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How 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.
CareersProfile: OG's Topson on Returning Home After a Brief Retirement
A career guide to Topson's run to two championships with OG, his retirement in 2024, and the path that brought him back to the team in 2026.
TournamentsWhat PUBG Mobile Joining the Esports Nations Cup Means for Mobile Esports
PUBG Mobile became the 16th confirmed title at the inaugural Esports Nations Cup, a country-versus-country event now pushed back to November 2027.
CareersTracing JerAx's Career From OG's Titles to Evil Geniuses
A look back at Jesse 'JerAx' Vainikka's run through Dota 2, from early Finnish teams to two International titles and a short return with Evil Geniuses.
TournamentsInside VALORANT Champions 2026's Move to Shanghai
VALORANT's 2026 world championship is being played in China for the first time. Here is what the venue, format and regional makeup actually look like.
TournamentsTeam Vitality Beat 100 Thieves 3-1 to Reach Valorant Champions Grand Final
Team Vitality beat 100 Thieves 3-1 in the lower bracket final to set up a Valorant Champions 2026 grand final rematch against LOUD on October 18 in Shanghai.
CareersWhy Veteran Players Dominate Fighting-Game Esports Longer
An explainer on why fighting-game competitors keep winning deep into their thirties and forties, while most team-based esports careers end much earlier.
TechnologyHLTV Launches a Closed Beta of Its Own AI Stats Assistant
HLTV has opened a closed beta of HLTV Brain, an AI assistant built only on its own match and player data, promising answers its filters cannot give.
TournamentsTeam Vitality Sets Up a Third Meeting With LOUD in Champions 2026's Final
Team Vitality beat 100 Thieves to reach the Valorant Champions 2026 grand final, where it will face LOUD for the third time at the Shanghai event.
IntegrityESIC Hands NOMERCY's 2xplayN a Lifetime Ban in Counter-Strike 2
ESIC replaced the three-year exclusion of NOMERCY's 2xplayN with a lifetime ban, citing public posts made while he was suspended. Here is what the ruling says.
IntegrityESIC Bans Five NOMERCY Players Over Roman Imperium Cup Matches
The Esports Integrity Commission published bans of up to a lifetime for five NOMERCY players over four Counter-Strike 2 matches in March, then made a second player's ban permanent.
TournamentsLOUD 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.
TransfersNRG Sign Sweetdreams and His SSS Trio Before the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs
NRG has signed Sweetdreams, slayr and sacred as a complete trio ahead of the Apex Legends Global Series Split 2 Playoffs in Las Vegas.
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.
Media RightsLCS Summer 2026 draws its biggest audience in four years
The LCS Summer 2026 grand final peaked at 279,217 viewers, the league's best since 2022, as Team Liquid beat LYON 3-1 near Atlanta; the count comes from Esports Charts' October update.
Media RightsT1 and ONIC led the esports audiences of the third quarter
Esports Charts' quarterly rankings put T1 first among PC esports teams at 57.6 million hours watched and ONIC first on mobile, with the MLBB Mid Season Cup the quarter's most-watched tournament.
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.