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Less than a week before the Qualifiers, PlayTime secured their spot at the Esports World Cup by receiving a direct invite through ESL Pro Tour Points after defeating BetBoom Team during the DreamLeague Season 29 Playoffs.

If you’ve queued up for a Ranked match in Rainbow Six Siege recently, you already know the drill. The ban phase starts, and before the timer even hits the halfway mark, the purple window icon is locked in. With a ban rate soaring above 90% in many competitive brackets, Mira has become the ultimate boogeyman of Siege.

Some comebacks feel forced. This one feels like the story was always supposed to end this way. Nearly six years after leaving the team, Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng is officially back at Team Liquid, and the announcement left the community stunned in the best possible way.

The 2026 LEC Spring Playoffs are about to kick off, and only two teams will get to secure their spots at MSI in South Korea. Starting Saturday, May 23, the LEC Spring Playoffs will see the top teams in Europe compete across three weeks of high-stakes action, where every match will be a Best-of-5. Six teams enter the Playoffs, but only two will get to represent the LEC at MSI 2026. Let's go ahead and look at our predictions.

The Counter-Strike Major is upon us once again. As we enter the final days of May, the countdown to the 2026 IEM Cologne Major draws ever nearer – and we eye the forms of our supported teams. With today’s update from Valve, the Pick’Em challenge is officially afoot. Before you log into the game and start picking, there are a number of key changes that Valve has introduced with this latest Major. Let’s get into it.

Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov had a quick interview with a panel, sharing how he practises late game, feelings on the new coach, and why Mars isn't viable right now.

Ahead of the CS2 IEM Cologne Major 2026, Valve has released an update that completely overhauled the Major hub and the Souvenir stickers and skins. With the update, souvenir packages and sticker capsules are removed from the game. Now, you can directly buy the stickers from the Major shop inside the hub and convert any weapon into a Souvenir.

The RLCS Paris Major 2026 playoffs begin tomorrow with Gentle Mates perfect in groups and FURIA alive after a reverse sweep over R8. Here is a quick preview of every matchup.

Ben "Noxville" Steenhuisen has made a name for himself as one of the best data analysts in professional Dota 2, and recently, he shared his opinion on the possible list of invited teams to The International 2026.

The wait is finally over. The OWCS Champions Clash 2026 brings eight elite teams together from May 22-24 to battle for a prestigious trophy and a share of the crowdfunded prize pool.

Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Champions Clash 2026 kicks off soon. From May 22-24, viewers can watch the tournament live to earn plenty of in‑game items as viewership rewards.

DRX BeYN talks about former teammate Flashback's departure from the team, alleging a pattern that left the organization scrambling on multiple occasions. Here's more, along with Flashback's response.

The world's biggest esports event just found a new home. The Esports World Cup 2026 is officially moving to Paris, France, marking the first time in the tournament's history that it will be hosted outside of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

League of Legends Patch 26.11 is incoming. Shop items are the big focus this patch, with many of them set to see adjustments. Changes to several runes are also to be expected along with nerfs that seek to shift the current Support meta.

Hearthstone Patch 35.4.2 delivers targeted Standard nerfs and key buffs to Mage, Hunter, and Dragon Soul builds, while Battlegrounds receives a major update with sweeping minion, spell, and Trinket adjustments.

Karmine Corp have been reinstated into the Club Partner Program for the 2026 iteration. The French Club maintains their partnership streak for the 3rd edition of the Esports World Club.

There have been a lot of changes to the Neutral Item system, and in this list we will look at the items themselves, without any enchantments.

South Korea are gunning for a repeat title at this year’s Asian Games following their victory 2023 victory in Hangzhou for the 19th Asian Games. KeSPA – the Korean eSports Association – announced earlier today the 6-player lineup that will represent South Korea at the upcoming tournament.

DreamLeague Season 29 is past the Group Stage, and now we will check which teams got to each bracket in the Playoffs, who got eliminated, and how teams performed compared to our expectations before the tournament started.

Rainbow Six Siege is no stranger to bold seasonal shakeups, and Operation System Override is another one of those ambitious updates the game has been seeing in recent times. Unveiled at the Salt Lake City Major, the new season arrives on June 2nd carrying a fan-favorite operator rework, the most significant overhaul to ranked play in the game's history, a brand-new map steeped in nostalgia, and a slew of quality-of-life improvements. Here is everything you need to know before the update goes live.