In a tense EMEA Valorant showdown, Team Heretics Esports World Cup victory came to fruition following a hard-fought five-game series. 

British player Benjamin David ‘benjyfishy’ Fish and his teammates, Ričardas ‘Boo’ Lukaševičius, Dominykas ‘MiniBoo’ Lukaševičius, Enes ‘RieNs’ Ecirli, and Mert ‘Woo’ Alkan become the first Esports World Cup Valorant title holders.

FNATIC’s downfall in the EWC finals

The Esports World Cup VALORANT finals followed a very different trend than the EMEA Stage 1 Regional Final, where FNATIC stupefied Team Heretics in three games to snatch the title. 

Despite a dominant early performance from FNATIC, Team Heretics clawed back maps to push the Esports World Cup Valorant Finals to force a complete five-game series across Lotus, Sunset, Icebox, Haven, and Ascent. 

Map 1: Lotus

Map One, Lotus, set the pace for FNATIC’s momentum.

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Riot Games’ Teamfight Tactics (TFT) dives headfirst into an anime style for its latest set, K.O. Coliseum.

The newest set was revealed during the finals of the TFT Cyber City Tactician’s Crown and will bring new game-changing mechanics.

Set 15 will release on PBE on Tuesday, July 15th and later launch on all platforms on Wednesday, July 30th.

Teamfight Tactics Set 15: K.O. Coliseum

The highly anticipated 15th set of TFT, K.O.

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After their victory in the League of Legends Midseason Invitational, Gen.G Esports World Cup hopes are high ahead of the tournament start on July 16th.

The two League of Legends titan teams played a full five-game series in a tense battle for the trophy. 

Gen.G triumph over T1 in MSI Grand Final 

Despite a strong early performance in Game One, T1 built momentum through a commanding gold lead. T1’s resource building and overextension from Gen.G resulted in a T1 victory to open the Grand Final. 

Game Two saw Gen.G learn from their previous mistakes, with eventual MVP winner Jeong ‘Chovy’ Ji-hoon stealing the show on Ryze in a match-defining performance. 

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UK-based Omeda Studios’ third-person MOBA, Predecessor, is heading into the Predecessor Championship Circuit (PCC) Finals this weekend.

The top teams in Europe and North America will compete for the top place in their region this weekend, with a prize pool of $20,000 (~£14,800) on the line between the two regions.

Omeda Studios is also set to launch Predecessor’s 1.7 patch, introducing a new original Hero to the game.

EU Championship Circuit Finals

The Predecessor Championship Circuit was first announced earlier this year.

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The full list of qualified teams for the Equal Esports Cup (EEC) Playoffs was finalised after yesterday’s tiebreaker.

Galions Pearl defeated Supernova Comets, with British Isabella ‘Izzeeri’, to take the final Playoffs spot.

The teams will have a break to prepare for the Playoffs, which kick off on July 22nd.

Galions Pearl defeats Supernova Comets in tiebreaker match

The tiebreaker match saw Galions Pearl take on Supernova Comets in a best-of-one to decide who would go through to the Playoffs.

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Darragh Harbinson gives his overview of the issues present in FaZe, and why even a broky at his best may not be enough for the roster.

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The Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) has announced the broadcast talent lineup for the Summer Split.

Featuring British talent of Samuel ‘Initialise’ Hapgood, Jake ‘Hiprain’ Matthews, Adrian ‘Jamada’ Wharlton-Thorne, and Adam ‘Eragon’ Harney.

Meanwhile, teams are finalising their rosters for the final split of the season, including British teams Bulldog Esports and Verdant.

NLC Summer Split broadcast talent announcement

For the NLC 2025 Summer Split, the usual favourites return for another season.

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Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters’ popularity continues to grow as the title track ‘Golden’ hits #1 on Spotify’s global chart.

The soundtrack featuring the fictional K-pop groups of Huntr/x and Saja Boys has dominated the global music stream charts since its release.

The similarities with Huntr/x and Riot Games’ K/DA have elevated both virtual groups back into the charts.

Golden hits #1 on global chart

According to Chart Data, ‘Golden’ by Huntr/x and sung by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami hit #1 on Spotify’s global chart yesterday.

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Heretics suffered through a significant delay during the last series of the day, before dispatching BBL Esports handily.

Continue reading EWC Valorant 2025: Technical difficulties plague stream as Semi-Finals set

Complexity Counter-Strike General Manager, messioso, reflects on roster moves, Complexity’s year so far and the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

Continue reading “I think we should have performed better at the major, and I think we did let ourselves down.” – messioso on COL’s 2025 so far