Genshin Impact - six years of journey through Teyvat, Kojima’s Physint Was Reportedly Valued at Over $400 Million, Esports Leaves Asian Games Program — News Digest for September 28

We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 28, 2026, for Players readers.

Ten Ukrainians at BLAST SLAM VIII: Everything About the Main Dota 2 Tournament of October

A large-scale Dota 2 tournament, BLAST SLAM VIII, kicks off tomorrow, with matches running from September 29 to October 11. The event is organized by the tournament operator BLAST. The total prize pool for the tournament is $750,000, with the winner taking home the main prize of $270,000. The decisive playoff matches will take place at the BLAST Arena Studios venue in Malta.

Genshin Impact — six years of journey through Teyvat: the story of the game that changed the open-world RPG genre

On September 28, 2020, the global release of Genshin Impact took place — a large-scale open-world action RPG from the Chinese studio miHoYo, now known as HoYoverse. Today, the game celebrates its sixth anniversary, and its release became one of the most notable events in the history of modern mobile and cross-platform games.

Kojima’s Physint Was Reportedly Valued at Over $400 Million, but Xbox Paid Significantly Less

Christopher Dring of The Game Business previously claimed that Hideo Kojima's Physint had a budget of around $400 million. However, he later clarified his comments, while other sources disputed that Xbox had committed such an amount to the project.

ONIC — The Yellow Hedgehogs That Left Their Mark on Mobile Legends

In Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, there are organizations that simply win tournaments, and there are teams that become part of the game's history itself. ONIC Esports belongs to the second category. Over the years, the organization has built one of the most recognizable esports systems in Southeast Asia, created legendary rosters in Indonesia and the Philippines, developed world-class stars, and repeatedly found itself at the center of some of the most important events in MLBB history.

Esports Leaves Asian Games Program for its Own Tournament in 2027

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has decided to exclude esports from the Asian Games program following the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 games. Instead, the organization is launching a separate Asian Esports and Mind Sports Games.