Fnatic have announced that Leo ‘Leo’ Jannesson will depart the roster and will be stepping away from Valorant esports for the time being.

The news comes after a 15-month inactive period, which saw Leo step away from the roster for health reasons.

The roster initially saw Emirhan ‘hiro’ Kat stand-in for the Swedish star, before hiro left with Kajetan ‘kaajak’ Haremski and Austin ‘crashies’ Roberts joining the legendary organisation.

Fnatic’s statement read:

“After 3 years of last minute clutches, two international trophies and being an undisputable fan favourite, we wish farewell to Leo
Whilst the last year hasn’t been what we or Leo had hoped for, we are incredibly proud that Leo’s career was with us and for all the achievements we had with him on our roster.

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Malamar is the latest Pokémon to receive a Mega Evolution for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 title, Pokémon Legends Z-A.

This had been teased last week by the Pokémon Company, with promotional videos showcasing people talking about their love for “my friend Malamar.”

Dragonite, Victreebell, and Hawlucha previously had their Mega Evolution forms revealed in similar promotional videos.

And as well as Legends, Mega Evolutions are also coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket with the release date already leaked.

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The International 2025 playoffs begin on September 11, after a shocking group stage, which saw Xtreme Gaming, Tidebound, and BetBoom as the top three teams of the Group Stage, qualifying directly for the playoffs.

The unpredictable nature of the tournament continued in the Road to TI Playoffs Elimination Round, where Tundra, deprived of Matthew ‘Whitemon’ Filemon due to Visa issues, eliminated the defending champions of Liquid in a scintillating 2-1 series victory.

Pre-tournament betting odds favourites, Team Spirit, were also eliminated in the Play-in stage, falling 2-0 to Falcons in a series that blew the playoff bracket open.

Continue reading The International 2025: Could EU’s dominance be broken in Hamburg?

One thing that the FIFA/EA FC franchise has always been known for is the games having incredible soundtracks.

Now, the full soundtrack for EA FC 26 has supposedly been revealed, according to various leakers who have created a playlist on Spotify.

While not confirmed, EA FC 26 is very close to release, which makes this leak very likely to be real.

And if true, EA Sports has managed to secure a lot of wildly popular artists and their songs for the upcoming game.

Continue reading EA FC 26 full soundtrack leaked with 90 songs and huge names

The official Valorant Champions 2025 Anthem, ‘Last Shot’ featuring Templuv and 347aidan, is officially out.

Riot Games has released the song as well as an animated music video to celebrate the biggest Valorant esports event of the year.

Valorant Champions will see the best teams in the world compete with representatives from VCT EMEA, Americas, China, and Pacific.

The tournament will take place in Paris between September 12th and October 5th with a $2.25m (£1.66m) prize pool.

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English actor and TV presenter Ross Kemp has taken on gangs, pirates, and nazis. Now he is tackling esports.

The British celebrity was in attendance at the BLAST Open Fall Counter-Strike tournament in London.

Kemp was in the crowd during the exhilarating final, which saw G2 Esports defeat Team Vitality to be crowned BLAST London champions.

One for the UK lads…

ROSS KEMP IS IN THE HOUSE#BLASTPremier pic.twitter.com/YHNigBk5cu

— BLAST Premier 💥 (@BLASTPremier) September 7, 2025

The wildly dramatic five-game series was enough to give CS fans a heart attack, but Kemp will have been unfazed.

Continue reading Ross Kemp on esports: a surprise guest at BLAST London

The League of Legends fighting game 2XKO will finally release today (September 9th) with the launch of the closed beta.

Invites will be sent out around 6pm BST, with the beta going live at 7pm in North and South America initially, before other regions follow closely.

This is the official rollout of the game as Riot Games hopes to keep 2XKO online from this point onwards.

A lot has changed since the Alpha Labs, so here is everything you need to know about the 2XKO closed beta.

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EA Sports has announced the official ratings of the highest-rated players for EA FC 26 Ultimate Team.

EA showcased the top 26 men and top 26 women for the game, excluding retired Icons like Zlatan Ibrahimović.

It appears that the EA FC 26 leaked ratings were accurate, at least from what has been shown so far.

And now it has been confirmed that Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe are the highest-rated male players in the game.

Continue reading Mbappe and Salah officially best EA FC 26 players while Yamal gets major upgrade

Team Spirit have announced a big change to their Counter-Strike 2 roster ahead of ESL Pro League 22.

Andrey ‘tN1R’ Tatarinovich has officially joined from HEROIC to replace Myroslav ‘zont1x’ Plakhotia.

The Belarusian established himself as a star on HEROIC, averaging a 1.19 rating on LAN across 74 maps.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian rifler zont1x has been moved to the bench due to his own personal request.

In an official statement released by Team Spirit, zont1x apparently asked to be benched a long time ago:

“Several months ago, Miroslav informed the Team Spirit management that he needed some time off in order to solve certain personal issues.

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