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OG Ana retires from Dota, says he’s ‘ready to move on to a new chapter’ The humblegod bids farewell to the Ancients. Legendary carry player OG Anathan “ana” Pham shocked the esports world after abruptly announcing his retirement from professional Dota 2 just as OG were about to compete in the Regional Qualifiers for The International 10. Farewell, humblegod — OG Ana retires Ana declared on June 14 that he will be stepping away from the competitive Dota 2 scene for good....

OpTic survive DRX scare, yay drops monstrous 20 first kills This man is on fire. OpTic Gaminghave secured a spot at the upper bracket final inMasters Copenhagen, after a 2-1 victory against Korean powerhouseDRX. The North American team got off to a slow start in the series, losing their map pick of Fracture 13-4. However, they soon flipped the tables on Breeze, taking DRX’s map pick in their own 13-4 victory....

Paper Rex’s W gaming star will be absent throughout VCT 2024 season Who will take his place? Wang “Jinggg” Jing Jie will not be part of Paper Rex’s Valorant roster for the VCT 2024 season. The team’s coach, Alexandre “alecks” Sallé, said in a recent interview withRound Up Gamersthat an unexpected roster change is scheduled to take place after Valorant Champions 2023. Jinggg is expected to enter National Service at the start of 2024, preventing him from competing for at least one year....

Shockingly, Dota 2 isn’t dying It came as a big surprise to us too! A decade in the gaming industry is a long time. That’s how longDota 2has been out. While the game was officially out of beta in 2013, players were able to play it as early as 2010. Since its release, Dota 2 has always been on the top of the Steam charts as one of Valve’s most played titles....

SIBOL’s MLBB squad not yet out of IESF, says general manager The fight continues. It’s not yet the end of the road for SIBOL’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team at the International Esports Federation’s14th World Esports Championship(IESF WEC) after their group stage performance yesterday, September 12. The Filipino representatives, composed of the starting five ofBlacklist Internationaland two MHRLK Esports members, were triumphant against Cambodia in the first series before bowing down to Myanmar in the second series with a 0-2 score....

T1 CEO says draft was not coaches’ fault, team runs into ocean after MSI 2022 The ‘T’ in T1 stands for team! TheLeague of LegendsMid-Season Invitational (MSI 2022)saw a nail-biting championship final between LCK’sT1and LPL’sRoyal Never Give Up. Even though T1 tied the score line 2-2, the LCK representative had a questionable draft in game five. Even though this same matchup resulted in a loss in game one, the team put top laner Choi “Zeus” Woo-je back on Jayce against Chen “Bin” Ze-Bin’s Gwen....

Talon Esports part ways with kpii and Hyde after TI11 They’re looking for a new offlane duo. Southeast Asian esports organization Talon Esports have officially parted ways with Damien “kpii” Chok Sau-jing and Brizio “Hyde” Budiana. The announcement was made nearly three weeks after Talon was eliminated fromTI11’s Group Stage, where they finished in last place along with Soniqs, BetBoom Team, and TSM. “To our OG offlane duo, thank you for being key parts of our runs from open qualifiers to TI,”tweeted Talon....

Team Liquid L1NK: ‘OpTic Gaming didn’t give XERXIA the respect they deserved’ Liquid are the first team to make playoffs. Team Liquidare truly making the most of theirMasters Reykjavik 2022 run. Despite originally failing to qualify for Stage 1 Masters, Liquid now find themselves representing EMEA in the place ofFunPlus Phoenix, who were unable to attend due to travel restrictions. The European squad isn’t about to let that opportunity go to waste....

Team Secret Dota 2 roster bets on youth with Crystallis signing Young hunger. Team Secret is taking a page out of OG’s book by channeling the fountain of youth for their new signing, just ahead of the Dota Pro Circuit 2021/2022 Tour 3. 20-year-old Dutch player Remco “Crystallis” Arets will be joining as Secret’s new hard carry, theEuropean organization announced last night. Formerly from Team Entity and Creepwave, he has previously played with Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov and Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf, who recently won theESL One Stockholm Major with OG....

TenZ injury update: Marved to make Sentinels debut, role swaps likely Get well soon King. Sentinels announced today thatTyson “TenZ” Ngowill temporarily sit on the bench due to health issues. The superstar player will prioritize his recovery while the team gears up for the upcomingVCT Americas‘ super week, a five-day event featuring all 10 partnered teams playing two matches each. Jimmy “Marved” Nguyenis set to make his Sentinels debut as he replacesTenZon the team....

This is what spending nearly US$3,000 on a pair of Resident Evil statues will get you Each statue weighs 20kg! High-end merch manufacturerPrime 1 Studiohas just released a new videogame statue that survival horror fans will definitely love — if they can afford the hefty price tag. In its latest addition to the Ultimate Premium Masterline Series, Prime 1 Studio brings Resident Evil 2 protagonists Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy to life with a two-piece statue set that mimics the horrors of Racoon City....

Todak’s Stoo on MPL PH: ‘If they get their hands on any of these heroes, it will be really tough’ He ranked MPL PH as the strongest region. As champions of MPL MY/SG Season 6, Malaysia’s Todak enters theONE Esports MPL Invitationalnot only as forerunners of their region, but also as the only team in MPL to finish perfect the last season. Sweeping the competition in the regular season and the playoffs,Todak defeated EVOS SG 3-1 in the grand finalfor the MPL MY/SG championship....

Top 5 plays from Gamers Without Borders charity event featuring Ceb, YapzOr, zai, and more “CEEEEEEEEEEB gets the RP of his lifetime” The Gamers Without Borders Dota 2 charity tournament has concluded, withTeam Secret sweeping Natus Vincere in the Grand Final and dominating another online tournament. All eight teams worked hard for the chance to secure a cut of theUS$1.5 million prize pool for their chosen COVID-19 charity foundations, but now that it’s over let’s take a look at the five best plays from the tournament:...