Valve put several rules in place within the Dota Pro Circuit to ensure that teams within specific regions wouldn’t be able to field rosters entirely made up of players competing remotely from other regions or rely entirely on outside talent.  As a result of these safeguards, ESL is penalizing Arkosh Gaming for hosting a roster made up of a majority of players playing from outside of North America, according to the tournament organizer.

Gangplank is one of the most underused top laners in League of Legends season 11. He has a great laning phase thanks to Corrupting Potion and can influence other lanes easily starting at level six with his global ultimate. His builds are flexible and can be adjusted depending on matchup or team compositions. As with all League champions, specific items are going to be more effective depending on the situation. But there are certain items that are most effective on Gangplank in all games.

As a conclusion to a seven-month inaugural season, the Dallas Empire defeated Atlanta FaZe today in a best-of-nine series to become the first Call of Duty League champions. The series proved to be one of the most one-sided grand finals in CoD history. The Empire, who began the series with a one-map advantage, took control of the match early with three consecutive wins to put themselves a map away from a 5-0 win.

The Halo Infinite era of Halo esports and the Halo Championship Series is off to a hot start. The finals of the first open qualifier event eclipsed 60,000 viewers across all platforms, when OpTic (playing with Envy skins) stunned Cloud9 by resetting the bracket and winning back-to-back five-map series. That event served as both a catalyst and indicator for a level of excitement for Halo esports that has not been seen for a few years.

Pokémon Go Tour: Johto is tossing players back into the second generation by focusing on Pokémon native to Johto and splitting things up into paths based on the original Gold and Silver.  Along with dictating which handful of version-exclusive Pokémon you will be encountering, the version you select can also impact small parts of the event’s Special Research and Collection Challenges.  Specifically for the Collection Challenges, Niantic has split them up to revolve around general Pokémon Go gameplay and Go Tour: Johto’s habitat rotation.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a bunch of advanced techniques that players can master in their spare time. One of these techniques, known as parrying (or perfect shielding, depending on who you ask) is the perfect counter-attack technique that can give you a window to set up your devastating combos against the opposition. If you can master it, you could potentially turn around any dire situation against an aggressive opponent or set up the possibility of a massive comeback against a tough foe.

It would be almost impossible to find a first-person shooter (FPS) player who hasn’t heard of Counter-Strike. The game can be considered as the ancestor of all the FPS games that came before it. While the gameplay of the two-decade-old title hasn’t changed in any significant way, CS:GO did something else to keep up with the times. In addition to the legendary gameplay of Counter-Strike, CS:GO also takes advantage of the Steam market and has an economy of its own, made up of in-game skins priced at various ranges.

Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen is one of the most known players in the Apex Legends community. He’s the highest earning Apex player as of May 2020 and manages to consistently finish top three in high-profile tournaments. TSM’s superstar didn’t rise to fame overnight, however. With a strong background in tactical shooters under his belt, the player was already grinding to be the best in games like H1Z1 and Fortnite. He was also part of Cloud9’s H1Z1 squad in 2018.

Ultra Rapid Fire, known as URF, has returned to the League of Legends client for the World Championship update, Patch 11.19. Players will choose their favorite champions and spam their abilities faster than usual when playing in one of League’s most popular game modes.  When starting a game of URF, players will see the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing over their champion bar. This buff is exclusive to a few game modes in League and grants every summoner 100 percent of mana and energy consumption reduction along with half of the health costs on abilities.

Japan’s upcoming Matchless Fighter Pokémon card set has been unveiled a week ahead of its official release on Friday, March 19. As part of the Chilling Reign set, which is expected to release later this year in June in the English language, the set will include over 70 cards, celebrating the Crown Tundra. The official Japanese Pokémon TCG website revealed the cards yesterday, but there are still more to come. The secret rares from the set should be leaked by Tuesday night, according to Pokémon fansite Pokebeach.