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Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
LoL Esports
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…
Fortnite
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Esports Industry
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…
LoL Esports
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Valorant
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…
Esports Industry
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…
LoL Esports
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…
Call of Duty
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…
Dota 2
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
Counter-Strike
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,…
Valorant
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…
Counter-Strike
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…
LoL Esports
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…
Valorant
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,…
Dota 2
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…
Sportsbooks
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,…
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