Rumours continue to circulate regarding the Team Spirit zont1x transfer.

Initially, speculation was that roster changes would be made after the Esports World Cup. However, the organisation’s IEM Chengdu roster announcement suggested he will remain with them for the November tournament.

What is the zont1x transfer?

Initially, reports from various Counter-Strike news outlets suggested that Myroslav ‘zont1x’ Plakhotia was due to be replaced by Andrey ‘tN1R’ Tatarinovich from HEROIC.

These reports also stated that tN1R would join the Team Spirit roster after the conclusion of the Esports World Cup.

Continue reading Is the zont1x transfer cancelled? Team Spirit’s roster delay, explained

T1 and Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok are now in control of whether they will finish 2nd in the LCK Legends group. They do so after defeating HLE in three games as the LCK kicks off its final week of action.

Second in the LCK would give T1 a berth into Playoffs Round 2, and would mean they are guaranteed to avoid Gen.G in Round 2, who have largely dominated the LCK in 2025, dropping only a single series, making them favourites for the LCK title with esports betting sites.

Continue reading T1 and Faker now in control of their LCK fate

Esports News UK has been in contact with multiple ‘Superfans’ who attended the Esports World Cup Counter-Strike & Apex events. The fans, who received free travel, accommodation and tickets to events through organisations making use of EWC’s Superfan program, revealed several peculiarities of the Riyadh event.

While some of the Superfans relayed an overall positive experience, they were also allegedly subject to censorship, unequal treatment, and lacked reasonable access to water on EWC’s final day of the Counter-Strike 2 event.  

Continue reading EWC-attending Superfans outline alleged censorship and unequal treatment at Riyadh event

Career Mode in the upcoming EA FC 26 looks like the most dynamic iteration of the mode yet.

EA Sports has listened to fan feedback and added more variety so that every Career Mode save feels unique and exciting.

There’s the addition of a live manager market, which could be a disastrous feature for EA FC 26 Career Mode if not done well.

And there is now the new feature of unexpected events that will randomly give Career Mode managers tricky challenges to contend with.

Continue reading Every unexpected event that can happen in EA FC 26 Career Mode

League of Legends Patch 25.17 buffs and nerfs are now in action. Which Champions are currently stronger, and which are weaker in the latest update?

The August 27th Patch 25.17 buffs and nerfs are as follows:

League of Legends Patch 25.17 Buffs

Patch 25.17 has focused more on buffs over nerfs, with ten Champions receiving notable improvements. There are four notable Champion downgrades. Prior to this patch, Riot Games also released WASD controls into PBE with mixed reactions.

Continue reading Patch 25.17 buffs and nerfs in the League of Legends August 27th update

Reactions to WASD League of Legends movement have steadily rolled in since the function rolled out on PBE (Public Beta Environment) on August 26th.   

Unsurprisingly, reactions are mixed as the prospect of such a significant change to League of Legends looms on the horizon.   

Is WASD League of Legends movement “broken”?

  Players were so eager to experience their first WASD League of Legends movement system in-game that some found PBE queue times longer than those for the standard game.

Continue reading WASD League of Legends reactions start to flood in from players as the feature launches on PBE

EA Sports FC 26 releases next month as the closed beta will end soon.

Rumours are that the player ratings and the top 100 database will be revealed soon.

EA Sports has been showing off plenty of exciting ICONS coming to Ultimate Team, like Zlatan Ibrahimović and Thierry Henry.

But there are also a lot of big-name footballers who are still playing but won’t be included in EA FC 26.

Continue reading The biggest footballers missing from EA FC 26

After the sun set on IEM Cologne, Counter Strike fans are looking to the next Intel Extreme Masters tournament. IEM Chengdu 2025 teams have now been confirmed, and the sun will rise again on IEM in November.

With an all-star lineup, as always, which teams will rise to the top in China?

All IEM Chengdu 2025 teams locked in ahead of Chinese LAN

At the time of writing, the confirmed IEM Chengdu 2025 teams are as follows:

• FaZe Clan 
• Natus Vincere (NAVI) 
• Astralis 
• MOUZ
• Team Falcons 
• F2 Esports 
• Lynn Vision
• 3DMAX 
• HEROIC 
• Virtus.pro 
• Team Spirit 
• Team Vitality 
• FURIA Esports 
• pAIN Gaming 
• The MongolZ 
• TYLOO 

The roster submission deadline is October 20th, 2025.

Continue reading IEM Chengdu 2025 teams confirmed for November

Riot Games have officially unveiled the next line of League of Legends Worlds skins for the historic T1 triumph in 2024.

The T1 squad defeated Bilibili Gaming 3-2 at the O2 Arena in London to lift the Worlds Summoner Cup trophy for the second year in a row.

Now, the new personalised skins for Choi ‘Zeus’ Woo-je, Mun ‘Oner’ Hyeon-jun, Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok, Lee ‘Gumayusi’ Min-hyeong, and Ryu ‘Keria’ Min-seok have been revealed.

Continue reading T1 LoL Worlds 2024 skins revealed with fun recall easter eggs

Riot Games has accidentally leaked that Blitzcrank will be the next champion in 2XKO.

Eagled-eye fans noticed the giant steam golem appeared on the 2XKO cover on Riot’s support page.

Now, it has been confirmed that he is indeed coming to the League of Legends-based fighter as the game’s ninth champion.

Also, Riot has revealed that Blitzcrank will be playable in the upcoming closed beta.

Blitzcrank was supposed to be unveiled next week.

Continue reading 2XKO beta will feature accidentally leaked champion Blitzcrank