We have prepared a digest of the main news for Players readers for March 15, 2026.
NaVi became ESL Pro League Season 23 champions
- The long-awaited victory has finally arrived. Born to Win, who had ironically gone a long time without trophies, managed to win their first big tournament together with Makazze. Their previous victory was back at IEM Rio 2024.
NS RedForce, which almost left the VCT last year, won VALORANT Masters Santiago 2026
- Nongshim RedForce defeated Paper Rex in the grand final of VALORANT Masters Santiago 2026. The decisive match ended 3:0 (13:11 on Corrode, 13:4 on Split, and 13:3 on Abyss).
Riot Games introduced Miks — a new VALORANT agent
- Riot Games announced the 30th VALORANT agent — Miks, a Controller from Croatia. His gameplay is fully built around sound manipulation, rhythm, and team synergy.
The Ukrainian CS2 Championship is officially over
- Team Okura became the winner of the first stage of the Ukrainian Counter-Strike 2 Championship organized by UESF. In the grand final, the team showed consistent performance and confidently secured first place, winning the main prize of 50,000 UAH. Second place went to Inner Circle Academy, which received 30,000 UAH, while Sicarios and B8 Academy shared 3rd–4th place, earning 10,000 UAH each.
Capcom Cup 12 finished: Sahara won the title and $1 million
- The winner of the tournament was Japanese player Sahara, representing GOOD8 SQUAD. In the grand final, he defeated French esports player Kilzyou with a score of 5:1.
Analysts: PC gaming revenue will surpass console revenue by 2028
- According to the latest report by analytics company Newzoo, by 2028 revenue from the PC gaming market will exceed revenue from gaming consoles. This is expected to happen due to the higher growth rate of the PC segment compared to the console segment.