eSports

Image Credit: Team Vitality French esports organisation Team Vitality has brought back Swedish player Saif ‘Sayf‘ Jibraeel to its VALORANT roster ahead of the VCT EMEA 2025 playoffs. According to Team Vitality, the player will be assuming the role of flex, rather than taking the in-game leader (IGL) position...Read More

Image credit: Sentinels North American esports organisation Sentinels has announced the departure of half of its Marvel Rivals roster following the Ignite Mid Season Finals earlier this month. The players in question include Mark ‘Karova’ Kvashin, Ryan ‘Rymazing’ Bishop and Anthony ‘Supergomez’ Gomez, who have now left five months after…

Image credit: X/HisokaT42 Last weekend, Team Falcons Call of Duty: Warzone player Kasimili ‘Soka‘ Tongamoa threw the first pitch at the Athletics‘ MLB match against the Los Angeles Angels. The World Series of Warzone and Esports World Cup winner was a guest of honour during the match that took place…

Image credit: Stephanie Lindgren, BLAST Tournament organiser BLAST announced over the weekend that Fnatic will replace HEROIC at the upcoming BLAST Open London event. The Norwegian esports organisation is the fourth team to be replaced at the event, which is taking place in England’s capital city this September...Read More

Image credit: EA EA Sports is doubling down on FC Mobile and FC Online esports with the announcement of two back-to-back in-person tournaments: FC Pro Champions Cup and FC Pro Mobile Festival. The competitions will take place from September 9th to 15th at the Jingwu Gymnasium in the Hongkou District...Read…

Rollback netcode has revolutionised online matches in fighting games, but how? / Image credit: Bandai Namco Netcode for games has been around for almost 30 years, but rollback is a relatively new feature. Mainly used in fighting games, rollback netcode can predict what a player may attempt in order to…

News Summoning them up The Summoners War World Arena Championships have finalised qualifiers for the America Cup Homegrown hero Zezas is one of those competing in Sao Paulo this October The top three will qualify for the overall finals in Paris this November For those of you looking for some…

Sports betting solutions provider Betby has added three more sports to its expanding esports portfolio, including eVolleyball, eBoxing, and the world’s first, eKabbadi. Betby announced the new titles on the company’s official blog, which expands the number of sports offered through Betby Games to 22. Kirill Nekrasov, Head of Sportsbook…

BoyleSports has been named the official sponsor of TNT Sports’ Premier League coverage for the 2025/26 season as the firm marks another significant step in its £100m UK expansion plan announced in July. The sponsorship will see BoyleSports branding featured across all non-whistle-to-whistle coverage of the 52 live matches...Read More

Image credit: Passion UA Passion UA has announced it has parted ways with its Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster. The Ukrainian esports organisation recently competed in the closed qualifiers for BLAST Bounty Season 2, where it was eliminated in the round of 32. Volodymyr ‘Woro2k‘ Veletniuk and Oleksii ‘Topa‘ Topchiienko have…