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Image credit: Valve via Flickr The International 2025 event in Hamburg, Germany, has become the third most popular Dota 2 event in the tournament’s history, according to data analytics platform Esports Charts. Running from September 4th to 14th, the 14th annual edition of the flagship event saw the top 16…

Image credit: Michal Konkol, BLAST Lynn Vision Gaming and Team Liquid have become the first teams eliminated from FISSURE Playground 2. The esports organisations failed to win three matches during the Counter-Strike 2 event’s Swiss stage. Lynn Vision Gaming Crashes Out Ranked 13th in September’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS...Read More

Image credit: TALON Esports TALON Esports has renewed its partnership with multinational financial technology corporation Visa. The extension will see the corporation support all of the Southeast Asian esports organisations’ rosters after previously focusing on its Arena of Valor and Dota 2 teams for the past year...Read More

Image credit: Sophie Skittle, BLAST 2025 marked a significant shift in how the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) plays a role within the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports ecosystem. Following the announcement earlier this year that tournament organiser StarLadder will host the next Major, Valve cancelled the Major Regional Qualifiers (MRQs) for…

Image credit: Colin Young Wolff/Riot Games The opening day of VALORANT Champions 2025 saw Pacific powerhouse Paper Rex and EMEA’s dark horse GIANTX win their first Group Stage matches. Meanwhile, fellow Group A participants XLG Esports and Sentinels have entered the lower bracket, one loss away from early elimination...Read More

Image Credit: ECSTATIC ECSTATIC has secured a new partnership with online gambling blocking application Gamban as it looks to highlight the onslaught of gambling sponsorships in esports. In an official release, the Danish esports organisation has called this new sponsorship ‘groundbreaking’ and envisages that the Counter-Strike 2 deal will ‘support…

Image credit: 1xBet Betting company 1xBet has become the main sponsor of Argentinian esports organisation 9z Team. According to a release, the two-year deal will see the bookmaker collaborate with the organisation to assist with the development of Counter-Strike esports in Argentina. 1xBet will offer Argentinian teams opportunities to ‘boost…

Image credit: BLAST, Ubisoft, PAX BLAST has revealed that the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege X (R6) APL Major Qualifier will take place at the PAX Melbourne 2025 gaming festival. The qualifier will see eight of the best APL Stage 2 teams go head-to-head, hoping to secure one of four spots…

Riot Games has unleashed the Global Power Rankings (GPR) for all 48 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) International League teams, with G2 Esports the top-ranked team. The Champions Paris event, running from September 12 to October 5, will have a considerable impact on the GPR, with daily updates based on all…

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