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 […]
Apple may be preparing a new mobile gaming accessory — its own game controllers for the iPhone. According to Bloomberg and journalist Mark Gurman, the company has been working on the devices for over a year, and they are likely planned to be sold under the Beats brand. The first confirmations of the controllers' existence […]
Gen.G Esports has become the 2026 LoL Champions Korea champion, securing their sixth title in the last four years. In the grand final held on Sunday, September 13, Gen.G defeated Hanwha Life Esports 3:1. Despite losing the first game, the roster led by Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon, Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu, and Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk secured three […]
In the Overwatch World Cup 2026 Grand Final, the South Korean national team defeated Saudi Arabia with a 2-1 scoreline. The tournament's decisive stage took place on September 12–13 at BlizzCon 2026 in Anaheim, California. The competition kicked off with a Group Stage held from August 19 to August 23 in Busan, South Korea. Sixteen […]
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 two events to highlight in our historical feature, but ultimately decided not to choose. Especially since both stories are inextricably linked: Nintendo was creating a new console and an unusual game […]
We have prepared a digest of the main news for September 13, 2026, for Players readers. Street Fighter 6 at UFA 2026: Schedule, Key Favorites, and First Show Tournament Results in Paris Ultimate Fighting Arena 2026, one of the most important events of the year in the fighting game community, is taking place in Paris from September […]
Some of the earliest known Fortnite gameplay footage has appeared online, offering a rare look at the game during a closed presentation at Comic-Con in 2012. The five-minute video was recently uploaded to YouTube by Reddit user /u/kleuscher, who said they discovered it on an old USB drive where they had saved the footage back […]
PlayStation has reportedly stopped funding Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game Physint over concerns about its budget, profitability and exclusivity. The project will now be published by Kojima Productions in partnership with Xbox. According to people familiar with the situation, one of the main reasons behind Sony’s decision was the commercial performance of Kojima’s previous games. Death […]
Team Vitality suffered a bitter 2-3 defeat against MKOI in the LEC Summer Split playoffs, falling just one series short of qualifying for the World Championship and the trip to Nice. The team's head coach, Patrick "Pad" Suckow-Breum, summarized the performance in an interview, discussing the decisive game, preparation, and the roster's future. According to […]
