NetEase Games has revealed its biggest Twitch drops event so far to promote the Marvel Rivals Ignite Grand Finals.

10 items will be available to unlock, ranging from skins, emotes, nameplates and more, through watching live streams of the Marvel Rivals tournament in DreamHack Atlanta.

This round of Twitch drops will be available for the game’s Strategist, Loki, during Season 4.5. The event will run from October 27th 4:00 PM UTC+0 to November 30th, 2025 12:00 AM UTC+0.

In a similar fashion to the Mid Season Finals Twitch drops event, items will follow a staggered launch schedule, with sprays and nameplates available from October 27th, and the exclusive Loki Ignite skin launching on November 2nd.

Here are all of the Twitch drop items that will be available to unlock during the Marvel Rivals Ignite Grand Finals:

This is not the first Twitch drops event Marvel Rivals has hosted this year. Previous drops have been made available for characters such as Rocket Raccoon for Ignite Stage 2, and Daredevil for the second half of Season 4. On top of the Ignite Grand Finals, drops have previously been enabled for other esports events such as the Ignite Mid-Season Finals.

Here is every Twitch Drop event for Marvel Rivals so far:

According to a blog post on Marvel Rivals’ official website, players must follow these steps to unlock the Twitch drop rewards.

The in-game cosmetic items can be earned by watching relevant official Marvel Rivals streams through Twitch and YouTube during the Marvel Rivals Ignite Grand Finals.

In addition, fans can also earn drops by watching any partnered streamers who have enabled Twitch drops. There are over 300 approved creators listed on NetEase’s webpage, including popular influencers such as Michael ‘Shroud‘ Grzesiek, Tyler ‘Ninja‘ Blevins, and Timothy ‘Timthetatman‘ Betar.

Team Vitality has announced a partnership with Counter-Strike skin marketplace, Skin.Land.

The deal will see the platform become the skin partner of the French esports organisation’s CS2 roster.

According to a release, the two parties will collaborate on a range of digital and in-person activations which includes bonuses, promotional codes, and giveaways.

The partnership aims to improve Skin.Land’s credibility and visibility within Counter-Strike 2’s skin-trading ecosystem.

“We are delighted to welcome Skin.Land to the Team Vitality family,” said Nicolas Maurer, CEO of Team Vitality.

“Partnering with such a trusted and innovative brand within the Counter-Strike ecosystem is a strong signal of reliability for us. Their constant focus on delivering a safe, transparent, and high-quality experience for players perfectly aligns with our own values.”

Skin.Land becomes the 12th partner of Team Vitality, joining the likes of Stake, Hummel, and gaming furniture manufacturer Secretlab on its roster.

Currently ranked third in October’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS), the organisation is among the best Counter-Strike teams in the world. In October, it successfully defended its ESL Pro League title, sweeping aside Team Falcons to win ESL Pro League Season 22.

Counter-Strike’s skin economy continues to be a hot topic of conversation within the community.

On October 23rd, Valve introduced an update allowing players to trade up for knives and gloves. As a result of the update, the skin market lost over $3bn (~£2.2bn) in value due to new skins entering circulation.

There are early signs of the market experiencing a rebound. As of October 27th, the market cap has risen to $4.1bn (~£3bn) from the low hit on October 25th.

Team Vitality isn’t the only organisation to join forces with a skin marketplace. In September, Fnatic partnered with Skinrave to collaborate on a range of content and host community tournaments.

The Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025 is the final event in Free Fire’s competitive year and the culmination of everything the season has been building up to. The Global Finals is the largest tournament Free Fire has to offer, and thus offers its esports scene’s biggest prize.

The Global Finals 2025 will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a change in venue from Rio de Janeiro in 2024. These Garena Free Fire season-ending events represent the apex of what esports tournaments have to offer, and the 2025 edition promises to continue this trend.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025, including its schedule, participating teams, structure, prize pool, and how to watch the event. 

As a season-ending event, the Free Fire World Series 2025 takes place at the end of the year, starting on Halloween. The event begins on October 31 with its knockout stage, which ends on November 9.

The Grand Finals ends the event on November 15, meaning the tournament is spread roughly over two weeks.

The Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025 will feature 18 teams fighting to be number one. These 18 teams qualify for the tournament based on performance in the leagues or tournaments they compete in. Certain leagues and tournaments offer more places than others, depending on the quality of the league and the seeding of those in the tournament. For instance, only the champions of the Esports World Cup 2025 receive a place at the Global Finals.

The teams and how they qualified:

The 18 teams competing in the Free Fire World Series 2025 are split into two events: The Battle Royale and Clash Squad Mode. All play in the Battle Royale mode, and only those who perform well in the initial stages have the chance to earn extra cash in the Clash Squad Mode.

The teams are divided into three groups of six, with 36 matches being played across six match days. Each team will play 24 matches, with a ‘week’ consisting of three match days. The top eight teams after week one qualify for the Clash Squad Mode, while the top 12 after the full knockout stage qualify for the Grand Finals.

The Clash Squad Mode is further split into three sections: the Swiss Stage, from November 5-6, semi-finals, and its own Grand Finals, on November 14. The Grand Finals of the Battle Royale then occur on November 15 with the top 12 teams using the Champion Rush format.

During the Grand Finals, the 12 teams play for points, reaching a threshold of 80 to become Champion Rush Eligible. Teams that are Champion Rush Eligible must achieve a ‘Booyah!’ in their next match to be crowned champions, but if no team has achieved a ‘Booyah!’ after 10 matches, the team with the highest points tally becomes champion.

This format is new to Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025, replacing 2024’s Point Rush format. 

The Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025 will be broadcast for free on YouTube and Twitch via official channels. For YouTube, it will be shown on the Free Fire Esports Official channel, while Twitch will broadcast it on the Garena Free Fire channel.

As the pinnacle of Free Fire’s esports circuit, the Global Finals 2025 has an impressive prize pool of $1,000,000, the same as the 2024 edition. This $1,000,000 is split into two sections: tournament placement and award bonuses.

The tournament placement prize money and award bonuses are distributed as follows:

Those who advance to the Clash Squad stage benefit from an additional prize pool totalling $150,000, which also includes a bonus for the MVP, and is distributed as follows:

The Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2025 promises to be a massive event in esports, and a monumental climax to the end of the 2025 FFWS season. With new rules, Garena is doing its best to keep the event fresh each year, and this is a must-watch for Free Fire fans around the world.

The 12 teams competing in the Overwatch Champion Series (OWCS) World Finals have been decided following the results of Stage 3.

Rosters from across the regions, including Asia, China, North America, and EMEA will compete at DreamHack Stockholm from November 26th to 30th, 2025, to decide this season’s champion.

Esports Insider takes a look at all the teams competing in the OWCS World Finals, all of which have qualified through Stage 3.

Three teams have qualified through OWCS Asia Korea are Crazy Raccoon, Team Falcons, and T1. Stage 3 was ultimately won by Crazy Raccoon, which defeated Team Falcons through a 4-3 comeback victory.

Korea is shaping up to be one of the strongest regions heading into the World Finals. Both the Mid Season Champions, Team Falcons, and the Champions Clash victors, Crazy Raccoon, are among the favourites to win.

Only one qualification spot was afforded to the Japan/Pacific region, as well-known teams faced off against non-organisation-backed rosters.

Four teams from Japan and Pacific Stage 3 competed for a place in the World Finals. However, VARREL proved to be the best team in Stage 3 after defeating Nosebleed Esports 4-1 in the Grand Finals.

The competition heated up in OWCS North America Stage 3 as eight teams competed for the lion’s share of its $100,000 (~£75,000) prize pool.

Three American teams have qualified for the World Finals, including the winners Team Liquid, runner-up Spacestation Gaming, and third-place team Geekay Esports.

EMEA Stage 3 saw Twisted Minds steal the spotlight. After placing third in the Regular Season, Twisted Minds clawed its way to the Grand Finals, defeating Virtus.pro in the Upper Bracket Semi Finals and Al Qadsiah 4-1 in the Grand Finals.

Al Qadsiah and Team Peps will also head to the World Finals. However, well-known organisations Gen.G Esports and Virtus.pro will miss out on the international tournament.

China was one of the first regions to finish Stage 3, declaring Weibo Gaming and Team CC as the two qualifying teams on October 12th.

Weibo Gaming achieved a flawless performance in the Regular Season, boasting a 7-0 win-loss ratio, and dominated the Regional Playoffs. It ended its run by defeating Team CC 4-2 in the Grand Finals.

The OWCS World Finals is the culmination of the Overwatch 2 2025 season, where the best teams from across the regions compete to be crowned this year’s champion.

The event will run as an offline LAN event in the Stockholmsmässan venue in Stockholm, Sweden, from November 26th to 30th, 2025.

Similar to previous years, the tournament’s format will feature a single-elimination bracket Group Stage and a double-elimination bracket Playoff, with a best-of-seven (BO7) Grand Final.

Other esports events outside of the OWCS World Finals will also be featured at DreamHack Stockholm, including The Finals’ inaugural major and the DreamHack Knockout qualifier for CS2’s ESL Pro League.

European esports organisation Team Vitality has unveiled Till Werdermann as its new Head of Esports Operations.

Werdermann joins the organisation after parting ways with OverActive Media, the parent company of Movistar KOI, at the end of September.

Announced on October 27th, 2025, Werdermann will oversee the organisation’s League of Legends, VALORANT, Rocket League, and EA Sports FC divisions.

Werdermann previously held the position of Director of Team Operations at KOI, the League of Legends division of Canadian esports company OverActive Media.

“Excited to announce that I’ve joined Team Vitality as Head of Esports Operations,” said Werdermann on social media. “I’ve already been working with the teams across Berlin and Paris this October, and it’s been a pleasure to be at such a storied organisation.”

Werdermann’s arrival is the latest personnel change for the organisation. In July, Team Vitality’s former Director of Esports, Anne Banschbach, departed the organisation to join tournament organiser BLAST.

Outside of personnel updates, Team Vitality has continued to expand its presence in esports. In September, the organisation entered into a long-term partnership with PSG Esports, focusing on the EA Sports FC Pro circuit.

In addition to collaborating with other French esports organisations, Team Vitality continues to grow its partnership portfolio.

July saw the organisation score a seven-figure deal with online casino and sportsbook Stake, becoming the official betting partner of Team Vitality’s Counter-Strike 2 roster.

Its Counter-Strike 2 roster has dominated several Tier 1 tournaments throughout 2025, winning the BLAST.tv Austin Major, IEM Dallas 2025, and ESL Pro League Season 22.

Werdermann’s appointment has the potential to add even more expertise to Team Vitality’s backroom staff. With experience in League of Legends, his expertise could potentially help guide the organisation further up the LEC table, after ending LEC 2025 Summer with a top-six finish.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is the latest title in the Call of Duty series, the 22nd mainline entry, and the eighth for the Black Ops series. Co-developed by Raven Software and Treyarch, many fans are looking forward to its November 14 release on PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox consoles, as well as PC.

Taking control of David “Section” Mason in the campaign across 11 missions, it looks to be a narrative that’s more in-depth and more engaging than what came before. But it’s the multiplayer and Zombie modes that players are looking forward to playing most. With this in mind, we’re laying out what we know about the release times and preload information for Black Ops 7 once it lands on November 14.

Although Activision has yet to confirm specific times for Black Ops 7’s release, some on Reddit may have stumbled upon it. On the game’s page via the PlayStation Network store, it lists a time of midnight on November 14 for when the title will be available. On the U.S. Store, there’s a time of ​​05:00 GMT, which lines up with the time difference for the UK.

This is the same as 2024’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, when the game was made available at midnight around the world. But for the PC version, it was slightly different. Below are the local times for the mentioned locations for when Black Ops 6 launched on PC:

It’s unclear why Black Ops 6 on PC didn’t launch at midnight like its console ports, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that Black Ops 7 will follow the same release rollout on November 14. However, as we’re expecting a preload to happen before release day, we recommend downloading Black Ops 7 as soon as it’s possible. This way, you can play the game on November 14 once it launches. Once we hear confirmation from Activision, we will update this article with the official times.

At the time of writing, Activision hasn’t confirmed what will be in the inevitable Black Ops 7 preload before its November 14 launch. But, looking at the launch of Black Ops 6, we imagine the preload will begin from the start of November.

For those unaware, preloading is a way of downloading a big chunk of a game before it’s officially made available to players. This way, a title can be playable on its release date instead of making it available to download. It’s essentially similar to buying a boxed game — you can play it straight away.

Looking at when preload occurred for last year’s Black Ops 6, the game’s release date was October 25, 2024, but players could download it from October 21. As Black Ops 7 launches on Friday, November 14, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that the game’s preload will start from Monday, November 10.

But another aspect of a preload is the disk space it will take up on your PC or chosen console. Black Ops 6 was 102GB, and before that, 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was 51GB. With more detailed graphics this time and an even bigger focus on a campaign mode, we wouldn’t be surprised if Black Ops 7’s preload was around 150GB.

However, as Activision has yet to confirm when preload will happen this year, as well as the size of its download, we’ll update this article when they do.

Over 22 years since the first Call of Duty game debuted, there’s still a big appetite for the series. We’re weeks away from having Black Ops 7 available to play for consoles and PC, and Treyarch is already refining the Multiplayer mode, thanks to the recent Open Beta, held between October 6-9. Combined with the Campaign mode headed up by actor Milo Ventimiglia, all three modes could appeal to both new and old Call of Duty players.

We’ll update this article once we know what’s in the Preload for Black Ops 7, as well as its release dates worldwide on both PC and consoles. But for now, the newest title in the Call of Duty series looks set to be much-improved on 2024’s Black Ops 6, with new weapons, a refined Zombies mode, and a campaign full of depth.