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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,…
September 18, 2025
The MongolZ Face G2 Esports in Blockbuster QF at FISSURE Playground 2
G2 Esports will face The MongolZ in a blockbuster matchup in the FISSURE Playground 2 Quarterfinals. The opening stages started with a bang, with the Swiss stage commencing with the…
September 18, 2025
VALORANT Champions Paris: Paper Rex & NRG Advance With Stunning Comebacks
Paper Rex and NRG have both qualified for the Champions Paris playoffs after big reverse sweep victories to send them into the tournament’s latter stages. VALORANT Champions Paris’ Group Stage…
September 18, 2025
Riot Bans 40,000 VALORANT Bots, Unleashes Replay System
Developer Riot Games has taken a little victory lap in the VALORANT 11.06 patch notes, as its Global Community Manager, Ashley Tsao, announced that developers had banned 40,000 bots over…
September 17, 2025
GRID Expands Esports Betting Offering with GRID Bet
GRID, an official esports match data and technology platform, has announced an expansion of its betting division, GRID Bet. The company aims to utilize its relationship with industry leaders such…
September 17, 2025
League of Legends Fans Rejoice: ASI 2025 Brings LCK, LPL, LCP Action Before Worlds
The League of Legends Asia Invitational (ASI) has been announced, bringing top-tier action from the LCK, LCP, and LPL regions to an online event in October. League of Legends (LoL)…
September 16, 2025
Falcons Force CS2 Academy Roster Announced with Coach NaToSaphiX
Team Falcons has announced the creation of “Falcons Force”, a Counter-Strike 2 academy team packed with “the most promising talents.” The Saudi Arabian esports organization’s main squad is one of…
September 16, 2025
NRG Make Record Comeback Against EDward Gaming at Champions Paris
In the opening match of Group C at VALORANT Champions Paris, NRG pulled off a massive comeback against EDward Gaming (EDG), tying for the current record at VALORANT Champions Tour…
September 16, 2025
The International Heads Back to Shanghai For 2026
Ahead of the nail-biting Grand Final at The International 2025, Valve announced that The International 2026 will return to Shanghai, China. And it’s perfect timing. At TI14, fans witnessed the…
September 16, 2025
Aui_2000 is the First Person to Lift the Aegis of Champions Three Times
Team Falcons stunned Chinese powerhouse Xtreme Gaming in the Grand Finals of The International 2025, winning the last two games in the best-of-five for a final score of 3-2. The…
September 16, 2025
GamerLegion Announces the Benching of Kursy, Signs hypex to Replace Him
GamerLegion has announced that Jeremy “Kursy” Gast will be departing its active Counter-Strike 2 roster after just two months, in favour of 21-year-old Polish AWPer, Milan “hypex” Polowiec. hypex becomes…
September 16, 2025
Twistzz Set to Leave Team Liquid and Join FaZe Clan After FISSURE Playground 2
Team Liquid has announced that its star player, Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, is set to leave the organisation after FISSURE Playground 2. The team is currently playing in the event…
September 12, 2025
Precisely No One Predicted All 16 Teams Correctly in The International 2025 Swiss Stage
Valve has whimsically revealed that precisely no one managed to accurately predict the placement of all 16 teams at the Road to the International, just before the TI14 main event…
September 12, 2025
Ecstatic Partners With Gambling Blocking Software Gamban After Owner’s Problem Gambling
Danish esports team Ecstatic has announced Gamban, a gambling-blocking software, as its new sponsor. This marks the first time an esports team has partnered with a gambling prevention group, rather…
September 12, 2025
G2 Esports Ranked #1 in Riot’s New Global Power Rankings Ahead of VALORANT Champions Paris
Riot Games has unleashed the Global Power Rankings (GPR) for all 48 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) International League teams, with G2 Esports the top-ranked team. The Champions Paris event, running…
September 12, 2025
FNCS 2026: Fortnite Returns to Duos Format with Four LAN Events and Mobile Series
Epic Games has revealed the format updates for the Fortnite Champion Series 2026 season. On September 7, at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Décines, France, the Trios team of Aleksa “Queasy”…
September 11, 2025
“I’ll Be Taking Steps to Reflect”: Bwipo Apologizes After Sexist Twitch Rant That Resulted in FlyQuest Suspension
League of Legends pro player Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau has been suspended by FlyQuest for sexist comments he made during a recent Twitch livestream. While Bwipo started by saying women didn’t…
September 11, 2025
World of Warcraft MDI & AWC 2025 Sign-Ups Open Ahead of October 1 Kickoff
World of Warcraft’s Mythic Dungeons International and Arena World Championships (AWC) have opened for sign-ups ahead of the competition, which will get underway on October 1. Players will compete in…
September 11, 2025
FURIA vs Liquid Clash Headlines FISSURE Playground 2 Opening Matches
FISSURE Playground 2 opens with a must-watch CS2 grudge match as Team Liquid face FURIA, headlining a stacked Swiss Stage with significant VRS implications. The Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports calendar…
September 10, 2025
League of Legends Patch Promises Mid Lane Shake-Ups Ahead of Worlds 2025
League of Legends has released its latest patch, making adjustments to several mid-lane picks that have been favored in the competitive meta lately. Competitors all over the globe are preparing…
September 10, 2025
11 Past Champions Remain at The International 2025, Two Of Them Could Become Three-Time Champs
In the history of The International, since the inaugural Dota 2 esports event premiered at Gamescom 2011, only 10 stars have lifted the Aegis of Champions twice. At The International…