The main Hearthstone tournament of the year, the World Championship 2026, has concluded at the BlizzCon 2026 festival. Chinese player OTGxhh emerged as the champion. In the decisive grand final, he faced his compatriot and defending world champion XiaoT, confidently defeating him with a score of 3:1. It is worth noting that Ukrainian players Incurro […]
Three years after debuting with the track "PARANOIA," the League of Legends virtual boy band HEARTSTEEL returns to the stage. Riot Games announced the release of the new single "Live My Life" and an official music video, which will take place on Friday, September 18, at 7:00 PM Kyiv time (18:00 CEST / 9:00 PT). […]
On September 15, 2009, Electronic Arts released Need for Speed: Shift — the thirteenth entry in the legendary racing series. At that point, the franchise was already going through a period of active experimentation, but Shift became perhaps one of the most radical ones. Instead of night streets, tuning, police chases, and story-driven crime plots, […]
Ukrainian esports player Cairne gave a comprehensive interview in which he openly shared details about attempts to pressure him, internal conflicts within renowned organizations, and the impact of the full-scale war on his professional development. Blackmail and the ESIC investigation in Team Next Level became one of the most pressing topics of the conversation. According […]
In the upcoming Season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, a new melee weapon will arrive — the Arcblade, which will be one of the final additions for multiplayer and Zombies mode. Since the weapon will not be available right on the update's launch day, the developers have provided two options to unlock […]
Movistar KOI secured a hard-fought victory over Team Vitality, booking their ticket to Nice. This Friday, the Spanish squad will face Natus Vincere in a decisive match for a spot at the LoL World Championship. Reflecting on the past series and the regular season, MKOI head coach Tomás "Melzhet" Campelos Fernández admitted that despite the […]
We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 14, 2026, for Players readers. 25 Years of GameCube and Luigi’s Mansion: How Nintendo Tried to Revive Its Console Empire On September 14, 2001, Nintendo released the GameCube in Japan, and alongside it, Luigi’s Mansion. We spent a long time choosing which of these […]
Valve has revealed pricing for its new Steam Frame VR headset, which runs on SteamOS and features a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor with 16GB of RAM. The device can run adapted VR games and regular Steam titles directly on the headset using Gamepad mode. More demanding games can instead be streamed wirelessly from a […]
Riot Games has officially unveiled the massive 13.06 update for VALORANT, scheduled for release on September 22, 2026, just ahead of the VALORANT Champions tournament. The patch will bring an experimental game mode, a new assault rifle, an updated Agent progression system, and a series of improvements to the game. The main addition of the […]
The new Diablo IV season, Hell’s Legacy, launches on September 15 and will celebrate the franchise’s 30th anniversary. The season brings back three of the series’ most iconic villains: Diablo, Baal, and Mephisto, along with Deckard Cain. Players will encounter these familiar characters in locations inspired by previous Diablo games. Diablo will appear in Tristram […]
Sony is at risk of missing out on a nomination in The Game Awards’ main Game of the Year category for the first time since 2014. The company’s biggest hope was Marvel’s Wolverine, but Insomniac Games’ title currently holds a score of 78 on Metacritic and 79 on OpenCritic. Critics have been far from unanimous […]
Dan Hay, executive producer of the upcoming StarCraft shooter, shared several details about Blizzard's newly announced project during an interview with South Korean journalists. Hay confirmed that the team is not developing StarCraft as a live service game. Instead, the project is planned as a premium shooter with a complete narrative featuring an introduction, a […]
Tomorrow, September 15, the final tournament of the 15th Rocket League Championship Series season—the RLCS 2026 World Championship—kicks off in Fort Worth, United States, at the Dickies Arena. Organized by Epic Games and BLAST, this prestigious offline S-Tier event will run until September 20 and gather the world's best teams in the classic 3v3 competitive […]
