Wisper takes Team Liquid’s offlane spot for BLAST SLAM VIII
Team Liquid has confirmed the signing of former HEROIC offlaner Adrián “Wisper” Dobles, who replaces...
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LCP qualification to start at home for every team in 2027
Riot Games is overhauling qualification for the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP), with every...
Rookie and TheShy return as IG seal LPL’s fourth Worlds berth
Lead Invictus Gaming defeated JD Gaming 3-1 in the lower-bracket final of the LPL 2026...
LEC returns to 10-team winter format after Versus experiment
LEC Commissioner Artem Bykov has confirmed that LEC Versus will not return in 2027, with...
Japan’s 25 Esports Players Head to 2026 Asian Games
The 2026 Asian Games begin in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on September 19, marking the second...
Rainwaker-led Luminosity Survive Three-Way Playoff Race
Luminosity have secured a playoffs berth at Logitech G Play Connect after closing the Bo1...
Team Yandex adds TI champion ATF to 2026-2027 roster
Team Yandex announced on 17 September that it has signed Ammar “ATF” Assaf as its...
NRG climb 18 VRS places after MOUZ upset
NRG defeated world number two MOUZ 2-1 in the opening round of StarLadder StarSeries Fall...
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iiTzTimmy announces retirement from Apex Legends esports
Professional Apex Legends player Timothy 'iiTzTimmy' An has announced he will retire from esports. The player made the...
Gen.G topples T1 in longest MSI 2025 series yet
Earlier today, LCK representatives T1 and Gen.G clashed in what many fans are already calling one of the...
Fnatic names DLSM as official trading partner
Fnatic has announced a partnership with DLSM, which will see the latter become the UK-based esports organisation's official...
Rainbow Six Siege teases Borderlands collaboration
Rainbow Six Siege X has teased on X that it's next collaboration will be with the iconic looter...
PGL Astana 2026 to feature $1.6m prize pool
PGL Esports has revealed more information surrounding next year's tier-one Counter-Strike 2 tournament, PGL Astana 2026, including its...
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