Update (May 29th 2025): Scottish Valorant player Zander ‘Avexic’ Fraser is considering returning to competitive play following a 3+ year situation that saw him accused and eventually cleared of sexual offences.
He said in the below statement published on his social media X account:
https://t.co/CUUGHDPjqH
— zander (@avexic_) May 24, 2025
“On January 11, 2022, I faced serious allegations that turned my world upside down.
The Brain Trust has added Esports marketing expert Nathan Edmonds to its team, with the experienced leader taking up a role as Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer.
Edmonds should bring plenty of valuable skills to the development of The Brain Trust’s Esports Team Manager simulation game which is intended for release towards the end of 2025.
Esports Team Manager is aiming to be the ‘most realistic esports management experience,’ with players taking over an esports organisation of their choosing to build and grow.
Continue reading Esports Team Manager hires marketing expert as new co-founder and CMO
Los Ratones top-laner Simon “Baus” Hofverberg has reached a significant milestone by hitting one million subscribers on YouTube.
The Swedish League of Legends streamer, known for his gameplay videos and commentary, marked the occasion with a video capturing the moment his subscriber count reached the million mark.
In the video, Baus expressed his gratitude as he said: “Thank you all so much for the support. Wow, what a journey.”
Meanwhile, over on X, he jokingly set his next goal at 10 billion subscribers.
Continue reading Los Ratones top-laner Baus reaches significant milestone on YouTube
Another new patch and new updates for League of Legends (LoL), featuring Pride 2025 emote, behavioural system adjustments, and more.
Patch 25.11 will be a relatively small update, however, it also brings the greatly anticipated updates to the poorly received Masque of the Black Rose skin line.
Northern League of Legends Championship fans should note that the finals will be on the previous Patch 25.10.
New on Patch 25.11
The biggest of the changes is that there will be no new skins for this patch.
Continue reading League of Legends drops Patch 25.11 with Pride celebrations
Following its successful recent launch Atomfall is set to release its first expansion pack called the ‘Wicked Isle’, with some exciting new content coming to the game in early June.
The expansion goes live on June 3rd and will develop the already existing story as well as opening up a new location to players.
Wicked Isle DLC
Atomfall officially launched at the end of March 2025 and the game was immediately met with positive reviews, leading to its first DLC after just two months.
Continue reading What is the ‘Wicked Isle’ expansion pack for Atomfall and when will it release?
After missing deadlines for confirming Visa acquisition, the Argentine Counter-Strike team BESTIA has had its right to compete in the upcoming Austin Major revoked by tournament organisers BLAST. In retaliation, BESTIA now publicly claimed to be pursuing legal action.
The decision by BLAST has triggered backlash from both competitors and fans, including other participants in the Austin Major.
BLAST’s initial announcement – May 21st
On May 21st, BLAST released a statement announcing that BESTIA would no longer be competing at the Austin Major tournament, which is slated to begin on June 3rd 2025.
Continue reading BESTIA threaten legal action over BLAST Austin Major visa dispute
GameFreak have confirmed that Pokémon Legends Z-A will release on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in the UK and worldwide on October 16, 2025.
It has been more than a year since the last major Pokémon release. Combine that with the imminent launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 and you have the community’s excitement at an all-time high.
The Legends ZA will immediately become a flagship title for the new console, which releases in the UK on June 5th, alongside Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bonanza.
Continue reading Pokémon Legends Z-A release date confirmed
The teams for Dota 2 PGL Wallachia Season 5 have all been confirmed, with British esports holding a strong hand in the upcoming competition.
It isn’t long until Season 5 gets underway with the event taking place between June 21-29, in Bucharest, Romania.
The event won’t be open to a public audience with PGL Studios hosting the tournament behind closed doors.
PGL Wallachia Season 5 teams
🎙️ The Talent Lineup for 🇷🇴 PGL Wallachia Season 5 🐺 is here!
Continue reading Who has qualified for the Dota 2 PGL Wallachia Season 5?
The online 5-a-side football game Rematch, created by Sifu developers Sloclap, is welcoming some superstar additions ahead of its official release.
Legendary Brazil and Barcelona trickster Ronaldinho, England and Manchester United starlet Kobbie Mainoo, and Germany and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen have all been confirmed as playable characters in Rematch.
The news comes after a behind-the-scenes video released by the development team showed Ronaldinho visiting Slocap’s studios in Paris to learn about Rematch’s development and react to his in-game likeness.
Amateur league prodigy Jeremiah ‘ScaryJerry’ Leathe has been benched by his team, Disguised, after twenty games in the League of Legends Championship of the Americas (LTA) North.
This has drawn criticism towards Disguised, owned by streamer Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang, and the LTA North (formerly LCS), led by Riot Games.
Amongst those calling into question the circumstances around the decision is none other than British caster for the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC), Adrian ‘Jamada’ Wharlton-Thorne.
Continue reading Disguised bench ScaryJerry in LTA North as UK caster Jamada speaks out