Team Vitality were crowned Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Dallas 2025 champions on the weekend to continue what might be one of the greatest win streaks the world of esports has ever seen, let alone Counter-Strike.

British pro William ‘mezii’ Merriman and the rest of his Counter-Strike 2 teammates swept MOUZ without dropping a map, winning 3-0 in the final inside Dallas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Centre.

Vitality hardly broke a sweat during the tournament, as teams were unable to take more than one map against the dominant French organisation.

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Riot Games’ Global Head of Valorant Esports, Leo Faria, has issued a statement following allegations of match-fixing issues in Challengers North America.

This follows after Shopify Rebellion general manager and content creator Sean ‘sgares’ Gares brought to light allegations of ‘match-fixing, cheating and underground gambling rings,’ in North America’s second tier of competitive Valorant.

Over the weekend, Gares published a video almost an hour long titled “The Dark Side of Competitive Valorant.” Then on the same day, not long after the video’s release, Riot issued its own official statement.

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Netflix have announced a new movie called Kpop Demon Hunters and the trailer has immediately brought back a flood of League of Legends’ virtual Kpop group, K/DA.

The animated film has been developed by Sony Pictures Animation, the makers of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs. The Machines.

The trailer stars a K-pop girl group trio, Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) who have a secret second life fighting otherworldly threats and have to deal with a bunch of demons posing as a rival boy band.

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London-based game developer Omeda Studios has announced the first-ever Predecessor Championship Circuit (PCC).

The tournament will take place between June 14th and July 13th, giving players from across Europe and North America the chance to compete against each other.

It follows the success of last month’s Summer Showdown Creator Tournament which saw 20 of Predecessor’s biggest creators battle it out on Twitch to thousands of viewers.

“Building on the incredible energy from last month’s creator tournament, we’re thrilled to announce a monumental leap forward for Predecessor esports with the launch of our official Predecessor Championship Circuit in both Europe and North America,” said Omeda Studios CEO Robbie Singh.

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Ahead of Los Ratones’ match in the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC), owner and streamer Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont revealed his new haircut. 

Fans had a few comments for the streamer while he insisted that his barber was ‘off-role’.

Viewers react to Caedrel’s hair reveal

The new groove was revealed during yesterday’s stream, where his hair resembled a straight bowl cut, which was popular in the 1980s.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dropped its appeal against Microsoft and its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft sealed the deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion (£50.9bn) back in October 2023.

It marked the biggest company buyout in the video game industry to date.

However, the FTC has been fighting against the acquisition since plans were announced in 2022.

The FTC’s announcement of a lawsuit to block the acquisition came as it suggested that the deal would “harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets”.

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Marvel Rivals has officially released information for its Season 2.5 update with new hero, Ultron, coming to the game along with a limited time mode and much much more.

What is included in new Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 update?

Ultron will enter Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 when the update launches on May 20th, with the playable hero already previously teased by developers in Dev Vision Vol. 06.

Despite being one of the most infamous villains from the Marvel universe, Ultron will play the role of a flying strategist in Rivals who can support teammates with healing powers as well as protecting with the use of his energy beams.

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LDN UTD founder Oliver Weingarten has expressed his frustration to Esports News UK over what led to the closure of the UK esports organisation.

LDN UTD was founded in 2018, and was later acquired by venture capital and Web3 company Ludus Gaming in late 2022, with Daniel Gee becoming the new CEO and James Sheehan joining as a non-executive director.

Following a lack of activity, LDN UTD officially dissolved on April 29th 2025. 

Before the takeover, the London-based esports org had fielded teams in various games, such as League of Legends, hosted educational, esports and digital traineeship courses inside its HQ, the ‘Centre Of Excellence’ in Camden Town, and the facility also hosted other events and bootcamps for professional esports teams, including OG Esports, who had a partnership with LDN UTD.

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Legacy American esports organisation, Evil Geniuses, has recently made a statement regarding the upcoming Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

On the Valorant team’s official Twitter account, they made their intentions and reasoning clear regarding qualifying for the EWC in Saudi Arabia. 

Online protests and community backlash have plagued the tournament since its inception.

This is due to the EWC’s connection to the Saudi Arabian government, which has a poor human rights record, including the persecution of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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The World Series of Warzone will return in 2025 with the top Call of Duty players competing for a share of its $1 million (£741,000) prize pool.

It was confirmed by Call of Duty’s official X account on Thursday night, with the top trios set to compete for the largest portion of the prize money.

Qualifiers will begin on June 20th through the In-Game Open, and it will use the Verdansk map, which was reintroduced last month.

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