New Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion leaked with GUARANTEED rare in every pack

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New Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion leaked with GUARANTEED rare in every pack

The next Pokémon Pocket TCG expansion has leaked, and it’s unlike any pack we’ve seen in the game so far.

A new trailer was accidentally posted by the official Japanese Pokémon TCG Pocket X account and has since been deleted.

Roughly translated, the name of the new A4b pack is ‘High Class Pack EX’ with reprinted cards from previous expansions.

Each pack will only contain four cards, but one is guaranteed to be rare at four diamond quality or higher.

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Every League of Legends esports 2025 emote released

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Every League of Legends esports 2025 emote released

Riot Games has released a ton of new League of Legends emotes to support their LoL esports teams.

Every professional, tier-1 team has had the chance to design an emote that will be sold in-game.

This involves teams from EMEA’s LEC, the Americas’ LTA, South Korea’s LCK, China’s LPL and APAC’s LCP.

All the esports emotes taken from the gifs lolesports posted.

Will repost them when they’re added to PBE in full quality.

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s1mple wins first tournament with BC.Game in revenge match-up

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s1mple wins first tournament with BC.Game in revenge match-up

BC.Game has been crowned ESL Challenger League Cup 2 Champions, with the help of their high-profile 2025 signing of Counter-Strike legend Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev. 

However, their journey wasn’t all smooth sailing. Is he destined to re-enter Tier 1 of the esport, or doomed to remain in lower-tiered competition?

s1mple doesn’t stay humble

On September 20, s1mple posted “Boring games lately, waiting for real opponent to humble me.”

Boring games lately, waiting for real opponent to humble me

— Sasha (@s1mpleO) September 20, 2025

Following the post, s1mple had his request presented to him on a silver platter.

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ESL Pro League Season 22 preview: Teams, format, dates and prize money

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ESL Pro League Season 22 preview: Teams, format, dates and prize money

The ESL Pro League Season 22 gets underway with Stage 1 this weekend in the next tournament on the Counter-Strike 2 calendar.

Season 22 features 24 teams, 16 of which will take part in Stage 1, and the remaining eight will enter the competition in Stage 2 next week.

Teams competing earned their place through the Valve Regional Standings (VRS), the ESL Challenger League and regional open qualifiers

Here is everything you need to know about the event, including the format and the competing teams.

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Riot Play Club game nights expanded to UK university campuses

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Riot Play Club game nights expanded to UK university campuses

Riot Play Club is officially being expanded to university campuses across the United Kingdom.

Riot Games in a press release, said that it will offer fans a chance to play their favourite games and join activities with other players.

They added: “Riot Play Club is heading to more universities than ever before with a total of 39 uni gaming societies joining the crew, kicking things off at Freshers Fairs and then throwing watch parties for the League of Legends Worlds 2025 Finals and VALORANT Champions Finals.

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LEC Rookie of the Year criteria changes for 2025 awards – who is the fan favourite to win?

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LEC Rookie of the Year criteria changes for 2025 awards – who is the fan favourite to win?

Riot Games has updated the criteria for their LEC Rookie of the Year award in 2025. 

How do these changes affect who can win, and which players are most likely to receive the prestigious award?

What is the Rookie of the Year award?

The LEC Rookie of the Year award recognises the best performance from a new professional League of Legends player in the European Region. Players standing for the award must be active players.

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The best settings to change on EA FC 26

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The best settings to change on EA FC 26

EA FC 26 is out, and there’s an even playing field for Ultimate Team players with few promo cards released.

The general consensus from the game’s first week is that EA Sports has really done a great job with the gameplay.

Passing and dribbling are both very fluid, which makes it very hard to defend.

Whether you’re playing FUT, Clubs, or Career Mode, these setting changes should help get an edge and improve your experience.

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Marvel Rivals Ignite $1m Grand Finals will be held at DreamHack Atlanta

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Marvel Rivals Ignite $1m Grand Finals will be held at DreamHack Atlanta

NetEase has announced that the finals for the first-ever Marvel Rivals Ignite esports Grand Finals will be held at DreamHack Atlanta.

The esports tournament will be hosted by the ESL FACEIT Group.

The $3 million (£2.21m) Marvel Rivals Ignite esports circuit will conclude with the $1m (739k) Grand Finals in October and November.

That £739k makes it Marvel Rivals’ largest individual tournament prize pool since it launched in December last year.

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2XKO enters early access and promises 5 new champions in 2026

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2XKO enters early access and promises 5 new champions in 2026

Riot Games has announced a ton of new details for its League of Legends fighting game, 2XKO.

Currently, 2XKO is in closed beta with lots of content available for PC players.

However, there are still no details on when 2XKO will release on console.

What Riot has announced is when 2XKO will enter early access, what the esports plans for the game are, and what is planned for 2026.

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League of Legends 25.19 Worlds Patch released

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League of Legends 25.19 Worlds Patch released

Riot Games has released the 25.19 patch notes, which will be used for the League of Legends 2025 World Championships.

Riot had also revealed that G.E.M will sing this year’s LoL Worlds song.

The international esports tournament begins on October 14th, but qualified teams will already be bootcamping and practising.

LoL Patch 25.19 contains a ton of champion buffs to introduce more exciting picks into pro play, especially with Fearless Draft.

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