25.06.2026
NAVI Unveil Updated VALORANT Roster

Esports organization NAVI has announced changes to its VALORANT roster. The information was published on the club's official website. David "Filu" Czarnecki has left the team after representing Natus Vincere since December of last year. He has been replaced by Clément "CyvOph" Millard, who previously played for Vitality and Fnatic. Together with NAVI, Filu finished […]

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25.06.2026
The release of God of War Laufey is expected in the first quarter of 2027

According to Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, the upcoming God of War Laufey could launch in the first quarter of 2027. The insider expects the release to happen around February or March, adding that the game is already “almost finished”. God of War Laufey was revealed in early June during Sony’s State of Play presentation by […]

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25.06.2026
Deltarune Chapter 5 Released and Surpassed 291,000 Players on Steam

Deltarune Chapter 5 is now available, and fans have massively returned to the beloved RPG. At the time of publication, 74,731 players were active in the game through Steam alone. The previous peak concurrent player count was 133,930 during the game’s initial launch on the platform, so the new result shows a major surge of […]

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25.06.2026
Ukrainian Player r1nkle Replaces SunPayus in G2's Roster

Esports organization G2 has announced the signing of Ukrainian AWPer Artem "r1nkle" Moroz. The announcement was made on the club's social media channels. The player joins from Ninjas in Pyjamas, replacing Álvaro "SunPayus" García, who has been moved to the bench. Meanwhile, the Swedish organization Ninjas in Pyjamas has replaced the Ukrainian by signing Martin […]

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25.06.2026
Schedule for the Grand Final and Third-Place Match of Female Pro League S2: Emerald Diva

The Female Pro League Season 2: Emerald Diva, a women's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang esports league, is entering its final stage. Tournament operator ESEL has announced the schedule for the final matchday, which will determine the top three teams and crown the champion of the second season. The matches will be streamed on ESEL's YouTube […]

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25.06.2026
GTA 6 Marketing Campaign Completely Transforms the PlayStation 5 Home Screen

Sony has launched a marketing campaign to celebrate the start of global pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6. The title, promoted as "the biggest and most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series," has received a marketing push of unprecedented scale for the PlayStation platform. Immediately after turning on their PS5 consoles, users are […]

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25.06.2026
Study: Around 400 Million Gen Z Individuals Are Regular Esports Fans

Around 400 million members of Generation Z (20% of this age group) regularly follow esports. These findings come from the large-scale international study, "The Esports Generation: Who They Are & Why They Spend," conducted by ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), Hero Esports, and Niko Partners. The study is based on a survey of 8,000 esports fans […]

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25.06.2026
Streamer IShowSpeed Added as a Playable Character in FIFA's New Official Game

Popular streamer IShowSpeed has been added as a playable character in FIFA Heroes. Players can add the content creator to their team and use his unique abilities during matches. FIFA Heroes is a 5v5 arcade football simulator developed by Solace in partnership with FIFA. The project is aimed at the mobile audience. Matches in the […]

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25.06.2026
Riot Games' Vanguard Anti-Cheat Can Now Be Enabled Only While Playing League of Legends and VALORANT

Riot Games is introducing the Vanguard Pre-Check feature, which allows League of Legends, VALORANT, and 2XKO players to enable the Vanguard anti-cheat only while playing. From now on, the kernel-level driver will no longer launch together with the operating system and will instead run exclusively when launching Riot games. The new feature became possible thanks […]

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25.06.2026
Vitality's CS2 Roster Earned Nearly $3 Million in Prize Money During the First Half of 2026

The CS2 roster of esports organization Vitality earned $2.8 million during the first half of the 2026 season. This amount includes player MVP bonuses, club share payments, and player prize winnings. During the first half of 2026, Vitality won six tournaments. The club also claimed victory in the ESL Grand Slam, which brought in an […]

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25.06.2026
Insider: JT Wants Team Liquid to Sign His Coach from Passion UA as Well

Johnny "JT" Theodosiou, who is expected to become the new captain of Team Liquid's CS2 roster, wants coach Tiaan "T.c" Coertzen to join the team alongside him. The two previously worked together at Passion UA, Complexity, and Extra Salt. This was reported by blogger and insider Sébastien "KRL" Perez. It was previously reported that Passion […]

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25.06.2026
GTA 6 pre-orders are now available in our region on PS5

Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI have officially become available for players in our region on PlayStation 5. More details about the pre-order terms, including cancellation information, can be found in the Sony Entertainment Network Terms of Service and License Agreement. Automatic downloading will begin if the PS5 system has the “Automatic Login” and “Connect […]

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25.06.2026
Rumor: Halo Project Ekur Has Been Turned Into a Large Scale Multiplayer Shooter

The rumored multiplayer Halo project known as Project Ekur has reportedly gone through another major change in direction. According to Rebs Gaming, the game was originally planned as an extraction shooter from Certain Affinity, but those plans have seemingly changed, with the project now becoming a large scale multiplayer shooter similar to Halo’s Big Team […]

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