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French esports organisation Team Vitality has announced that it has signed former AEGIS player and 2024 French chess champion Jules Moussard. He will join Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who has renewed his contract, to represent Team Vitality in upcoming Chess tournaments in 2026. Grandmaster Jules…
Norwegian esports organisation Metizport has announced a major partnership with tech giant Samsung. Samsung has become the official monitor and memory partner of Metizport’s Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) team for 2026. As a result of the collaboration, Metizport’s CS2 training facilities will be equipped…
HEROIC have secured a place in Stage 2 of ESL Pro League Season 23 after stunning Parivision in the fifth round of Stage 1. The Norwegian organisation swept aside the BLAST Bounty Season 1 winners 2-0 to advance to the next phase of online matches. HEROIC headed into the best-of-three with nothing…
Riot Games has unveiled the opening brackets and match schedule for the VALORANT Masters Santiago Playoffs. A live draw was held after the conclusion of the Swiss Stage, with the regional first seeds getting the opportunity to select their opponents. To decide the matchups, all Swiss Stage teams…
Reigning VALORANT Champion NRG and fellow Americas team G2 Esports have secured the final Playoffs slots at VALORANT Masters Santiago. As a result, their respective Swiss Stage opponents, Team Liquid (EMEA) and T1 (Pacific), have been eliminated from the first global VCT event of the year. NRG…
Esports tournament organiser ESL FACEIT Group has been appointed as the operator of the 2026 eMLS Cup, an EA Sports FC tournament hosted by Major League Soccer (MLS). The tournament will feature all 30 MLS clubs, each fielding a player who will compete in a Swiss stage from March 7th to 8th. Of the…
VALORANT Champions 2024 winner EDward Gaming and fellow VCT China representative Xi Lai Gaming have been eliminated from VALORANT Masters Santiago. The two Chinese teams lost their respective Swiss Stage matches against Pacific’s T1 and Americas team G2 Esports, which remain in the running for the…
German esports organisation BIG (Berlin International Gaming) has revealed that it is working on a female Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) initiative called Project Breach in collaboration with GreenMedical. The announcement was made through a three-minute reveal trailer on social media, promising to reveal…
UK-based gaming and esports event Insomnia Gaming Festival has announced the cancellation of its Insomnia 74 (i74) event. The event was scheduled to take place from April 30th to May 3rd at the Staffordshire County Showground, with a variety of esports tournaments announced alongside gaming…
Swedish esports organisation Alliance has announced that Jan ‘akku‘ Schneeberger has joined its Apex Legends roster. He will compete alongside in-game leader John ‘Hakis‘ Håkansson and Andre ‘Unlucky‘ Türk, representing Alliance in Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Year 6. Akku is a seasoned…
The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Lock-In tournament recorded an increase in peak viewership compared to last year, reaching 184,969 viewers during the grand final between Cloud9 and LYON. According to Esports Charts, average viewership stayed similar, with both splits stopping the…
Team Vitality has topped the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) for March 2026 following its strong start to the Counter-Strike 2 season. The French esports organisation won IEM Krakow 2026 and PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 to return to the top of the global standings for the first time since August 2025…
VCT Pacific’s Paper Rex and EMEA team Gentle Mates have qualified for the VALORANT Masters Santiago Playoffs thanks to their undefeated Swiss Stage runs. As a result, their opponents, Americas representative NRG and EMEA’s Team Liquid, must survive another round of Swiss Stage matches to secure one…
Team Falcons has announced the departure of its Fortnite player Aleksy ‘Japko’ Jablonsk, bringing the Polish player’s two-year stint with the Saudi Arabian esports organisation to an end. The decision has raised questions, especially because Japko just qualified for Reload Elite Series 2026…
Danish esports organisation Astralis has announced a new partnership with online casino and sportsbook platform Stake. The collaboration sees Stake become the organisation’s official betting partner, bringing fan activations, digital campaigns, and content to Astralis’ platforms. According to the…
Mexican esports organisation LYON pulled off an impressive lower bracket run to become the 2026 LCS Lock-In champions. After finishing only fifth at the end of the regular season, LYON took down all of the top teams, with jungler Kacper ‘Inspired‘ Słoma becoming the Finals MVP. As a result, it will…
FOKUS and Imperial Esports are among the four regional teams that have qualified for PGL Bucharest 2026. For FOKUS, the tournament is the German esports organisation’s first Tier 1 tournament since entering Counter-Strike esports in February 2026. FOKUS Topples Notable Names FOKUS successfully…
Tundra Esports has won Dota 2’s DreamLeague Season 28 after defeating Aurora Gaming 3-1 in the Grand Finals. With that, the London-based organisation has secured the lion’s share of the tournament’s $1m (~£747,000) prize pool. Tundra Esports was one of 16 teams competing in DreamLeague Season 28…
G2 Esports has won the LEC Versus Final after a thrilling five-game series against Karmine Corp in front of a live audience in Barcelona, As a result of securing another domestic title, G2 Esports has also earned a place at First Stand 2026 in Brazil. After an uneven regular season, G2 found its…
Riot Games has revealed that it made a mistake during the live draw for the second Swiss stage matches of VALORANT Masters Santiago that are set to commence today (February 2nd). During yesterday’s live broadcast, a team was placed in the wrong position, resulting in the incorrect placement of the…
