The French Counter-Strike community has lost Malek “maleK” Bennouioua, a former professional player and popular content creator. He was 35 years old. maleK was well known on the French CS scene since the days of Counter-Strike: Source and later continued his career in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He primarily competed at the French level and was […]

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has decided to exclude esports from the Asian Games program following the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 games. Instead, the organization is launching a separate Asian Esports and Mind Sports Games. The debut tournament in this new specialized format will be hosted by Kuwait in 2027. The host city contract has already […]

Microsoft appointed Asha Sharma as head of Xbox with the goal of making the gaming division more profitable. Earlier this summer, she announced a major Xbox reset that includes cutting costs, laying off employees, shutting down or separating underperforming studios, and focusing on key franchises. The company is also actively preparing for the launch of […]

Christopher Dring of The Game Business previously claimed that Hideo Kojima's Physint had a budget of around $400 million. However, he later clarified his comments, while other sources disputed that Xbox had committed such an amount to the project. Dring explained that he had heard various estimates for Physint's budget during Tokyo Game Show, ranging […]

In Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, there are organizations that simply win tournaments, and there are teams that become part of the game's history itself. ONIC Esports belongs to the second category. Over the years, the organization has built one of the most recognizable esports systems in Southeast Asia, created legendary rosters in Indonesia and the […]

A large-scale Dota 2 tournament, BLAST SLAM VIII, kicks off tomorrow, with matches running from September 29 to October 11. The event is organized by the tournament operator BLAST. The total prize pool for the tournament is $750,000, with the winner taking home the main prize of $270,000. The decisive playoff matches will take place […]

On September 28, 2020, the global release of Genshin Impact took place — a large-scale open-world action RPG from the Chinese studio miHoYo, now known as HoYoverse. Today, the game celebrates its sixth anniversary, and its release became one of the most notable events in the history of modern mobile and cross-platform games. At launch, […]

We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 27, 2026, for Players readers. Team Vitality takes down Global Esports in VALORANT Champions opener: Jamppi's triumphant return The fourth representative of the EMEA region, Team Vitality, successfully kicked off their run at the biggest tournament of the year, VALORANT Champions. In their opening match, they […]

The PGL Wallachia Season 9 Dota 2 offline tournament has concluded with Team Yandex taking the victory. The competition took place from September 19 to 27, 2026, in Bucharest at the PGL Studio, where 16 teams fought for a $1,000,000 USD prize pool. The tournament was played on gameplay patch 7.41f. The path to the […]

American player Caide "chloric" Heaton has reached a verbal agreement to join the Team Heretics Valorant roster as their in-game leader for the 2027 VCT season. His contract with Natus Vincere expires at the end of the year, after which he will leave the organization. According to sources, the Spanish team also considered players like […]

Lucasfilm is considering Jon Watts to direct the first movie in a new Star Wars trilogy written by Simon Kinberg. The report comes from Knight Edge Media and has since been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. Earlier, it was reported that a director had already been found for Kinberg's new trilogy, although the name was […]

HBO has announced several cast members for the third season of The Last of Us, which is expected to be the final season of the adaptation. One of the most interesting casting choices is the return of Laura Bailey, who voiced Abby in The Last of Us Part II. In the series, Bailey will portray […]

During Minecraft LIVE in September, Mojang unveiled the Sift, Minecraft’s first new dimension in over 14 years. It will debut in Minecraft Dungeons 2 before arriving in Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition in 2027 as the game’s fourth official dimension alongside the Overworld, Nether, and End. Mojang also announced Ice Caves, the next major game […]