One strange effect of the Coronavirus lately, has had more to do with gamers directly as opposed to the industry behind selling and developing games. Some titles with surface level similarities to the virus have been skyrocketing as fears of the Wuhan Coronavirus have swept across the world. In fact, popular mobile title Plague Inc. has excelled in China since worries of the virus started spreading throughout the coun

G2's 2018 spring was inconsistent at best, tank item guide but they managed to finish the split in 2nd place, behind Fnatic. Despite finishing outside of the top spot for the first time ever, G2 managed to make the Spring finals where they'd play Fnatic to defend their title, and try for their fifth straight champions

FunPlus Phoenix, although still one of the most dangerous teams in the world, still have issues they need to iron out. They constantly make poor decisions, and their in-your-face, aggressive play backfired against teams who were ready for

Flyquest has outperformed all exceptions this split, in large part due to their 22 year old German mid laner. Along with having the coolest name in the LCS, PowerOfEvil has led his team to four victories in a row. During week 5 he flexed his expansive champion pool, playing Orianna against Golden Guardians and Corki against Counter Logic Gaming, both firsts for him this split. PowerOfEvil was also the first player in the world to win a game as Corki this year. Immortals' Eika and DAMWON Gaming's ShowMaker in Korea were the only other players to use Corki, both losing their games on t he daring bombardier . As Flyquest looks to finish out the season strong, they will lean on PowerOfEvil to be a dominant force in the mid l

The smoke has cleared from the League of Legends Mid-Season Cup, which saw China's top talent square off against Korea's finest in place of the canceled MSI. After a tournament full of mechanical outplays and some head-scratching throws, the LPL's Top Esports were the final team standing, besting the reigning World champions FunPlus Phoenix 3-1 in the Mid-Season Cup fin

So, let's take a look at how exactly this recent epidemic has affected the gaming industry and how it might continue to alter the plans of developers and tech giants like Sony and Microsoft. With doctors on China's front line to contain the spread of the virus and tend to those afflicted, these effects will hopefully end soon, as will the suffering of the victims. However, for now, it looks like we may be seeing the effects of this delays all year, as one of the world's largest manufacturing centers grinds to a h

A similar situation can be seen happening to Nintendo's Animal Crossing : New Horizons as the manufacturers for the custom Switch that comes with the Switch Bundle are located in China. Again, the industry is a worldwide collection of independent companies and tech giants all coming together to deliver games, and in the past a majority of the manufacturing has been performed in China. As a result, when something like the Coronavirus begins spreading through the manufacturing center of the world, production can halt and shipments get dela

Korea's reign of dominance over League of Legends esports is long over. Teams from China's LPL have repeatedly bested the Korean representatives not just in this tournament, but in all recent international events. After five straight Korean World champions, the past two Worlds finals saw two Chinese teams in Invictus Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix beat two European teams in Fnatic and G2 Esports, respectiv

Taking cues from popular mobile MOBA, Wild Rift features dual-stick controls. While this makes point-and-click skills turn into skill shots, Wild Rift did overhaul the UI to make handling Champions much more fl

Ssumday continued to be one of the most impactful players this past weekend, being the first in the LCS this split to use Lucian in the top lane. While playing against Golden Guardians on the versatile marksman, Ssumday outperformed his top lane opponent Hauntzer, who was playing Gangplank, by out farming him by 25 CS (creep score) at the 15-minute mark. In terms of XP (experience points), every one of Ssumday's teammates was losing to their respective opponents at the 15-minute mark while Ssumday himself led Hauntzer by an impressive 912 XP. The South Korea native utilized this early game advantage to carry his team to an impressive victory over the Golden Guardi

Of course, fans should expect Riot to bring more of their favorite Champions into the game. The fact that fan-favorites such as Miss Fortune, Jinx, Ashe, and Vi will make it to Wild Rift should be enough to motivate players to try the game. Moreover, Riot may even consider making Wild Rift- exclusive Champi

G2 found plenty of success at the 2018 Worlds, defeating China's Royal Never Give Up in the quarterfinals, before losing to the soon-to-be champions Invictus Gaming in the semi finals. Fnatic would wind up beating North America's Cloud9 in the semis and losing to Invictus in the fi