr “â s1mpleâ ” Kostyliev revealed he might be taking a break from his competitive career to take care of some personal business.”Maybe I will take a break because I need to do things in life, like I need to move, I need to get a lot of documents… when you have a tournament after tournament you just have no time,” he said.Player noticed he have become mentally tired of eternal traveling with one bag.However, s1mpleâ I don’t want to give a chance to FaZe winning the Grand…
Rainbow Six Siege has announced the temporary suspension of the Spanish operator Mira from the operator pool for esports competitions.The community found a bug where Mira can kill with her C4 through reinforced walls. While the exploit was prohibited from use in competitive play, Ubisoft has decided to avoid the risk of teams using it. As such, until further notice, Mira will be suspended from Rainbow Six Siege esports competitions.According to the announcement, “a fix is currently in the works” and the team will provide the community with “an update in the coming days.”This is not the first time Ubisoft…
Chiefs Esports Club have signed Ramiz “rcuth” Cuthbert as an analyst, replacing Baptiste “Hell” Adiasse.Rcuth boasts top-flight and lower-tier experience in a variety of European teams such as Rogue, MNM Gaming, and OrgLess.His signing provides the APAC South squad with a boost of international experience, which should serve the Oceanic players well in a stage where every point and win has been made more vital due to the format change.Hell announced his departure on Jun. 16, citing a lack of time and a decline in interest in the game.The Chiefs Esports Club, is a professional esports club with teams competing…
Dignitas have announced that the esports organization is leaving Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and that they will not be competing in the esport for the “foreseeable future.”The move was leaked hours prior to the official announcement from Dignitas by their CS coach Faruk “pita” Pita on Twitter. The coach tweeted that Dignitas informed him that they were leaving CS:GO and that he had been released from his contract.The organization said that its players and coaches have also been released from their contracts and can explore other opportunities.”We’ll be cheering on our former players and the continued success of CS:GO from the…
Former player and world champion Julio “Julio” Giacomelli has signed with FURIA as a coach after having left Ninjas in Pyjamas.His signing comes after FURIA parted ways with Marlon “Twister” Mello, who is now a temporary consultant for ALPHA Team in the Campeonato Mexicano.The move is the first foray into coaching for the former NiP man, who won the Six Invitational 2021 and was grand finalist at the Six Invitational 2020. During his time at NiP he was also grand finalist at the Sweden Major and, when under the Black Dragons banner, was grand finalist at the ESL Pro League…
Valorant is ready to introduce its eighth map in the game with the upcoming patch 5.1 update next week. The upcoming map will go by the name ”Pearl” in the game.Riot has already promised to bring in a new map called ”Pearl” with the upcoming patch update. While the developers have revealed very few details about the upcoming map, players are already excited for it.The new map will go live in the game with the start of Episode 5 Act 1. The current Act will end on June 21, 2022. Hence, the new Act will start on June 22, 2022…
Nikita “Niko” Rusyaev will join the Team Empire roster currently known as PWNZ to replace Andrey “Andreezy” Baviyan who is now a free agent.Andreezy previously qualified for the European League on Virtus.pro where during his two years on the team he worked as an analyst, player, and coach.Following this, last August he left the team and joined PWNZ in March. In his lone stage on the team PWNZ finished in last place with just five points.He has now been replaced by Niko who previously competed on a number of tier-two Russian rosters including the CrowCrowd organization. Most recently he was…
International bank Santander has unveiled a multi-year deal with Riot Games’ League of Legends European Championship (LEC) and the Liga Latinoamerica (LLA).The agreement sees Santander become the main sponsor of both leagues for at least the next three years, granting the bank a variety of activations.The deal’s activations include logo placements during the competitions, dedicated content segments, commercial slots during broadcast breaks, banners, special drops for the audience and VIP tickets for the finals.Prior to this deal, the bank has tested a multitude of different sponsorship opportunities within the esports sector. Its subsidiary brand Openbank sponsored the Superliga, League of…
Australian team Knights announced on Jun. 16 the signing of former Invictus Gaming captain Glen “Lunarmetal” Suryasaputra. He will be replacing Jed “pikniq” Dixon on the roster in a coaching capacity.The move marks Lunarmetal’s first coaching role, an idea he had considered back when on the Invictus Gaming roster.Lunarmetal brings with him an impressive array of international experience, having played at two Six Invitationals, a Six Major, and a Pro League Finals. With only two APAC playoff spots on offer this stage after the format change, this experience may be extremely important in Knights push to qualify for their second…