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After months of speculation and a little trolling from Valve, Largo is finally released as the newest hero in Dota 2. He comes by the end of 2025 and people were starting to worry. This would be the first year without a hero release in Dota 2, but Valve made it through with only 2 weeks to spare. Largo is a support hero that brings an all-new game mechanic to Dota 2: rhythm skills. Let's dive deeper into how hismore

The top-flight EMEA League of Legends league will be debuting a brand new format in the new year, beginning with the LEC Versus 2026. Starting January 17, a total of 12 teams will compete to come away with the first LEC trophy of the year, as well as a spot at First Stand 2026 in Brazil. Let's go ahead and take a look at everything you need to know about the new tournament, including how you can get 2026 LEC Versus tickets to watch the action live. LEC Versus 2026 Format and Schedule Traditionally, the LEC is composed of 10more

Maestro can feel quiet at first. Then the round turns messy, smoke fills the site, drones start to die, and attackers realize they keep getting watched and chipped down from a gadget they can’t simply shoot. This Rainbow Six Siege Maestro Guide covers Maestro’s background, his Evil Eye mechanics, practical placement rules, and the most common ways attackers shut him down. It sticks to the operator details and device behavior you shared, with no outside info added. Who Is Maestromore

DreamLeague Season 27 Group Stage is over, and we now have the list of qualified teams heading into the playoffs. This stage brought many surprises on both sides of the table. Teams that were underperforming made it through, while some teams that were steadily improving got eliminated. Let’s dive into how things played out, which teams qualified for the playoffs, and highlight the biggest surprises along the way. Additionally, we will review the schedule for the first day of themore

After one of the longest patch draughts in the game's history, Dota 2 patch 7.40 is here and it is a doozy! Massive changes to multiple heroes, a new season of Neutral items, more dangerous Wisdom Shrines and so much more. There is a lot to digest in the latest update, we're still figuring it out! But it's clear that there are some immediate and big changes and we're gonna do our best to run through them in this article.more

With the BLAST regional league finals now concluded, the excitement for Rainbow Six Siege’s ultimate event of the year – the Six Invitational 2026 – is building fast. Teams across the globe have been battling all season for coveted qualification spots, and the first wave of contenders have already secured their spots for Paris. North America League Leading the North American race, M80 booked their spot early by winning the R6 Major Munich and earning a direct invite to SI.more

Miss Fortune in League of Legends is easy to recognize and hard to ignore. She looks like a showpiece in Bilgewater, but people fear her for a reason. Sarah Fortune is a captain who learned early that mercy gets you killed. She watched Gangplank murder her family when she was a child. Years later, she took revenge in the most direct way possible: she blew up his flagship with him still aboard. Since then, she has made a habit ofmore

The final Counter-Strike 2 major of 2025 comes to a close tonight in Budapest as Team Vitality are crowned the victors in the MVM Dome arena. Victory came for Vitality after defeating FaZe Clan 3-1 in CS2’s first ever Major Bo5. Vitality: Writing History In the Present A successful lift to cap of what will undoubtedly, in the years to come, be considered one of the greatest runs from any team within a single competitive year. Vitality’s victory tonight came at the expense of FaZe Clan, whose own journey in Budapest was a thrilling revival of form and excitement. Themore

VALORANT Mobile is set to launch with integrated esports infrastructure built into the game. The mobile version will feature Premier mode and a dedicated E-Sports Hub, creating a clear pathway from casual play directly into professional competition.​ Premier Mode Connects Players to Professional Esports The mobile Premier system mirrors VALORANT's PC version, which has already promoted over 50 teams into Challengers leagues since 2024. Players form five-person teams and compete in scheduled matches, with teams seeded into divisions based onmore

A month ago they were winning their third consecutive World Championship together. Now, T1 and Gumayusi took each other on in the Grand Finals of the 2025 KeSPA Cup. On his very first tournament for the team, Peyz did not let T1 down, putting on a stellar showing throughout the hard-fought finals to lead his team to the trophy and earn himself an MVP award in the process. T1 vs Hanwha Life: Clash of Titans As if it was evermore

It all comes down to this. Team Vitality and FaZe Clan are going to battle it out in the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 grand final on December 14th, and what a story it's turning out to be. The MVM Dome's packed with 20,000 fans ready to lose their minds, $1,250,000 is on the line, and for the first time ever, a CS Major grand final goes to a best-of-five. Yeah, this one's different. Two completely different journeys Vitality's path? Clinical.more

League of Legends Patch 25.24B will be closing out the year, as well as laying down the groundwork for the start of next season; one which will be packed with changes. Though LoL Patch 25.24B won't be putting out anything too drastic, it will attempt to correct some of the champions that have been tearing through Solo Queue lately, while also lifting up a few other picks that have lost priority. Let's go over everything there is to know about LoL Patchmore

The StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 has reached its pivotal moment. On December 13th, FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere will battle it out in the semifinals at Budapest's MVM Dome, with a spot in the grand final hanging in the balance. Both teams have defied expectations to reach this stage, and this Best of 3 clash promises to be an absolute barnburner. The Road to the Semifinals FaZe Clan punched their ticket to the semis with a 2-0 victory over MOUZmore

The 2025 Game Awards winners have claimed their accolades at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California. In an event set to honor some of the greatest and most influential names in the industry, games like Counter-Strike and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood out as the biggest winners of the night. When it came to the Best Esports Athlete award, the race became a tight affair between LoL's Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon and CS2's Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut. Whoever the winner maymore

The 2025 Hearthstone Masters Tour is heading for its grand conclusion as the best players from all over the world clash for the biggest title. The Hearthstone World Championship 2025 will feature 16 players compete for a piece of the $500,000 prize pool and a place in HS history starting Thursday, December 18. Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 Hearthstone World Championship, including a detailed look at the schedule, the full lineup of players, what drops you stand to gain, and more. 2025 Hearthstone World Championship Schedule and Format This year's Hearthstone World Championship will run frommore

With the first two quarterfinals of the StarLadder Budapest Major concluding, two titans of Counter-Strike prepare to face off inside the MVM Dome. Team Spirit will take on Team Vitality, with both teams looking to etch their name deeper into CS2 history. With both sides in stellar form heading into the semifinals, fans are in for a showdown worthy of the stage. Team Spirit: The Dragon Awakes  Team Spirit’s year has been quite decent, with wins at PGL Astana, bothmore

After leaving PARIVISION, Filipe "Astini" Ribeiro announced that he will work as a temporary internal analyst for Heroic during DreamLeague Season 27. The news came from Astini hours before Heroic faces his former team. We also learned that Clement "Puppey" Ivanov will coach PARIVISION during the event. This raises two key questions. Will Puppey finally return to pro Dota 2 as a full-time coach? And will Astini overcome his former teammates and one of the game’s biggest legends? Astini Workingmore

Tiny in Dota 2 is a hero who literally grows during the fight. He starts as a small chunk of stone and turns into a massive siege machine that smashes heroes and buildings alike. This guide explains Tiny’s lore, abilities, roles, items, and practical tips. The goal is to help you understand how to get value from his early burst and late-game physical damage. Overview of Tiny in Dota 2 Tiny is a Strength hero who fills several roles: Carry,more

First reported by Dust.us, Valve has made changes to the guidelines to run the tournament. According to the new amendment, all tournaments featuring Valve IP, i.e. Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, will not be allowed to onboard skin gambling/trading sites or case opening sites as sponsors. Furthermore, tournament organizers have to ensure the logos of such sites aren't visible on the official broadcast. While this on the surface is a small negligible change, the repercussion might be lasting. Valve’s TORmore

Rainbow Six Siege players have been treated to an unexpected Easter egg hunt orchestrated by Ubisoft, sending sleuths across multiple maps to uncover mysterious blueprints and piece together a hidden reward. What began as a cryptic tweet from the official Siege Twitter account on December 9 quickly spiraled into a full-scale in-game scavenger hunt that had the community buzzing. Clues Hidden Across the Maps It all started when Ubisoft posted a short clip showing a peculiar image tucked under amore