Daily wire for competitive gaming: signings, releases, bans, rule changes, franchise decisions, venue announcements and match results as they land.
The 2026 summer window is the densest stretch of the esports year: three world-class events across two months, and every one of them was dated months in advance.
After a Spring split that cost Sheo his job mid-season, Heretics turned to a former LCS title-winner to steady its LEC summer.
The most established organization in Western esports is cutting again — and where it is hiring tells you where the money actually is.
Riot has locked the venue and format for June's Mid-Season Invitational — two Korean seeds, a returning Americas presence, and a $2,000,000 prize pool.
From Fly's Virtus.pro exit to HEROIC's January rebuild and Nisha's break, the Dota 2 roster market never actually closed after TI 2025.
The first VCT season under the 2026 rules opened in January with dramatically reshuffled rosters — and a French super team already setting the pace.