The Rocket League RLCS 2025 Raleigh Major kicks off today, June 26th, with 16 of the best teams from around the world.

This is the esport’s last Major of the year before the Rocket League Championship Series World Championship.

Meaning it’s even more important that teams perform well and rack up crucial RLCS Points towards Worlds qualification and seeding.

The Raleigh Major also features a $351,000 (£255k) prize pool with the winner taking home $102k (£74k).

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League of Legends’ newest champion, Yunara, has had a new animated music video created for her.

The upcoming ADC is an Ionian champion, which feels appropriate for the Spirit Blossom theme of LoL’s current season.

The video was created for her by Riot Games Korea, with the animation seemingly showing Yunara’s past in the Darkin War.

The song featured in the music video is called Flower’s Wish and is sung by Korean and VTuber Hebi.

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CDL Championship Weekend 2025 kicks off in Kitchener, Ontario, on Thursday. The event runs June 26th-29th.

Continue reading CDL Championship Weekend 2025 – Will Beans put the opposition on toast?

Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) has stood the test of time to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

The Swedish esports organisation became famous for its competitive success in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Since then, the organisation has expanded into other esports titles and later formed NIP Group in 2023.

We caught up with NIP Group CEO, Hicham Chahine, on Ninjas in Pyjamas’ 25th anniversary, reflecting on the past, expanding into a global market, and where next.

The most memorable moment for me was when NIP won DreamHack Malmö on home soil […] 
That was probably [my] favourite competitive moment

Ninjas in Pyjamas has now reached its quarter-life crisis.

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Warning: This article contains mention of suicide, bullying, and severe mental health conditions. Links to mental health support and suicide hotlines can be found at the bottom of this article. 

Members of the Overwatch community have offered their support following the tragic death of Mikayla Raines after she took her own life.

YouTuber and founder of SaveAFox rescue, Mikayla, assisted in the curation of Kiriko’s spirit fox, Kitsune, with her animals providing soundbites for the character’s development.  

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The announcement of EA Sports FC 26 can’t be far away, as more information has leaked about the game.

With the football season over, barring the polarising Club World Cup, it’s prime time for an announcement from EA Sports.

And now, it has been claimed that Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham will be on the cover of EA FC 26.

This is according to reliable leaker FUTSheriff, who also recently leaked the EA FC 26 Standard and Ultimate Edition release dates.

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Rumours surrounding Team Falcons buyout costs gain fresh interest after their latest signing of Academy talent Maksim ‘kyousuke’ Lukin.

Speculation online is that the Saudi team spent up to $2 million USD (~£1.47 million GBP) on kyousuke’s buyout and signing. Despite Falcons denying this, the suggestion alone sparked debate over the team’s roster-building practices. 

Falcons buyout history in Counter-Strike 

Despite the popularity of their individual players, Team Falcons has frequently come under fire for its buyouts and signings as an organisation. 

Counter-Strike fans have accused them of “ripping apart other teams” through offering higher salaries than other organisations can offer.

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Valve has appealed to the community for new maps and missions for Team Fortress 2, with the new content dropping on August 27th.

Continue reading Team Fortress 2 to receive community content update; Old man celebrates

The time has come for the latest patch for League of Legends (LoL) that’ll be used for the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational.

With it comes a few changes aimed specifically at professional play, meaning haters of Zed jungle will have to wait another patch.

The patch will also feature the return of the much-loved game mode Arena alongside the new map for ARAM players to enjoy.

Return of Arena with new and updated maps for ARAM on patch 25.13

As previously mentioned on the LoL developer blog, the ARAM game mode will have a rotating map pool.

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A football team of esports industry members is being entered into a livestreamed football tournament as part of a day of networking.

The social networking event will host a 6-a-side football tournament in the day and a poker tournament at night as part of iGB L!ve’s London iGaming Week in July.

A team, called Esports United FC, has been created by GSE Group co-founder Sam Cooke and is open to all professionals in the esports scene.

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