The penultimate week of VALORANT Champions kicked off with the opening playoff matches, where teams from the Americas region once again proved their dominance. Defending champions NRG and LOUD secured confident victories, sending Pacific region representatives — T1 and Paper Rex — to the tournament's lower bracket. In the first match of the day, NRG […]
From October 9 to 11, the Palais des Expos de Nice will host the EVO France 2026 esports tournament. This major regional event offers European players a chance to compete for substantial prize pools and direct qualifications for world championship tournaments. The most anticipated discipline is Street Fighter 6, which has gathered 1,071 entrants, including […]
October 7, 2004 — the official worldwide release of Counter-Strike: Source. On this day, Valve released Counter-Strike: Source for cybercafés and owners of special ATi Radeon digital vouchers. The game became an important stage in the development of the series, bringing the familiar Counter-Strike formula into a significantly more modern technological environment. By that time, […]
Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is back in the world of major corporate business. After leaving Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023, he has joined the board of directors of Skydance Corp, the new media giant formed through the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Kotick led Activision for more than 30 […]
Following the completion of the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, the newly formed Skydance is moving forward with plans to revive some of its biggest franchises. One of the studio’s priorities is a new Transformers movie, which is expected to become the eighth live action installment in the series. According to Deadline, Paramount has […]
Rumors have started circulating online claiming that Microsoft had allegedly reached a deal with Rockstar Games to secure exclusive cloud streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI through Xbox Cloud Gaming. The reports suggested that this could allow the game to be played on PC through Xbox’s cloud service on launch day. The rumors were […]
On October 6, Overwatch released its massive fifth season titled A Grim Doctrine. Alongside general balance changes, the main addition is the arrival of Doctrine — a new Support class hero. The developers made adjustments before the character's official release, reducing his attack speed and tweaking his ultimate ability. Role changes affected other heroes as […]
Toplaner for the Chinese team Top Esports (TES), Chen "ZUIAN" Tze-Hao, will be unable to participate in this year's League of Legends World Championship (Worlds 2026) held in the United States. The player has had his US visa application denied twice. The organization has decided to return Bai "369" Jia-Hao to the starting roster; he […]
M80 have secured their place at the Singapore Major after defeating Legacy. The team earned enough VRS points to guarantee their qualification for the season’s biggest tournament. Before the deciding match, M80 already had around an 88% chance of receiving a Major invitation based on the current VRS standings, but the victory over Legacy officially […]
Sometimes, stories we return to decades later unexpectedly receive a continuation in the present day. On September 17, as part of the “History with Players” series, we published an in-depth feature about Prince of Persia 3D — the game that first brought the legendary series into a fully three-dimensional world in 1999. It was a […]
We have prepared a digest of the main news for October 6, 2026, for Players readers. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together — How Quest Created One of the Most Influential Tactical RPGs On October 6, 1995, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was released in Japan on the Super Famicom — a tactical role-playing game developed […]
According to Insider Gaming, Ubisoft is developing a Director’s Cut of Watch Dogs: Legion. Around 100 developers at Ubisoft Montreal are reportedly working on the project. Back in February, journalist Tom Henderson reported that the updated version would serve as a sort of revival of the game and could feature additional content, a “night mode,” […]
On October 7, the Valorant Champions 2026 playoffs stage kicks off in Shanghai, where the top eight teams in the world will compete for the biggest trophy of the year. The competition will run until October 18 in a double-elimination bracket format. Most matches of the tournament will be played in a Best of 3 […]
