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September 26, 2025
FACEIT Flies Out CS2 Prodigy Nocries to HQ Amid Cheating Accusations
Nocries, the Counter-Strike 2 phenom who has been hit with rampant cheating accusations as he dominated the NA FACEIT leaderboards, has been flown out to FACEIT HQ to be monitored…
September 25, 2025
CYPHER Explains Why he Wants Counter-Strike to Return to RMR for Majors
With fnatic now out of Exort the Proving Grounds Season 4 and losing big Valve Regional Standings (VRS) points in the process, their hopes of making the StarLadder Budapest Major…
September 25, 2025
EliGE rejoins Team Liquid CS2 team after 2 year absence
One of the most successful players in the history of North American Counter-Strike, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski, has re-joined Team Liquid just over two years after departing the organisation for their…
September 25, 2025
FUT Esports Win First Counter-Strike 2 Event Since Acquiring Team
Turkish organisation FUT have won their first event since their entrance to Counter-Strike 2 in July of this year. With strong run in the online cup Exort The Proving Grounds…
September 25, 2025
Jinx, Draven and Brand Buffed Ahead of League of Legends World Championship
The League of Legends Worlds patch notes have been released, and could be pivotal in altering the meta ahead of the biggest tournament of the year. Draven, Jinx, and Caitlyn…
September 25, 2025
Fortnite pro MrSavage ICON skin revealed with homage to Valorant star Benjyfishy
Fortnite legend Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen has officially joined the ranks of creators and celebrities immortalized in Fortnite’s ICON Series with his very own in-game skin. He follows in the…
September 24, 2025
KSCERATO on Brazilian teams moving away from local players: “It’s about seizing opportunities”
After strong performances since the addition of Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis and Daniel “molodoy” Golubenko, FURIA have won their first ever tier one Counter-Strike tournament at FISSURE Playground 2, beating The…
September 24, 2025
CS2 finally fixes frustrating movement bug in September 24 update
Movement is one of the most important aspects of Counter-Strike 2, and the latest update to the game has addressed some pretty serious bugs that players have been experiencing in…
September 24, 2025
BC.Game wins first Counter-Strike event with s1mple
On July 28, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, moved from the NAVI bench to the BC.Game roster. Less than two months later, and BC.Game is celebrating its first tournament win with s1mple…
September 23, 2025
PrizePicks Gains CFTC Approval To Expand Esports Offerings To Prediction Markets
PrizePicks has gained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which enables the platform to expand its product offerings, including esports, into prediction markets. The DFS operator, which offers…
September 23, 2025
Impact Reveals Possible Retirement Thoughts After Team Liquid LoL Exit
League of Legends world champion Jeong “Impact” Eon-young has revealed possible considerations of retiring as a professional player after announcing his departure from Team Liquid. Impact joined Liquid in 2024…
September 23, 2025
Gaimin Gladiators returns to CS2 with full Brazilian roster
Canadian esports organization Gaimin Gladiators dipped into the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports scene in April 2024 with an all-Danish roster that lasted less than a year. Fast forward a few…
September 23, 2025
VALORANT Champions Paris Playoffs Matches Set After Huge Upsets
As the dust settles over the grueling VALORANT Champions Paris group stage, eight teams have advanced to playoffs. With a double-elimination bracket looming, the remaining teams share the same initial…
September 23, 2025
GRID Acquires Bayes Esports Assets Following Liquidation
GRID has announced that it has acquired Bayes Esports assets following the company’s liquidation. Bayes went into administration in May this year, and a court in Germany declared the company…
September 22, 2025
Peanut to take a step back from pro League of Legends for military service
Han “Peanut” Wang-ho, the prolific jungler for Hanwha Life Esports, has announced that he will have to take a step back from the pro League of Legends scene as he…
September 22, 2025
Sources: Call of Duty League Consider Trialling 8-Team Major in 2026
The Call of Duty League (CDL) is reportedly considering hosting one of its 2026 Majors with just eight teams instead of all 12, according to our sources. The CDL has…
September 22, 2025
MidOne makes pro Dota return with MOUZ after almost 2 years out
The post-The International 2025 roster shuffle is in full swing, and MOUZ have revealed a brand-new Dota 2 roster, which includes the return of Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng, who has…
September 22, 2025
NAVI Secures First CS2 Trophy of 2025 at StarLadder StarSeries Fall in Budapest
NAVI has won its first CS2 trophy of the year after defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) 2-0 in the grand final of StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025. The tournament took place…
September 22, 2025
FURIA finally lifts S-Tier Counter-Strike trophy at FISSURE Playground 2
Years in the making, Brazilian esports organization FURIA has finally won an S-tier event in Counter-Strike, as they lifted the FISSURE Playground 2 trophy. First created on August 10, 2017,…
September 22, 2025
GIANTX and DRX Earn Valorant Champions Paris Spots as Defending Champs Fall
The VALORANT Champions Paris group stage has delivered on all fronts at the Les Arènes venue, delivering bangers aplenty, including a record-tying comeback from NRG, and underdogs such as MIBR…
September 20, 2025
FISSURE Playground 2 Quarter-Finals: The MongolZ Eliminate G2 as Liquid, FURIA, and Falcons Advance
The FISSURE Playground 2 playoffs are now underway, and the quarter-finals featured shocks aplenty as Liquid continued its surprise run and G2 Esports was eliminated by The MongolZ. The MongolZ…
September 19, 2025
Faker’s T1 Clinch Worlds 2025 Spot with Dplus KIA Heading to the ASI
Faker’s T1 secured yet another League of Legends World Championship appearance after a 3-1 comeback win over Dplus KIA in the LCK 2025 playoffs. In the lower bracket of the…
September 19, 2025
Team Heretics and Fnatic Top Groups at VALORANT Champions Paris
EMEA juggernauts Fnatic and Team Heretics both made it through to the VALORANT Champions Paris Playoffs after topping Group B and D, respectively. The other two teams representing the region,…
September 19, 2025
Tundra Shakes Up Dota 2 Roster, Saksa Steps Away and Crystallis Benched
Tundra Esports’ Dota 2 team has revealed two major changes, with Martin “Saksa” Sazdov and Remco “Crystallis” Arets both leaving the active roster. After a disappointing 7th-8th place finish at…
September 18, 2025
Sports Betting Now Legal In California and Texas, Says Kalshi
Prediction market platform Kalshi is advertising that sports betting is now legal in California and Texas. The company, which allows users to bet on almost anything, including major esports competitions,…