Riot Games has finalized the number of partner organizations in the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) esports ecosystem for the next two seasons. According to sources cited by Sheep Esports, the new two-year cycle will see the number of partners in each region reduced from ten to eight.
The First Court for Children and Youth of Brazil’s Federal District has ordered leading technology companies and video game developers to pay a joint fine of 298 million Brazilian reais (approximately $58.4 million).
The Sports Fairness Committee of the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) has imposed disciplinary sanctions on professional League of Legends player Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk. Due to the public controversy surrounding his tax-related issues, the player was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and fined 20 million South Korean won (approximately €11,000).
Ukrainian studio GSC Game World continues to keep most details of the Cost of Hope story expansion for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl under wraps. So far, it is known that the DLC will take players back to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Red Forest, while Skif will have to balance between the interests of the Freedom and Duty factions.
