Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira
Riot Games, League of Legends (LoL) developer and publisher, has released information about the theft of the source code in LoL.”As promised, we wanted to update you on the status of last week’s cyber attack. Over the weekend, our analysis confirmed that the source code for League, TFT and a legacy anticheat platform were exfiltrated by the attackers. Today, we received a ransom email. Needless to say, we won’t pay,” Riot said.The company is sure that hackers were unable to compromise player’s data or personal information.The company fears that the hack could increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging. Riot…
Corinthians Esports, a sector of Brazilian sports giant Corinthians best known for its football team based in São Paulo, unveil their new CS:GO roster.”Is this where they were asking for CS:GO to come back? Let them know that Corinthians are back on the server, stronger than ever!” noted the Corinthians statement.This is not the first attempt by Corinthians to enter the CS:GO competitive scene, previously having signed the CS:GO lineup in July last year but all members had departed by the end of 2022.However, the organization did not refuse the idea of returning to Counter-Strike and have now signed the…
Richard “shox” Papillon’s CS:GO team will compete under the banner of the newly formed esports club Nakama Esports.Judging by the contact email specified in social networks, on behalf of the club, the correspondence is conducted by shox himself. Other new details about the organization are not yet known.Nakama will debut at the Open Qualifier IEM Brazil on January 27.Earlier, the French CS:GO legend Richard “â shoxâ ” Papillon finally broke with Apeks and announced the creation of a new team.He invited three young talents and his old partner and veteran Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux to the new lineup.shox,â with his new project, is…
FaZe Clan have announced that inactive Ninjas in Pyjamas’ player, Patrick “es3tag” Hansen, will replace HÃ¥vard “rain” Nygaard at the Blast Premier Spring Groups 2023. While rain will be absent as he awaits the birth of his child.At first, FaZe requested Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke as a stand-in but the tournament organizer denied it. Forcing FaZe to urgently look for another candidate.Later Blast acknowledged the confusion that transpired around the roster lock.”At the beginning of the year FaZe Clan submitted a roster change for this week’s Spring Groups due personal reasons. FaZe Clan requested the use of kOnfig, this request was…
The League of Legends developer and publisher has announced the 2023 LCS spring split primer and finals location and where the summer LCS finals will take place.The 2023 LCS Spring Split will begin at the Riot Games Arena on January 26 with an Opening Day.”All weekday matches will begin at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET after a 30-minute pre-show, so schedule your travel accordingly! As a reminder, all in-person guests will be subject to municipal COVID policy, which means we’ll enforce on-site masking when in Medium or High Risk tier (as determined by LA city guidance),” Riot said.According…
MIBR has promoted Felipe “insani” Yuji from MIBR Academy to its main CS:GO roster. He will take the place of Jhonatan “â JOTAâ ” Willian, who has now moved to Imperial Esports.18-year old insani reunites with Breno “brnz4n” Poletto in the main MIBR squad. In the past, they played together in the MIBR Academy.MIBR has also signed FURIA’s former assistant coach, Marcos “tacitus” Castilho, as the strategic coach. Tacitus worked with FURIA from June 2021 till the end of 2022. Before, he was training Triumph.MIBR are now:Raphael “exit” Lacerda (in-game leader)Matheus “tuurtle” AnhaiaBreno “brnz4n” PolettoHenrique “HEN1” TelesFelipe “insani” YujiBruno “BIT” Lima (coach)Marcos…
Ukrainian esports organization Monte, during the Winter transfer window, has signed Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev, who’d played with Natus Vincere till the end of 2022.The 25-year-old rifler should take the place of Frederik “Fessor” Sørensen, who was benched in January this year.sdy was on loan from MAD Lions to NAVI for the second half of 2022, but failed to secure a foothold in the star organization. He won with NAVI, BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022 and ranked second at the Intel Extreme Masters XVII ‘ Cologne. But, at the Rio Major in November last year, NAVI couldn’t shine through with sdy…
Virtus.pro and Cloud9 have agreed on the transfer of Timur “buster” Tulepov, confirming earlier reports. buster has been a reserve player for the CS:GO roster since May 2022 and leaves the organization during the Winter transfer window. The player will continue his career at the American organization – Cloud9.He will replace Timofey “interz” Yakushin, who leaves Cloud9 today.”Today is both a happy and a sad day for me. I have a lot of memories with Virtus.pro, we had our ups and downs together, victories in tournaments and embarrassing defeats. In any game and at any tournament, we fought to the…
Kazakhstan-based Esports organization Rune Eaters Esports have announced their new Dota 2 roster.”All the guys are still young and full of enthusiasm, let’s see them in action in future tournaments and DPC qualifiers,” noted the Rune Eaters statement.The new Rune Eaters’ Dota 2 team is now:Vladislav “Hollowness” YasiuraAmir “Ethereal” AskarovNursultan “Jeremiah” GalymzhanovSanzhar “ani-san” MukanbetkaliAskhat “Hushh” AmangeldyThe previous Rune Eaters’ squad left the organization in August last year and were later signed by Project Armor.
Costa Rican multi-gaming organization Infinity during the winter transfer window has decided to leave the CS:GO competitive scene and release its CS:GO roster, Dust2.us reported. According to the outlet, the main reason for the change is to alter the organization’s structure and has no relation to the team’s results.Ex-Infinity’s In-Game Leader Andrés “spamzzy” Correa has said that the team does not want to fall apart and are looking for a new organization to represent them. In the meantime, the Latin American side will play under the name – Cartel terraza. Argentine player Santiago “LegenD” Diaz has also been recruited to…