28.02.2026
Alan Wake Remastered receives an update with HDR support and up to 240 FPS

Remedy Entertainment has released update 1.33 for Alan Wake Remastered on the Epic Games Store. The patch focuses on technical improvements, as the developers reworked visual effects, made gameplay adjustments, and optimized the user interface. One of the standout additions is implemented HDR support alongside an increased frame rate cap. The game can now run […]

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27.02.2026
Playoff Teams Determined for DreamLeague Season 28

The second group stage of DreamLeague Season 28 in Dota 2 has concluded, determining the four teams that will compete for the championship title. The biggest sensation of the stage was Team Liquid, who finished the group stage with a flawless 7–0 match record. The second spot was secured by Tundra Esports. By placing in […]

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27.02.2026
BC.Game became the most popular team at IEM Krakow 2026

ESL updated the ranking of its ESL Annual Club Incentive program, which determines the most popular teams of the season based on the average viewership of their matches. This ranking is part of the support system within the ESL Pro Tour, where not only competitive results matter but also a club’s ability to attract an […]

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27.02.2026
Interview with the CEO of Esports Charts: The Future of Ukrainian Streaming, the “Lebiga Effect,” and the Path to Million-Scale Reach

Players conducted an interview with Artyom Odintsov, who is the CEO of AWERTI, a company that объединяє провідні аналітичні платформи Streams Charts and Esports Charts. In the interview, we discussed the development of live streaming in Ukraine, the “Lebiga effect,” the competition between official studios and co-streamers, Stream Awards 2025, and the prospects for the […]

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27.02.2026
Serhii Hryhorovych Announces New Sci-Fi Project S.T.R.A.N.G.E.R.

The founder of the legendary Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, Serhii Hryhorovych, is returning to the gaming industry with a new ambitious science fiction project titled S.T.R.A.N.G.E.R. He shared the news in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine. The new project, S.T.R.A.N.G.E.R. Bermuda SOS, will take players into a world that has survived a global nuclear catastrophe. […]

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27.02.2026
New tournament for Eastern Europe — LORGAR Rankings CS2

At the initiative of LORGAR, and in cooperation with StarLadder, a new Eastern European tournament, LORGAR Rankings, has been announced. Naturally, Russia and Belarus are not among the eligible countries. The foundation of the tournament will be open online qualifiers on FACEIT, available to teams from Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic states, the Balkans, and other […]

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27.02.2026
Rockstar Games Plants Fake Leaks About GTA 6 to Identify Insiders

Rockstar Games is reportedly taking radical measures to prevent information leaks about GTA 6. Sources claim the company is deliberately spreading false information both internally and externally in order to identify potential leakers and protect its investments. According to TechSpot, Rockstar employees have been instructed to maintain complete silence regarding the game’s development. Combined with […]

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27.02.2026
Member of Parliament Proposes Banning Roblox in Ukraine

Member of Parliament from the Servant of the People party, Vladlen Nekliudov, during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada, proposed banning children’s access to Roblox in Ukraine. He stated that the platform fosters hatred and gaming addiction among children. “This is a gaming platform popular among younger children and teenagers which, unfortunately, contains a number […]

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27.02.2026
NAVI have earned the most money of all CS clubs of all time.

Esports Charts has published an updated ranking of the most successful teams in Counter-Strike based on total prize earnings throughout history (including CS 1.6, CS:GO and CS2). The Ukrainian team Natus Vincere confidently holds first place with an incredible $12.24 million — that’s $1.5–2 million more than the second spot. Vitality, which recently surpassed the […]

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27.02.2026
Netflix Exits Bidding War for Warner Bros. Discovery — Paramount Skydance Victory Virtually Assured

The battle to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has come to an end. Netflix has officially announced its withdrawal from the bidding process. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters issued a joint statement explaining that attempting to outbid the latest offer from Paramount Skydance would have made the deal financially unattractive for the streaming giant. […]

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27.02.2026
Team Liquid have become the first team to secure a playoff spot at DreamLeague Season 28

Team Liquid became the first team to secure a spot in the playoffs of DreamLeague Season 28. The squad currently holds a perfect record of six wins in six matches. Ahead of the final day of Group Stage 2, MOUZ and PV have lost their chances of advancing further in the tournament. Both teams sit […]

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27.02.2026
The release of Resident Evil Requiem has set an all-time series record for peak concurrent players on Steam.

UPDATED at 17:40: a new peak concurrent player count of 320,056 players has been recorded. The new installment in Capcom’s iconic franchise, the action-horror Resident Evil Requiem, has officially become the most successful launch in the series’ history on the Steam platform. According to data from SteamDB, the game reached an impressive peak of 267,509 […]

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27.02.2026
PlayStation May Abandon Releasing Major Single-Player Games on PC

Over the past few years, many exclusives for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 have made their way to PC. However, well-known gaming journalist Jason Schreier reports that Sony may change its strategy. The company may release only live service titles on PC, while traditional story-driven adventures remain console exclusives. “I think their strategy right now […]

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