French esports athlete Mayline-Joy "ASTRA" Champliaud, who was named the best player in the women's Counter-Strike scene for 2025, has decided to switch games. The 25-year-old player will continue her career in VALORANT, explaining her decision by pointing to the crisis in women's CS and a lack of tournament practice. "Given the recent news about […]
Konami has presented a new football game titled Kick Buds. Unlike eFootball, which focuses on realism with real players, leagues, and teams, Kick Buds offers a completely different gaming experience. The project combines football and action in a 3v3v3 PvP format with arcade-style, easy-to-learn controls, as well as support for co-op mode and playing with […]
Fabien "neo" Devide, CEO of the French esports organization Team Vitality, outlined the club's approach to expanding into the Japanese market in an interview with Nikkei xTREND. The organization plans to act gradually, focusing on learning local specifics and partnering with local clubs. Japan remains a difficult region for Western organizations due to high competition […]
We have prepared a digest of the main news for August 8, 2026, for Players readers. Official: French Organization Gentle Mates Exits Counter-Strike French esports organization Gentle Mates has officially announced its withdrawal from Counter-Strike and the termination of support for its Spanish roster. The players have already returned to the Iberian Soul tag to compete in […]
Fallout 3 remains one of the most memorable RPGs from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 generation, which makes Bethesda's upcoming remaster particularly interesting for longtime fans. The company has already confirmed that an updated version of the game is in development. Released in 2008, Fallout 3 brought the franchise into a fully 3D open […]
Remedy Entertainment's action game Control Resonant has become the latest title featured in IGN First. The outlet has started sharing new details about the game and has released an extensive exclusive gameplay video showcasing the story mission The Metro Fault. During the mission, protagonist Dylan heads into the New York subway, which gradually turns into […]
A discussion is ongoing within the League of Legends community regarding "FF culture"—the habit of players surrendering in the early stages of a match. Lead Gameplay Designer August Browning recently noted that, according to internal developer statistics, players are surprisingly good at recognizing when a game is lost. The percentage of cases where the initiators […]
Every major update in VALORANT shifts the balance of power one way or another. Some agents get a second life after patches, while others gradually disappear from matches due to nerfs or map pool changes. That is precisely why I decided to review the effectiveness of all characters and compile my own tier list, focusing […]
French esports organization Gentle Mates has officially announced its withdrawal from Counter-Strike and the termination of support for its Spanish roster. The players have already returned to the Iberian Soul tag to compete in the open LAN qualifier for the Esports World Cup. The organization signed the Spanish roster in 2025. The squad actively competed […]
During the Q1 FY27 earnings call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick expressed the company's position on implementing artificial intelligence in video game development. Amidst general industry concerns regarding potential layoffs due to AI usage, he assured that the new tools should expand creative possibilities, not replace specialists. Zelnick noted that Take-Two had been utilizing AI […]
On August 8, 2006, the first public release of Dwarf Fortress arrived — a game that would eventually become one of the most famous examples of just how far an independent developer can go when building a complex simulation. Over two decades, the project not only survived multiple generations of gaming technology but also became […]
Chess is officially cementing its status on the global esports arena. At the Esports World Cup, this classic board game will feature a prize pool of $1.5 million. This proves that matches with strict time controls can generate just as much tension as the final seconds of a bomb defusal in modern shooters. The traditional […]
Valve Studio continues development on the competitive title Deadlock, which breaks traditional genre boundaries. The game's architecture focuses on combining deep strategic mastery with high mechanical skills. Despite the game not being officially released yet, an active grassroots competitive scene has already formed around it, and esports organizations are beginning to build rosters in light […]
