Esports teams G2 Esports and Karmine Corp have secured their participation in the Worlds 2026 World Championship. By claiming victories in the upper bracket of the playoffs at the Madrid Arena, both rosters guaranteed a top-3 finish. These two teams currently pose the biggest threat to Asian squads, boasting win streaks against LCK and LPL […]

From September 4 to 6, Porto hosted the deciding matches of the BLAST Open Fall 2026 Counter-Strike 2 tournament. Team Spirit emerged victorious, defeating MOUZ 3:1 in a Best-of-5 grand final. For first place, Spirit earned $250,000, while runners-up MOUZ took home $160,000. Playoff Progression and Key Matches The single-elimination bracket consisted of five matches […]

VCT 2026 enters the home stretch. Stage 2 has determined the final regional league champions, and now the entire VALORANT scene's attention shifts to the main event of the year — Champions Shanghai. Two teams wrapped up Stage 2 with championship titles — 100 Thieves in Americas and Global Esports in Pacific. In the VCT […]

MOUZ fell to Spirit with a 1-3 scoreline in the BLAST Open Porto grand final. Although the team's game plan looked solid throughout most of the series, Spirit demonstrated superior individual skill. Following the match, MOUZ player xertioN commented on the reasons behind the loss, the struggles on Dust II, and the decisions made during […]

We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 6, 2026, for Players readers. Team Falcons Announces Closure of Dota 2 Division and Roster Disbandment Saudi esports organization Team Falcons announced on its official X account the complete cessation of operations in the Dota 2 discipline and the disbandment of its main roster. […]

The Saudi esports organization Team Falcons has announced on its official X page the complete cessation of its activities in the Dota 2 discipline and the disbandment of its main roster. The division had been operating since November 2023, successfully establishing itself among the leaders of the professional scene. The team's most significant achievement was […]

Journalists attending Gamescom 2026 got their first chance to spend around an hour with Exodus, the new sci-fi action RPG from Archetype Entertainment. The studio was founded by BioWare veterans, making comparisons to Mass Effect inevitable. However, early impressions suggest the game is not simply copying the familiar formula, but is trying to build on […]

According to Alinea Analytics, Steam’s gross revenue reached $15 billion between January and August 2026. That is roughly 15% more than during the same period in 2025 and already surpasses the platform’s total for all of 2023. New 2026 releases accounted for just $2.4 billion, or 15.9% of Steam’s total revenue so far. The rest […]

MOUZ continued their successful start to the season, defeating Vitality 2:0 at BLAST Open Porto and securing a spot in the grand final. This victory marks only the second such triumph for MOUZ since IEM Chengdu 2025, dispelling the notion of their inability to beat this opponent. In the final, MOUZ will face Spirit, who […]

In the Pacific region, the playoffs of VALORANT Champions Tour 2026 (VCT 2026) Pacific Stage 2, running from August 26 to September 6, are drawing to a close. The final matches are taking place at an arena in Busan, South Korea, where the region's top eight teams are competing for a $250,000 prize pool and […]

On September 6, 2011, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was released in North America — a game by Canadian studio Relic Entertainment and publisher THQ that became one of the most notable experiments in video games under the Warhammer 40,000 license. Unlike Dawn of War, with which Relic was already firmly associated, this time the developers […]

The BLAST Open Porto 2026 semifinals have concluded without a third map: Spirit defeated Falcons 2–0, while MOUZ secured the same result against Vitality. Now, on September 6, the grand final will bring together two teams that have already faced each other for a trophy very recently. For Spirit, this will be their third consecutive […]

Eetu "sAw" Saha, head coach of the G2 Esports CS2 roster, summarized the team's performance at the BLAST Open Porto 2026 tournament. In the quarterfinals, the squad lost to Team Falcons with a score of 0:2, finishing the competition in 5th–6th place and earning $75,000 in prize money. Despite the crushing defeat in the final […]