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Rocket League now requires Easy Anti-Cheat for online play on PC
From April 28, 2026, Rocket League on PC runs Easy Anti-Cheat for every online match. Mods stay available offline, and new tools arrive for broadcasts.
EducationCECC May Madness brings its college esports finals to Waco
The Collegiate Esports Commissioner's Cup expects more than 2,000 students in Waco from April 30 to May 3, its first year away from Arlington, with a high school event alongside.
OrganizationsTeam Vitality Enters Fortnite Through a Co-Branding Deal With HavoK
Team Vitality struck a co-branding partnership with the French Fortnite club HavoK, which will compete as Team Havok by Vitality while keeping its own roster.
RostersFaZe name Neityu as stand-in for three events after karrigan exit
FaZe will field the French rifler Neityu, benched by ENCE since March, at BLAST Rivals, IEM Atlanta and Stake Ranked Episode 2. He is a stand-in, not a signing.
RegulationIndia's New Online Gaming Rules Separate Esports From Betting
India's Online Gaming Rules 2026, effective May 1, formally separate esports from real-money gaming and require registration with a new regulator.
RegulationIndia's 2026 gaming rules make esports titles register with a new body
India's IT ministry has notified rules that create the Online Gaming Authority of India from May 1. Every game offered as an esport must register with it.
RevenueLeague of Legends: how Riot's Global Revenue Pool pays the teams
Since 2024, LCK, LCS and LEC teams receive a fixed stipend and a share of a pool of digital esports sales. How the pool is filled, how it is split and what Riot keeps private.
BettingCan esports players bet? The ESIC code's betting rules, explained
What the Esports Integrity Commission's code forbids players, staff and teams to do around betting: their own game, inside information, gifts and approaches.
RostersESL reveals the 32 rosters of the IEM Cologne Major 2026
ESL has published the registered lineups of the 32 teams of the IEM Cologne Major. Three substitutes will play from the start, and BetBoom's five is still open.
National TeamsPUBG Nations Cup 2026 returns to Seoul with a Neutral Team entry
Krafton has set the PUBG Nations Cup for June 23 to 28 in Seoul. Kazakhstan and Ukraine make their debut, Finland returns, and one of the 24 places goes to a Neutral Team.
IntegrityESIC Hands Former OG Player Taiga a Lifetime Match-Fixing Ban
The Esports Integrity Commission banned retired Dota 2 player Tommy 'Taiga' Le for life after he declined to cooperate with a match-fixing investigation.
AcademiesTeam Vitality open a Counter-Strike academy with the Project H five
Team Vitality presented Vitality Academy on April 22: five players aged 16 to 19 who had played together as Project H, a coach and a team manager from the main team's past.
IntegrityESIC issues a lifetime ban after an on-stage assault at a German LAN
ESIC banned German player MAUschine for life on April 21 after an assault on stage at the CAGGTUS Leipzig LAN party. He had already been banned for 10 years from DACH CS Masters and Fragster.
TransfersFalcons sign karrigan from FaZe and bench kyxsan before the Major
Falcons confirmed karrigan as in-game leader on April 20, minutes after benching kyxsan. The move reshapes a top-five team six weeks before the Cologne Major.
OrganizationsWho runs the 12 Call of Duty League teams in 2026, and under what name
Five teams changed name or city for 2026, and the company that holds a place is not always the one that runs the team: the league's owners and operators, team by team.
SalariesWhy the Call of Duty League cannot cap or tax what teams pay players
A 2023 federal court judgment bars Activision from capping player pay in its leagues or fining teams that spend too much. What the case said, and what the decree allows.
RostersMOUZ bench Brollan and Jimpphat and hand the calling to xertioN
MOUZ moved Brollan and Jimpphat to the bench on April 18, promoted xelex and made xertioN in-game leader. Major rules bring Brollan back for Cologne.
CreatorsCS2 talent lists for PGL Bucharest, IEM Rio and BLAST Rivals 2026
Three spring Counter-Strike 2 events named their broadcast teams. Who hosts, who analyzes, who commentates, and which voices work for more than one organizer.
CoachesFaZe name enkay J head coach after missing the Cologne Major
FaZe have filled the head coach seat left open in March with enkay J, formerly of ENCE. He takes over a team that will sit out a Major for the first time since 2016.
IntegrityHow an ESIC case works: from provisional suspension to appeal
A step-by-step guide to the Esports Integrity Commission's procedure: the duty to cooperate, provisional suspension, the charge, the hearing, the sanction ranges and the appeal.