We have prepared a digest of the main news for October 23, 2026, for Players readers. Is Esports Growing Up or Dying? Why legendary clubs are shutting down, teams are leaving disciplines, and tournament winners are waiting for the money they earned Jensen Huang Showcases Microduck Robots Trained with AI and NVIDIA RTX Spark NVIDIA […]

Epic Games has begun a massive pivot toward the use of artificial intelligence in the development of its projects. According to Bloomberg, some developers received instructions to work on an "AI-first" principle, and CEO Tim Sweeney officially confirmed this change of course, emphasizing the goal of accelerating production processes. As journalist Jason Schreier notes in […]

OG's Dota 2 midlaner Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen shared his thoughts on the team's recent bootcamp, explained his reluctance to play in Southeast Asia, and evaluated the life cycle of a professional esports athlete during a Twitch broadcast. According to the player, joint practice sessions at the bootcamp benefited the updated OG roster. The team is […]

Microsoft has started testing a new cloud gaming access format called Cloud Playtime. This initiative allows users to play online without the need for an Xbox Game Pass subscription. During the preview phase, special introductory playtime pricing is available for Xbox Insiders: The company notes that these packs provide an ad-free gaming experience, high-quality streaming, […]

On October 22, 2026, the day after Electronic Arts (EA) announced the closure of BioWare, a trailer for their cancelled project titled Mass Effect: Universe surfaced on Reddit. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier confirmed the authenticity of the two-minute video, noting that it features real footage of the game the studio was working on prior to […]

The European squad SK Nebula started their VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2026 run with a convincing 2-0 victory over China's representatives, Nova Esports GC. This triumph advances the team to the next round, where they will face two-time world champions Shopify Rebellion Gold on October 24. Meanwhile, Nova Esports GC drops to the lower bracket, […]

HLE’s star mid laner and MSI winner Kim "Zeka" Geon-woo is returning to North America for Worlds 2026. Four years after his unexpected triumph with DRX, the esports athlete shared his thoughts on the evolution of his gameplay, his attitude toward pressure, and his readiness to fight for the main trophy once again. During DRX's […]

Why legendary clubs are shutting down, teams are leaving disciplines, and tournament winners are waiting for the money they earned The closure of a single club is news. When well-known organizations leave the market, others shut down their competitive divisions, and tournament participants spend months trying to receive their prize money, it becomes a question […]

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated the small Microduck bipedal robots at the GTC conference in Berlin, developed by Hugging Face and French robotics company Pollen Robotics. During the presentation, the robots independently walked onto the stage and followed Huang’s commands — sitting down, standing up, and even going to “sleep.” Behind the entertaining demonstration was […]

On October 23, 2002, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, the fourth installment in the popular skateboarding series from Neversoft and Activision, was released in North America. The game launched on PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and the original PlayStation, and later made its way to other platforms. At first glance, it was still the same Tony […]

From October 22 to November 1, the VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2026 will take place in São Paulo. Ten of the world's best teams will compete for a $500,000 prize pool. The EMEA region, which currently holds only one international trophy, will be represented this year by three squads: G2 Gozen, Gentle Mates GC, and […]

The legendary midlaner of the League of Legends team T1, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, will make history as the first esports athlete to be featured on a South Korean commemorative stamp. The official release of the collection by Korea Post will take place on October 23. The total print run will consist of 140,000 stamp sheets […]

Japanese publisher Capcom has announced a massive data breach following unauthorized access to the CAPCOM ID system. A total of 11,774,247 accounts worldwide were impacted. The attackers gained access to email addresses, account creation dates, last login information, authorization counts, and last login IP addresses. In 43 cases, date of birth, gender, country/region, and nickname […]