The penultimate patch before the Mid-Season Invitational and the launch of Jian ‘Uzi’ Zi-Hao’s Hall of Legends skin has arrived.

Skins are back on the release schedule, with a slew of balance changes added to the game.

Here are the key points you need to know before grinding ranked on Patch 25.12.

Hall of Legends – Uzi

Love it or hate it, the Hall of Legends event returns this patch and will kick off tomorrow at 8pm BST.

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Stage Two of the Austin Major saw two well-known Counter-Strike teams on the verge of elimination. While FaZe were able to knock out MIBR, Heroic were struck down by the underdog team Nemiga.

The Nemiga snowball – where momentum leveraged in their favour

Despite Heroic’s higher ranking and reputation, Nemiga were able to leverage momentum more frequently than their opponents. 

Although down 8-4 to Heroic after the first half, Nemiga were able to apply gradual pressure as the game progressed, accumulating in rounds 18 and 22 of the map. 

Beksultan ‘khaN⁠’ Ospan played a crucial role in both of these rounds.

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Nintendo has announced that its brand new Switch 2 console has sold over 3.5 million units globally in just its first four days since its June 5th release.

Some had criticised the console for only having one major launch title in Mario Kart World.

Yet, the powerful console is flying off the shelves and is now Nintendo’s fastest-selling console ever.

Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four days, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever globally.

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Riot Games announces its regional commercial partnership with T/SQUARED, the marketing agency by the TEAM Group, to explore new business opportunities.

The partnership covers Riot Games’ premier leagues in League of Legends and Valorant esports, which are held in Berlin, Germany.

T/SQUARED are set to support the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) and the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA with sponsorship sales, however the full details of the partnership are yet to be announced.

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The second-seeded team from EMEA, Team Heretics, has been knocked out of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters Toronto.

The team fell short to Pacific’s Paper Rex, which put them up for elimination in their match against British-owned Wolves Esports.

After a close series, Team Heretics were sent packing and ended the tournament without a single map win.

Wolves Esports defeat Team Heretics 

Team Heretics with British player Benjy ‘benjyfishy’ Fish started the season well after going undefeated in VCT 2025: EMEA Stage 1.

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Up-and-coming esports caster Alec ‘Leccyspec’ Craigie wants to create a LAN event for commentators to network and gain experience.

Leccyspec is planning the event, dubbed ‘Caster Clash’, alongside English Rocket League caster Ryan ‘RhinoCasts’ Sheff.

The 19-year-old is a student of Scotland’s first-ever esports degree, which takes place at Dundee and Angus College and is run by the University of West London.

If you missed the @nse_gg Rocket League grand finals you missed a BELTER series.

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It’s been almost a week since the launch of Nintendo’s highly anticipated follow-up to the Switch.

Creatively named the Switch 2, the new console and handheld hybrid boasted greater performance than before and improved the major weaknesses of its predecessor.

Now that the Switch 2 is out in the wild, players were quick to find funny and unique ways to enjoy the console.

Switch 2 features upgraded hardware

The Nintendo Switch 2 boasts a custom-made NVIDIA Ampere GPU, which provides 10x the graphical performance of the original, according to Nintendo.

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Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is real, it was revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 last weekend.

The latest instalment in the Call of Duty franchise will release later this year on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PS4, and PC.

However, many are surprised to learn that the game will seemingly not be available on the new Nintendo Switch 2 console.

Back in 2022, Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed that Microsoft had signed a 10-year agreement with Nintendo over the CoD franchise:

Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to @Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King.  

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Riot Games has announced a series of massive changes for League of Legends’ All Random All Mid (ARAM) mode.

The latest LoL Dev update revealed that from patch 25.13 to 25.16, ARAM will rotate randomly between three different maps.

The classic Howling Abyss Map will be joined by the returning, Bilgewater-themed Butcher’s Bridge and a new Spirit Blossom map called Koeshin’s Crossing.

A new battle begins as restless spirits threaten the land.

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The origami phoenix, Sage’s eye colour, and a new audio recording in the range… Valorant has stuffed hidden details in Ego and into the game itself. 

Released on June 2nd, Valorant fans have spent a week going over the Ego music video with a fine-tooth comb. Here are some of the best details that have been found—and some that have yet to be discussed.

Phoenix – voice messages leading up to Ego launch

Unsurprisingly, given that the Ego in-universe singer is Phoenix’s sister, the duelist has had several fascinating lore drops in the Ego music video. 

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