25.01.2026
MLBB National Teams Tournament Announced for Esports Nations Cup 2026

Ahead of the M7 World Championship Grand Final, representatives of Moonton Studios announced the organization of a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) tournament as part of the Esports Nations Cup 2026. This marks the first officially confirmed discipline for ENC 2026. The debut competition between national teams will take place from November 23 to 29, […]

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25.01.2026
Aurora Gaming PH Crowned M7 World Championship Champions

The M7 World Championship for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Philippine roster Aurora Gaming emerged victorious at the tournament. In the grand final, Aurora PH defeated Indonesia’s Alter Ego with a dominant 4–0 scoreline. All games were played under complete control of the Philippine team. The tournament victory earned Aurora […]

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25.01.2026
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora offers a free five-hour trial

Ubisoft has launched a limited-time trial for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Players can try the game for free for up to five hours until January 26. The trial grants access to the base version of the game along with all previously released free updates. At the moment, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora holds mostly positive reviews […]

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25.01.2026
NAVI to Organize a Fan Section at IEM Kraków 2026

NAVI have announced that they are organizing their own fan section at IEM Kraków 2026. The initiative specifically concerns the playoff stage, which will take place at the TAURON Arena. Fans who wish to join the fan section need to fill out a dedicated Google form. The club also plans to organize a fan section […]

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25.01.2026
Streams Charts publish ranking of the most popular video game publishers of 2025 by watch time

2025 became another extremely active year for video game publishers. Companies not only regularly released updates, patches, and new titles, but also continued to invest heavily in esports by organizing some of the world’s biggest tournaments. According to Streams Charts, audiences spent millions of hours watching gaming content across livestreaming platforms throughout the year. TikTok […]

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25.01.2026
Valve Begins Actively Optimizing CS2: Noticeable Improvements to the Source 2 Engine

Following the latest CS2 update, it has become clear that Valve has seriously turned its attention to optimizing the game. Most of the improvements are not minor tweaks, but deep changes within the Source 2 engine — many of them originating from work done during the development of Deadlock. An analysis of recent DLL changes […]

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25.01.2026
Fortnite adds a limited-time mode inspired by Fall Guys

Fortnite has introduced a limited-time mode called Fall Guys Crown Jam, featuring a 3v3 format. The main objective for players is to score slam dunks on the opponent’s side of the arena, combining football-like gameplay with the chaotic obstacle-course elements typical of Fall Guys. A ranked mode will also be available for Fall Guys Crown […]

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25.01.2026
Vitality and FURIA eliminated from BLAST Bounty, large-scale Overwatch event announced — news digest for January 24

The Players team has prepared a digest of the main news for January 24, 2026. 2XKO announces its esports calendar for 2026 NAF to miss IEM Kraków, Krimbo to replace him Overwatch 2 taken over by the Talon organization — large-scale event announced s1mple — the most popular CS2 player on Liquipedia in 2025 Vitality […]

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25.01.2026
NAF will miss IEM Kraków and will be replaced by Krimbo

Team Liquid have announced that Keith “NAF” Markovic will be unable to compete at IEM Kraków 2026 in CS2. The player will miss the tournament due to “urgent family matters.” “Due to urgent family circumstances, NAF will not be able to attend IEM Kraków. We fully support him and his family during this time and […]

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24.01.2026
GTA RDR Max Payne and other Rockstar Games hits are available on Steam with major discounts

To make the wait for GTA VI a bit easier, Rockstar Games has launched a large scale sale on Steam. Until February 5 players can grab some of the studio’s most iconic games with discounts of up to 80 percent. The following titles are available at reduced prices as part of the promotion: As a […]

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24.01.2026
FURIA are eliminated from BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1, PARIVISION to face Falcons in the final

FURIA have concluded their run at BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 after a defeat against PARIVISION. The team led by Gabriel FalleN Toledo lost the best-of-three series and was eliminated from the tournament, while Jame’s squad advanced to the grand final, where they will face Falcons in a Bo5 showdown. The series kicked off on […]

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24.01.2026
Falcons knock out Vitality and reach the BLAST Bounty 2026 grand final

Falcons have advanced to the grand final of BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 after defeating Vitality 2–1. The team delivered a confident performance despite playing with a stand-in, Matej “NucleonZ” Trajkoski, who became one of the key figures of the series. On Inferno, Falcons capitalized on Vitality’s mistakes in crucial moments and closed the map […]

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24.01.2026
ARC Raiders developers reveal update roadmap through May 2026

Embark Studios has unveiled a new development roadmap for ARC Raiders covering the first months of 2026. The upcoming phase, titled «Escalation», will introduce monthly updates featuring revamped locations, new enemy types, and additional map conditions. January will bring the Headwinds update. It introduces a separate matchmaking pool for players level 40 and above to […]

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