Leagues
Franchised and open leagues: seasons, slots, rules and the teams that hold a place.
Riot Names 32 VCT Partners as Americas Kickoff Qualifiers Open
Riot named 32 VCT partner teams for 2027-2028 on Oct 22. How they were chosen, what they get, and how open teams reach Kickoff, using North America's calendar.
LeaguesComparing How CS2, VALORANT, and Dota 2 Structure Their Pro Circuits
Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and VALORANT each decide who gets to compete for a world title in a different way. Here is how each system actually works.
LeaguesHow League of Legends Worlds Play-In Seeding and Format Works
A structural guide to the Worlds Play-In Stage: which teams must fight through it, how the bracket works, and what a single win is really worth.
LeaguesHow Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's Five-Region World Championship Model Works
MOONTON is rebuilding the M Series around five global regions instead of one Southeast Asian host city, with the M8 Finals set for Istanbul in 2027.
LeaguesMPL Indonesia and Philippines Season 18 near playoffs, two M8 seats each
Season 18 of the two franchised Mobile Legends leagues enters its last regular-season weeks, with Team Falcons PH and Team Liquid ID on top and two M8 places at stake in each.
LeaguesVCT EMEA Barcelona Finals: FUT, Karmine Corp, Liquid and Fire Flux remain
Riot Games has confirmed the four teams of the VCT EMEA Stage 2 Finals, played August 28 to 30 near Barcelona. One of them, Fire Flux Esports, came up from Challengers.
LeaguesLEC Summer 2026: four-day weeks, no break and Finals in Nice
Riot Games has set the LEC Summer Split from July 24 to September 20: six regular-season weeks played Friday to Monday, Roadtrips in Paris and Madrid, and Finals in Nice.
LeaguesVCT Americas Stage 2: Challengers teams enter, Finals go to São Paulo
Riot Games has published the guide to VCT Americas Stage 2: it starts July 16, sends eight league teams into a Play-In with four Challengers teams and ends in São Paulo on September 6.
LeaguesVCT 2027: eight partner teams in every twelve-team Kickoff
Riot Games has put numbers on the 2027 Valorant Champions Tour: twelve-team Kickoffs with eight partners, no guaranteed Cup places and fixed payments for open teams.
LeaguesLCK 2026 opens April 1 with nine weeks, a Hanoi trip and Road to MSI
The LCK's 2026 season starts on April 1 with a regular season through May 31, a T1 home weekend in Incheon, KRX matches in Hanoi and two MSI places at stake.
LeaguesVCT EMEA Stage 1: bottom two of each group go out before the playoffs
Riot Games has set the format of VCT EMEA Stage 1: two groups of six from April 1, four teams out after the groups, and a playoff bracket where seeding decides who gets a second chance.
LeaguesVCT Americas Stage 1: two groups of six and three Masters London spots
Riot Games has published the guide to VCT Americas Stage 1: twelve teams in two groups from April 10 in Los Angeles, eight in the playoffs and three places at Masters London.
LeaguesCBLOL 2026 Stage 1: eight teams, Fearless best-of-threes, one MSI spot
Riot Games has published the full guide to CBLOL Stage 1, which starts on March 28: 28 series in six weeks, a six-team playoff and a Grand Final on June 6 for one MSI place.
LeaguesHow the 2026 Call of Duty League season works: Majors, Minors, points
Twelve city teams, four stages, online qualifiers, Majors and Minors, a points race to an eight-team championship and a rebuilt second tier: the 2026 season, step by step.
LeaguesLEC Spring 2026: best-of-three season, two Roadtrips, no Monday crowd
Riot Games has published the plan of the 2026 LEC Spring Split, from March 28: last year's format, Mondays without spectators in Berlin, two Roadtrips and two MSI places.
LeaguesESL Pro League Season 23 opens with two online stages before Stockholm
ESL Pro League Season 23 starts on March 1 with 24 teams, two online Swiss stages and an eight-team final weekend in Stockholm, for a pool of US$1,000,000.
LeaguesMPL Malaysia names the eight teams of its Partnership Programme
Moonton has picked three Malaysian organizations and five from Indonesia, China and Singapore for Season 17 of MPL Malaysia, under a partnership that Bernama says runs four years.
LeaguesKrafton rebuilds PUBG's EMEA and Americas circuits around open scrims
The PUBG EMEA Championship and PUBG Americas Series start on March 2 with a three-stage season open to every team, and the best of them go on to the PUBG Global Series.
LeaguesPUBG Esports names 12 Global Partner Teams for the 2026 season
Krafton has picked the 12 teams guaranteed a place in every PUBG Global Series event of 2026, two more than in 2025, and named the 12 invited teams that join them.