We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 21, 2026, for Players readers.
Team Falcons Claim the World Champion Title: RLCS 2026 World Championship Results
The S-Tier Rocket League tournament — the RLCS 2026 World Championship, organized by Epic Games and BLAST — has concluded at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, USA. The 3v3 offline event took place from September 15 to 20, 2026, featuring a total prize pool of $1,200,000 USD.
StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026: Aurora's Sensation, Vitality's Triumph, and NAVI's Failure
StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 has concluded in Barcelona—a four-day LAN tournament with a $500,000 prize pool. Eight teams played for the title in a Double Elimination format, and Vitality and Aurora met in the final.
G2 Esports Are the LEC 2026 Summer Champions: Tournament Results
On September 20, 2026, the S-Tier League of Legends esports tournament, LEC 2026 Summer, organized by Riot Games, concluded. The competition was held offline in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Nice. Ten teams participated in the tournament, with matches played on patches 26.14 through 26.17.
Civilization V — How Firaxis Reimagined Grand Strategy
On September 21, 2010, Sid Meier’s Civilization V, the fifth main installment in the famous series of turn-based strategies from Firaxis Games, was released on PC. The game offered players the chance to once again take control of one of the world's civilizations, lead it on a path from antiquity to modern times, develop cities, research technologies, conduct diplomacy, and wage war with other states. But this time, Firaxis decided to significantly change the series' familiar formula.
The Witcher universe will get a new novel about Geralt in 2027
The Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski has confirmed that he is working on a new novel set in the franchise's universe. The author plans to finish the book by the end of 2027. That is a relatively fast pace for Sapkowski, especially considering that his previous book, Crossroads of Ravens, was released only in 2024. It tells the story of Geralt's early adventures after he completed his training at the School of the Wolf.