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Former League of Legends pros back for one last job with three day Return of the Legends event

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A three day event, Return of the Legends, promises to pit former Legends of the League scene together in a face-off between Asia and Europe. For Europe, Enrique ‘xPeke’ Cedeño Martínez, Lauri ‘Cyanide’ Happonen, Kevin ‘Kev1n’ Rubiszewski, Peter ‘yellowpete’ Wüppen and Manuel ‘LaMia’ Mildenberger will be representing the former pros, …

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Ginx Esports TV to run live all-night esports broadcast ‘Fight Night’ on June 16th

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GINX Esports TV has announced that it’ll be showing three live international esports events back-to-back on Friday 16th of June. The event, dubbed Fight Night and claimed to be the first ‘all-nighter’ on television to feature exclusively live esports content, will start at 9pm BST with OGN APEX Season 3 …

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Rocket League is coming to Nintendo Switch, and features cross-platform play

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Rocket League, Psyonix’s car-based game of put the ball into the hole, has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, during a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday. Those of you looking to take Rocket League on the move have your answer in a version for the Nintendo Switch, which will be coming …

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Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem, Bahrain’s most successful esports athlete, on why Americans have it easier

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Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem got into games the same way as many of his generation: fighting for supremacy against his siblings. Hashem’s earliest memories of gaming are when he was six, embroiled in digital fisticuffs with his brothers in fighting games like Tekken. He’d play against his brothers every day …

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Flash Wolves jungler Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan suspended for early disconnect

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Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan, the star jungler of the Flash Wolves, has been suspended by the team for intentionally disconnecting early during a match. Riot Games’ rulebook says that players should not leave a match until either a victory or defeat message is shown on the screen. In a match between …

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League of Legends 10 ban system has left Yasuo out in the cold

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Since the introduction of League of Legends 10 bans system, allowing 10 champions to be banned in both normal and ranked games, one champion has spiked to a 40% ban rate. Yasuo is in a weird place in the meta right now, where he’s viewed as incredibly powerful and feared …

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ESL and Intel announce extended partnership, Intel Grand Slam offering $1m to one CS:GO team

esl logo 840jpg ESL and Intel announce extended partnership, Intel Grand Slam offering $1m to one CS:GO team

Intel and ESL have announced a new partnership that’s extending the pair’s cooperation, and also introducing a $1m Intel Grand Slam. The Intel Grand Slam is a new event that’ll award $1m to the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team that can win four out of the last 10 $200,000 events …

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Marvel vs. Capcom trailer reveals new additions to the game’s roster

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Capcom pushed out a new trailer for cross-universe beat-em-up Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on Monday during Sony’s E3 press conference, showing off some of the story and a handful of new characters. The trailer is below, and features several new characters for your punching pleasure, in addition to a suitable …

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PUBG introduces new weather, a new weapon, and the ability to climb, vault and leap

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Brendan Greene, the PlayerUnknown behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has just taken to the stage to show off upcoming changes to the game. Stability and server performance improvements are promised, but Greene also showed off a few big changes in the form of weather — with vision impairing fog to hamper snipers …

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