Last week, Riot Games teased the new League of Legends Champion, Yuumi: The Magical Cat, in a brief trailer. Yuumi will be added to the Public Beta Environment for the patch 9.10 cycle and will move to the live version with the rest of patch 9.10 and features the following abilities: Passive: Bop ‘N’ Block: […]
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Fortnite Copies Apex Legends With New ‘Reboot Van’ Feature
Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, has borrowed another major in-game feature from its upstart competitor, Apex Legends. In a tweet Friday, Fortnite revealed that it will be introducing a new respawn feature called the Reboot Van, which is exceptionally similar to the now-popular Respawn Beacons found in Apex Legends. We’re introducing the Reboot Van […]
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T1 Esports Expands Into Apex Legends With New Squad
In February, Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment subsidiary of Comcast (CMCSA), partnered with SK Telecom, the largest mobile operator in Korea, to create a new joint venture: T1 Entertainment & Sport. At the time of the announcement, the T1 revealed it was planning to boost its presence in Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), Super […]
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Cloud9 Unveils New Apex Legends Roster
North American esports giant Cloud9 has officially revealed the roster for its Apex Legends team and, based on the talent displayed in the highlight reel, they chose well. We are excited to introduce the start of the Official Cloud9 @playapex roster, #C9Apex, presented by @Sneaky! ©️9⃣ @Frexs ©️9⃣ @GregoFPS ©️9⃣ @C9PVPX ©️9⃣ @iam_chappie 📺 https://t.co/BAX7JZqNCu pic.twitter.com/IOgryAL8Kk […]
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Respawn Introduces Apex Legends’ Most OP Character to Date
Respawn Entertainment dropped the first battle pack this week for Apex Legends, adding the first new character to the game since its launch 6 weeks ago. The character, Octane, is arguably more powerful than Wraith and Bangalore, largely considered the best characters in the game, due to his speed and ability to regenerate health over […]
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Team Secret Announces Open Tryouts for Its Apex Legends Roster
Team Secret, an esports organization that fields teams in Dota 2, Rainbow Six: Siege, Fortnite and Rocket League, announced Monday that it is holding tryouts for its new Apex Legends team. Are you ready to join #SecretLegends? We are looking for a team to represent Team Secret in @PlayApex and will be having two sets […]
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Shroud: Upcoming Apex Legends Updates Are ‘Worth the Wait’
Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek recently revealed that big things are coming to the popular battle royale game Apex Legends. In a live stream on Sunday, Shroud shared that numerous features that he helped demo have yet to be added to the game, insinuating that they are significant improvements. “I can tell you this much, […]
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Leaked Data Shows Apex Legends May Soon Get a Character Named ‘Crypto’
Earlier this week, we reported that Respawn Entertainment’s wildly popular battle royale title Apex Legends had quietly made a reference to blockchain technology via a skin for one of the characters. Now, a recent report by Forbes suggests 11 new characters could be joining the 8 that are currently available, including one named “Crypto.” This […]
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Battle Royale Sensation Apex Legends Features Blockchain Reference
Apex Legends has become one of the world’s most popular games after the free-to-play battle royale saw more than 25 million downloads in its first week. In an interesting twist that might intrigue crypto enthusiasts, one of the game’s playable characters, Lifeline, has an outfit called “‘Blockchain Reaction.” The skin is in the “Epic” category, […]
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Fortnite Unveils $100M World Cup Prize Pool to Combat Apex Legends
Since the release of Apex Legends earlier this month, Fortnite and Epic Games have been heckled with Apex memes and gifs whenever they post on social media, as gamers embrace the competing battle royale that has broken numerous Fortnite growth records in its first two weeks. Now, Epic Games is battling back, announcing this week […]
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Apex Legends Releases Its First New Gun: The Havoc
A little over two weeks since launching, Apex Legends continues its astonishing growth, smashing records previously held by Fortnite. Now, EA Games (EA) and Respawn Entertainment have released the first new weapon: the Havoc Energy Rifle, a new fully-automatic rifle with high damage output. According to the announcement, “The Havoc Rifle just dropped into the arena, and […]
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Here Are the Esports Teams Already Recruiting Apex Legends Rosters
Recently released battle royale shooter Apex Legends has taken the gaming community by storm, gaining more than 25 million players in its first week. The design of the game has made it an instant classic for competitive gameplay, and its first tournament, which was hosted by Twitch Rivals, recently concluded, with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ team taking the win. […]
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$200K Twitch Rivals Apex Legends Challenge Will Feature Dr Disrepect, Shroud and Myth
Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale shooter, is off to a hot start, surpassing 10 million players in just three days. Looking to capitalize on the game’s blockbuster popularity, Twitch recently announced that it has partnered with Respawn Entertainment for the Twitch Rivals Apex Legends Challenge, featuring some of the top streamers on Twitch and a […]
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Professional League of Legends Returns to the Midwest After 2-Year Hiatus
The 2019 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Finals will be coming to St. Louis, marking the first professional League of Legends event in the Midwest in over 2 years. The 2019 #LCS Spring Finals will be played on April 13, 2019 in St. Louis, MO! pic.twitter.com/zQZRM9twoS — lolesports (@lolesports) January 26, 2019 According […]
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Riot Games Partners With Secretlab for League of Legends Esports Events
Riot Games, the creator of the popular League of Legends franchise, has announced a major partnership with leading computer chair maker Secretlab. .@secretlabchairs partners with League of Legends Esportshttps://t.co/3CWtB9JuIj — lolesports (@lolesports) January 25, 2019 According to the announcement, Secretlab will become the official gaming chair sponsor of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) in North America and LoL’s three […]
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Kia to Sponsor the League of Legends European Championship
With the inaugural League of Legends European Championship (LEC) set to kick-off next Friday, the organizers are finishing up their preparations for the new season. As part of this effort, the LEC announced this week that it has partnered with Kia Motors as the official automotive sponsor of the league. The #LEC welcomes @Kia_Motors! Read more here: […]
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Riot Games Partners With Alienware for League of Legends Esports Events
Riot Games, the creator of the popular League of Legends franchise, has closed a major partnership with Alienware, a gaming computer hardware subsidiary of Dell, that will bring Alienware computers and monitors to LoL esports events. We’re excited to take @LeagueOfLegends #esports to the next level with our new @riotgames partnership -> https://t.co/YbcT6vBCHM #CES2019 pic.twitter.com/XJIY8MkqdM — […]
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Here’s What You Need to Know About League of Legends Patch 9.1
Riot Games released the full details of patch 9.1, for League of Legends on Wednesday, highlighting multiple adjustments to champions, jungle items and abilities, as well as other general bugfixes. Patch 9.1Full notes 👉 https://t.co/aonZXGUYvB pic.twitter.com/jNn1tuaGS9 — League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) January 9, 2019 The most notable changes in the first patch of 2019 are to champions like Kalista, […]
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Cloud 9 and 100 Thieves Place Ads in a Local Newspaper for League of Legends Talent
In what can only be described as a head-scratcher, esports organizations Cloud 9 and 100 Thieves have placed ads for League of Legends professionals in a local California newspaper. First discovered by Reddit user u/TSickler, the advertisements were placed together, suggesting the two organizations worked together to create the listings or acted at the same time. […]
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New Netflix Docuseries ‘7 Days Out’ Features League of Legends Esports
7 Days Out, a new Netflix (NFLX) docuseries that highlights iconic cultural events in fashion, sports, food, gaming and space, became available for streaming on Friday. The first season of the series provides a behind-the-scenes look at the lead-up to the CHANEL Haute Couture Fashion Show, the Kentucky Derby, the Westminster Dog Show, NASA’s Cassini Mission, […]
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