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August 17, 2025
Team Spirit Dispatch The MongolZ to win BLAST Bounty Season 2
Team Spirit brushed aside The MongolZ to be crowned champions of BLAST Bounty Season 2. It’s the second BLAST Bounty tournament they’ve won this year after winning the first Season…
August 16, 2025
The MongolZ’s Epic 0-11 Comeback Stuns Aurora in BLAST Bounty Finals
The MongolZ pulled off a stunning comeback from 0-11 to defeat Aurora Gaming in BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 Finals. The opening match of the finals between a formerly resurgent…
August 15, 2025
Betby Expands Esports Portfolio, Adding eKabbadi, ‘Nothing is Impossible’
Sports betting solutions provider Betby has added three more sports to its expanding esports portfolio, including eVolleyball, eBoxing, and the world’s first, eKabbadi. Betby announced the new titles on the…
August 15, 2025
Paper Rex Becomes First Pacific Team to Qualify for VALORANT Champions
As the dust settled at the Sangam Colosseum after an eventful second day of VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Pacific Stage 2 Playoffs, it was the Masters Toronto winners, Paper Rex,…
August 15, 2025
Vancouver Surge Release Entire Call of Duty Roster After 2025 CDL Finals Run
Call of Duty team Vancouver Surge has released its entire roster, despite reaching the grand final at four of six LAN events in the 2025 CDL season. The team revealed…
August 14, 2025
Philippine Department of Interior Bans Government Staff From Esports Wagering
The Philippine Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has banned staff and local government officials from online gambling, including esports. The ban is in place with immediate effect…
August 14, 2025
ESL Pro League Season 24 Finals Head to Katowice’s Iconic Spodek Arena in 2026
ESL has announced that top-tier Counter-Strike will return to the famous Spodek Arena in Katowice in 2026. The temple of esports isn’t staying barren for long. The home of many…
August 27, 2025
Rumour Mill: $1.5M Deal Could See tN1R Take zont1x’s Place at Spirit
HEROIC star Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich will be leaving the roster, with speculation suggesting he will join Team Spirit. The Swedish-based organization announced that the Belarusian star has been sold and…
August 14, 2025
BLAST Slam IV Will Bring New Dota 2 Rosters to Singapore in First Post-TI25 LAN
BLAST Slam IV will treat Dota 2 fans to a first glimpse of new-look post-TI rosters at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from November 7 to 9. The tournament organizer is…
August 13, 2025
Entain Targets Brazil and US for Growth Amid UK Tax Rise Concerns
Global sports betting and gaming group Entain reported its H1 results on Tuesday, beating expectations with total EBITDA up 32%. Total net gaming revenue (NGR), including the company’s 50% share…
August 13, 2025
Single-Elimination Drama Awaits at Esports World Cup 2025 CS2 Event
The 2025 edition of the Esports World Cup (EWC) is about to reach its climax with the Counter-Strike 2 event set to begin on August 20th. The event arrives with…
August 13, 2025
I Will 100% Become an IGL: NiKo Seeks Consistency Over One-Off Major
Superstar veteran Nikola “NiKo” Kovač has told fans he will 100% become an IGL and emphasized his desire for consistency over a sole-Major crown. The Team Falcons’ star rifler has…
August 13, 2025
Rumour Mill: FaZe Clan Set Sights on Twistzz Return in Swap Deal for EliGE
A huge rumour has broken over the last couple of days involving FaZe Clan’s Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and Team Liquid’s Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken. Russian leaker OverDrive stated on Telegram…
August 12, 2025
Restart Your dev1ce: Astralis Could Triumph at BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2
CS2’s BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 Finals kick off in Malta on 14 August, and of the eight contenders, we think Astralis have as good a chance as any. With…
August 12, 2025
Dubai Police Esports Tournament Gets Underway As Gaming Takes Off in Middle East
The Dubai Police Esports Tournament is set to get underway this week, the latest in a series of events in the Middle East, which is fast becoming a hub for…
August 12, 2025
VALORANT MVP Demon1 on the Market After Leviatán Departure
Nearly two years after lifting the VALORANT Champions 2023 trophy and being named MVP in his rookie year, Maximilian “Demon1” Mazanov is back on the market. Leviatán announced on Aug.…
August 11, 2025
Better Collective to Report Esports As Separate Business Segment In Upcoming Q2 Earnings
Better Collective has announced that it will report esports as a standalone business segment from this quarter onwards, as it increases its focus on the growing area. The Danish-based affiliate…
August 11, 2025
Not So s1mple: the GOAT Foots the Leaderboard on BC.Game Debut
Most Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports fans knew that Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev’s return to the grind wasn’t going to be all sunshine and roses. After his surprising move to the BC.Game…
August 11, 2025
Counter-Strike 2 Goes Naval: Circuito FERJEE 2025 Lands on the NAM Atlântico
Circuito FERJEE 2025 will see Counter-Strike 2 take over the Brazilian Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier NAM Atlântico, while it’s docked at Pier Mauá in Rio de Janeiro. The short event,…
August 8, 2025
CS2 Roster Shake-Up: HEROIC Benches gr1ks, FUT Signs ex-NAVI Juniors With misutaaa
HEROIC has benched Belarusian AWPer Gleb “gr1ks” Gazin in a move that has shocked the CS2 community. Additionally, FUT has signed the majority of the ex-NAVI Juniors squad. The highly-rated…
August 7, 2025
Why BLAST’s Upset-Focused Tournament has had Zero Upsets
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 features an exciting gimmick designed to give lower-ranked teams a payday. The only problem is that none of them have been able to cash it in.…
August 7, 2025
Dota 2 Player Count Spike Proves Skins Trump Esports for Casuals
The Quartero’s Curios event has triggered a big spike in Dota 2’s player count, and Valve’s strategy of isolating The International from the skin economy is justified yet again. The…
August 7, 2025
DraftKings Q2 Reports Big User Drop Despite Revenue Climb
DraftKings is continuing its climb in the sports betting industry with a massive Q2 revenue boost, but the available pool of new bettors may be slowly drying out. On August…
August 7, 2025
From Ascension to Relegation: Apeks’ VCT Rise and Fall
After months of close calls, emergency substitutions, and off-server drama, Apeks have officially dropped out of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA after losing 1-2 to Movistar KOI in Stage…
August 7, 2025
Pilgramage to Cologne: Counter-Strike’s Cathedral Gets Blessed with 2026 Major
The LANXESS Arena, affectionately known as the Cathedral of Counter-Strike, will host 2026’s first CS2 Major Championship, the IEM Cologne Major 2026. At IEM Cologne 2025, as Team Spirit demolished…