Competition
Tournaments, leagues and results, with the money and the rankings behind them.
LOUD Beat Vitality 2-1 to Reach the Valorant Champions 2026 Final
LOUD won the Valorant Champions 2026 Upper Final 2-1 over Team Vitality in Shanghai, becoming the first team to lock in a grand final spot.
TournamentsFalcons and FURIA Clinch Thunderpick Playoff Spots as Two Teams Fall
Falcons and FURIA won their Day 2 series at the Thunderpick World Championship to reach the playoffs outright, eliminating Ninjas in Pyjamas and PARIVISION.
TournamentsKarmine Corp Edge Cloud9 to Open the Worlds 2026 Play-In
Karmine Corp beat Cloud9 3-2 in the opening round of the Worlds 2026 Play-In on October 15, pushing the North American team toward elimination.
TournamentsFour Sweeps Open the Thunderpick World Championship in Malta
Falcons needed overtime to beat Ninjas in Pyjamas as all four Day 1 series at the Thunderpick World Championship 2026 ended 2-0 in Malta.
TournamentsTeam Yandex win BLAST Slam VIII over Team Spirit in Malta
Team Yandex came from a map down to beat Team Spirit 3-1 in the BLAST Slam VIII grand final in Malta on October 11, taking US$270,000 and a second straight tier-one title of the new season.
TournamentsThe Valorant Champions 2026 final four is set in Shanghai
Vitality and LOUD will meet in the upper final on October 16 after the elimination of defending champions NRG; 100 Thieves and G2 complete a final four with no Pacific or Chinese team.
TournamentsESL Pro League Season 24: Team Vitality champions in Katowice
Team Vitality swept MOUZ 3-0 in Katowice on October 11 to win ESL Pro League Season 24, the league's first grand final played before an arena crowd since 2019.
TournamentsWorlds 2026: the Play-In field is set for Los Angeles
FURIA, Cloud9, Karmine Corp and MVK Esports open the League of Legends World Championship in Los Angeles on October 15, with one place in the Swiss stage for the survivor.
National TeamsNational team esports in 2026: four systems, four selection models
Who runs the Esports Nations Cup, the Asian Games esports events, the IESF world championship and the FIFAe World Cup, and who picks the players who wear a nation's colors.
RankingsValve adds a three-month rule on region changes for Major invites
Valve amended its Major rulebook on October 6, 2026: a roster seen in another region's standings in the last three months gets no regional place. BC.Game won an exception a day later.
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.
RankingsValve's October standings: Spirit stay first as Legacy climb to second
The Valve Regional Standings of October 5, 2026 keep Spirit on top with 2046 points, lift Legacy from sixth to second and set the invitations to BLAST Rivals and PGL Bucharest 2027.
National TeamsAsian Games esports: China top the table, 16 delegations win medals
The esports program of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games is over: eleven events, 42 medals and 16 delegations on the podium. The full results and what they show.
National TeamsAsian Games 2026: South Korea take LoL gold, unbeaten in eight games
South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the League of Legends final of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. How the tournament went, and the country's five esports medals.
RankingsSingapore Major invites a month away: where NAVI, FaZe and paiN stand
With the November 2 standings set to decide the 32 places, Natus Vincere sit 19th in Europe, FaZe 11th and paiN well outside the Americas places, HLTV's review shows.
Prize MoneyPUBG prize money in 2026: ranking prizes, special prizes, crowdfunding
How Krafton's PUBG: Battlegrounds events pay in 2026: placement money, MVP and match awards, fan crowdfunding, and the rules that decide who receives what.
TournamentsSwizzY Becomes the First Player to Win Back-to-Back Fortnite Globals
SwizzY and Pixie won the Fortnite Global Championship 2026 in Antwerp, making SwizzY the first player to win the Globals in consecutive years.
National TeamsIESF names Indonesia host of the 2026 World Esports Championship
The International Esports Federation will hold its 2026 World Esports Championship in Indonesia from December 15 to 20; its announcement lists five games and more than 500 athletes.
TournamentsSix Invitational 2027: São Paulo, US$3 million and 20 places
Ubisoft has set the Six Invitational 2027 for February 1 to 14 in São Paulo, with a US$3 million prize pool, 20 teams and tickets on sale from R$40 a day.
Prize MoneyRocket League prize money in 2026: the pools and who funds them
Psyonix pools, a bundle whose net sales go to players and teams, a third-party US$1 million in Paris and a new US$2.5 million Club Championship: how Rocket League money works.