eSports

Image credit: NetEase Games, Virtus.pro Marvel Rivals Ignite Stage 2 in the EMEA region has concluded, crowning Virtus.pro as its champion after several weeks of intense matchups. The organisation takes home the lion’s share of its $250,000 (~£186,000) prize pool, and is one of three EMEA teams to have successfully…

Image credit: Fragadelphia Fnatic has won the Fragadelphia Blocktober Counter-Strike 2 LAN event, defeating 9INE in the Grand Final. As a result of the 3-2 win, the UK-based esports organisation has secured a place at November’s StarLadder Budapest Major. Fnatic’s Road To Victory Fnatic began its Fragadelphia campaign by making…

Image credit: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games VCT Americas team NRG has won VALORANT Champions 2025 by defeating EMEA opponent Fnatic 3-2 in today’s Grand Final. With this result, NRG’s Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold has also become the first player to lift two VALORANT Champions trophies. NRG Remains Undefeated on Corrode NRG Ethan…

Image Credit: Riot Games Lithuanian duelist Dominykas ‘MiniBoo’ Lukaševičius has been given permission to explore opportunities outside Team Heretics for the 2026 VCT season. According to a report by Sheep Esports, the move comes after Heretics crashed out of VALORANT Champions Paris in fifth-sixth place last weekend...Read More

Image credit: Riot Games Riot Games is planning significant format changes for LEC 2026, scrapping the Winter Split in favour of a new 12-team Kickoff Tournament where two ERL squads will reportedly get the chance to compete directly against LEC teams, according to a Sheep Esports report. ...Read More

BETER has announced a deal to supply Entain CEE sportsbooks in Poland and Croatia with its esports betting content. Entain CEE was formed in 2022 after Entain purchased a 75% in Croatian gaming company Super Sport from EMMA Capital. The two companies then transferred their stakes into a joint venture…

After just one day of the Black Ops 7 beta, Call of Duty world champion Seth “Scump” Abner has already proved that he retired way too early, dropping nukes in abundance. Scump, to many, is considered the greatest Call of Duty player of all time. He helped revolutionize gaming and…

Roughly two weeks after Team Falcons lifted the Aegis of Champions at The International 2025 (TI14), developer Valve has unleashed the highly anticipated post-TI gameplay update, unleashing Kez on the esports scene in patch 7.39e. Patch 7.39e boasts a large number of balance changes to both items and heroes. Highlighting…

Image credit: JEG Esports Jordan’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship and JEG Esports have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop esports training programmes in the country. The agreement also includes collaborating to organise local and international esports tournaments. According to a LinkedIn post...Read More

NIP Group has appointed Grant Rousseau, formerly of Team Falcons, as the new Chief Operating Officer of its esports division. Rousseau, a two-time Esports World Cup winner, will oversee operations across NIP’s global rosters, working closely with co-CEOs Hicham Chahine and Mario Ho. His role will span both the competitive…