Ecosystem
The companies, rules and places the scene depends on.
ESIC bans nifee for four years over ESL Pro League match manipulation
The Esports Integrity Commission ruled on April 1 that nifee contrived in-game incidents for betting at ESL Pro League Season 22. He is ineligible until October 20, 2029.
PublishersHow the Apex Legends Global Series works in Year 6
From the Online Open to the Championship in Sapporo: the leagues, the three LAN events, Championship Points and the roster rules Electronic Arts set for ALGS Year 6.
RegulationThe P-1A visa for esports players: what a US petition requires
Foreign players who come to compete in the United States can be petitioned for as P-1A athletes. What USCIS asks of a petition, from recognition to evidence, length of stay and trades.
PublishersSupercell Launches Brawl Stars Challengers as New Pro Pathway
Supercell introduced Brawl Stars Challengers, a regional tournament pathway feeding into the BSC 2026 Last Chance Qualifier, with finals set for Istanbul.
PublishersKrafton sets PUBG: Battlegrounds seeds for the Esports World Cup and PGC
Krafton has fixed how 24 Esports World Cup places and 32 PUBG Global Championship places are filled in 2026, region by region, and doubled the points of the late circuits.
RegulationRiot pauses under-18 accounts in Brazil as the ECA Digital takes effect
Riot Games is rating League of Legends and four other games 18 in Brazil for now. Adults verify their age from March 16; under-18 players lose access on March 18.
PublishersHow PUBG's Global Partner Teams and the 2026 PGS circuit work
Who holds the 24 places of a PUBG Global Series event, what a partner place gives a team, and how a three-week circuit turns results into points for the world championship.
TechnologyBLAST Premier's 2026 CS2 stations: 610Hz monitors and RTX 5090 PCs
ASUS says its ROG brand will supply the monitors, PCs, keyboards and mice of all six BLAST Premier Counter-Strike 2 events in 2026, after three events at the end of 2025.
VenuesKeSPA opens bids from Korean cities for the Worlds 2027 playoffs
Korean cities can now bid for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final of the 2027 League of Legends World Championship, with arena sizes and dates set.
RegulationGermany makes esports a charitable purpose: what clubs gain in 2026
Since January 1, 2026, Germany's Fiscal Code counts esports as sport for charitable status. How the rule was written, how esports is defined, and what it changes for clubs.
IntegrityValve's conflict-of-interest rules for CS2 teams and organizers
How Valve's Counter-Strike 2 rules keep the people who run tournaments apart from the teams that play them: business ties, shared owners, payments, sponsors and disclosure.
PublishersUbisoft opens R6 Europe MENA Challenger Circuit to partner events
Ubisoft has replaced its second-tier European Rainbow Six circuit with the EML Challenger Circuit: €75,000, three tournaments and points for licensed partner events.
PublishersKrafton names 16 PUBG: Battlegrounds Regional Partner Teams for 2026
Eight teams in each region receive a direct invite to the Playoffs of the PUBG EMEA Championship and the PUBG Americas Series in 2026, past the open Scrims and Cups.
RegulationKorean bill seeks longer tax relief for regional esports events
A South Korean lawmaker introduced an amendment on February 19 to extend tax benefits for regional esports events. The 10% credit ends on December 31, 2026.
PublishersUbisoft and BLAST extend Rainbow Six esports deal through 2028/29
Ubisoft keeps BLAST as the operator of Rainbow Six Siege esports for three more seasons, names Salt Lake City, Japan and Brazil as hosts and adds China as a fifth region.
PublishersPUBG Mobile names a new esports director and reworks PMGC qualification
Oliver Ye takes over PUBG Mobile global esports as the 2026 plan takes shape: a Global Open in Indonesia, a 38-team world final in Turkey, and points from two event types only.
IntegrityValve bars BC.Game from BC Game Masters over conflict of interest
BC.Game will not play BC Game Masters, a ranked LAN in Bucharest. Valve told HLTV it treats a team's title sponsor and its owner alike, and neither may sponsor the event.
PublishersCONMEBOL eLibertadores 26 offers two FC Pro World Championship seats
CONMEBOL and EA Sports set eLibertadores 26: online qualifiers on February 21 and 22, Finals in Sao Paulo on May 2 and 3, over US$100,000 and two World Championship seats.
TechnologyFortnite tournaments to require Secure Boot, TPM and IOMMU on PC
From February 19, every Fortnite tournament asks PC players to enable three security features, a year after Epic Games first applied the rule to its Account Level 350 events.