The organizers of the Chinese LPL, TJ Esports, in partnership with the HUYA platform, have announced the Demacia Cup Global Invitational. The international tournament will take place in China from October 3 to 17 and will bring together 12 mid-table teams from major global leagues, competing in the same format as the World Championship (Worlds). […]

Ahead of their opening match against 9z at the BLAST Open Porto tournament, MOUZ player Lotan "Spinx" Giladi commented on the ongoing community discussions regarding the team's lack of stage presence. Fans and analysts often refer to this as a missing "aura" when comparing the roster to other top-tier Counter-Strike organizations. According to Spinx, he […]

The group stage of BLAST Open Porto 2026 continues today. Following the opening matches of the first group, Group B enters the competition, featuring four Bo3 series right away. Particular attention from Ukrainian fans will be focused on Inner Circle, who will face Team Vitality. Meanwhile, the main event of the day will be the […]

The esports organization AG.AL has officially become the Club Champion of the 2026 Esports World Cup. At the closing ceremony in Paris on August 23, the Chinese team received the main trophy and a $7 million check, surpassing the two-time defending champions, Team Falcons. The key factor in their success was the organization's versatility across […]

We have prepared a digest of the main news for August 26, 2026, for Players readers. Ubisoft announced Rainbow Six: Tactics at Gamescom 2026 During the Opening Night Live presentation at Gamescom, Square Enix unveiled a new trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, dedicated to one of the most challenging parts of the game — […]

Square Enix has unveiled a new trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation during Gamescom Opening Night Live, giving players a closer look at some of the most challenging battles coming to the final chapter of the remake trilogy. Game director Naoki Hamaguchi took the stage to discuss the game's climactic conclusion. The trailer focused on […]

Ahead of the start of BLAST Open Porto 2026, NAVI's CS2 captain, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen, commented on the team's current state. Despite winning two trophies in the first half of 2026, the squad suffered painful setbacks at the Cologne Major and the Esports World Cup. However, the players are determined to regain their leading positions. […]

At Gamescom 2026, Krafton, the developer of the popular battle royale PUBG: Battlegrounds, officially announced its new project — PUBG Ded.Net. This is a multiplayer first-person shooter set in the universe of the original game, but with a radically different approach to gameplay and visual style. Unlike the familiar militaristic aesthetic of PUBG, the new […]

From August 26 to September 6, the VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 2 playoff stage is taking place. Following the groups and Play-In stage, the top eight teams of the Pacific region are competing for a $250,000 prize pool and berths to the main tournament of the year — VALORANT Champions 2026. The decisive matches of […]

Usually in this column, we recall the releases of iconic games, major tournaments, the births of people who changed the industry, or events that forever remained in gaming history. But August 26 is a different date. We couldn't miss it, even though this story is not at all about victories, trophies, or records. Eight years […]

During the Opening Night Live presentation at this year's Gamescom, Ubisoft officially unveiled a new game in the renowned Tom Clancy universe — Rainbow Six: Tactics. The project is expected to be released in 2027. According to the showcased trailer, the new title is a single-player tactical game with gameplay reminiscent of projects like XCOM. […]

As early as August 26, BLAST Open Porto 2026 kicks off — one of the main tournaments at the end of the summer season in Counter-Strike 2. Sixteen teams will first meet in the group stage in Copenhagen, after which the top six will head to Porto, where the champion will be decided from September […]

Players has prepared a digest of the main news for August 25, 2026, for its readers. NAVI LoL Coach TheRock on the team's crisis: "We’ve hit our ceiling. We’re drowning" NAVI head coach Vasilis "TheRock" Voltis spoke candidly in an interview about the team's stagnation in the current split, the prospects of young player Rhilech, and the […]