LPL English, the unofficial co-streaming group, has called for further disciplinary action against Cui ‘Shanks’ Xiao-Jun following the alleged online harassment of a woman on a livestream.

As a result of the action, Shanks was fined three months of performance-related wages (bonuses), and later promised to reflect on his actions; however, LPL English have stated that the severity of the punishment does not align with historic precedents, arguing that a suspension from play would be more appropriate.

Continue reading LPL English call for Anyone’s Legend player to be suspended following alleged online sexist harassment

T1’s Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok became the first player to reach 700 wins in the LCK, reaching the milestone before anyone else had reached 600.

The feat was achieved as T1 handily dispatched KT Rolster in 2-0 fashion, continuing the strong form T1 has shown in the summer split of LCK.

The Korean org has only dropped three games in their seven contests during the split, all to Gen.G as they ended Gen.G’s winning streak in the LCK with a 2-1 in their homecoming event, before losing to Gen.G 1-2 in Week 12 of the LCK in a series that cemented Gen.G as esports betting sites favourites for the World 2025 title.

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LPL star, FunPlus Phoenix jungler, Cai ‘milkyway’ Zi-Jun has been suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of an investigation into “misconduct.”

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BLAST have announced their $1,000,000 DotA 2 arena event to be held in Singapore Indoor Stadium from 7-9 November. BLAST Slam IV Singapore is the first of a four-event deal with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) that aims to put Singapore as a regional leader and destination for esports events.

Continue reading BLAST to host Singapore DotA 2 event, plus four more events coming to Singapore as part of deal

League of Legends has shared a dev update outlining its plans to bring WASD controls to the game, in what has been called “the biggest change in the game’s history” by members of the community. LoL will be adding WASD “in the next few patches.”

Riot outlined their reasoning in the dev video, as well as the implementation and the intentions behind the change, stating that the intention is to capture new players who are not used to League’s idiosyncratic control scheme.

Continue reading WASD controls are coming to League; Community loses its minds

Heroic have announced that EWC 2025 will be Andrey ‘tN1R’ Tatarinovich’s last appearance with the organisation due to an unknown organisation triggering his buyout clause.

According to the self-titled “CIS influencer,” harumi, tN1R will be heading to Team Spirit with Major-winning anchor, Myroslav ‘zont1x’ Plakhotia, losing his spot in the lineup. If so, Spirit will have to make adjustments to their roles, with tN1R typically taking more active positions.

tN1R will be tasked with bringing more firepower to the Spirit roster, who have traditionally lived or died based on the performances of their rifling prodigy Danil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets.

Continue reading Where does tN1R’s exit leave Heroic?

Fragadelphia’s October LAN, Frag x BLOCK2, has sold out in a matter of minutes, with several prominent orgs snapping up tickets to the Philadelphia LAN, many of whom are EU teams.

In the VRS system, all LANs benefit from a modifier called “LAN factor.” This metric makes LAN wins hugely valuable to the ranking system, resulting in EPIC.LAN 45 attracting FUT, Iberian Soul, The Last Resort and others, and Fragadelphia x LVL UP EXPO 2025 attracting eventual winners NiP.

Continue reading NA scene shares mixed reactions to EU invasion of Fragadelphia

Despite VCT EMEA Ascension teams struggling to gain any traction in the Pro League, Nongshim RedForce is bucking the trend in the Pacific region. 

Are they an example of the Ascension system working, or are they still victims of Valorant’s tough promotion system?

Nongshim RedForce clutch Group Stage success

They may not have finished at the top of their group, but third place was enough to secure them a spot in the VCT Pacific Playoffs. 

Nongshim RedForce achieved three wins against two losses in Group Alpha, winning eight maps and losing five across the four weeks.

Continue reading Nongshim RedForce are due to start their VCT Playoffs journey, but is this a win for Ascension or a continuation of the brutal promotion system?

ESL have confirmed that Katowice’s iconic Spodek arena will return to the Counter-Strike fray as the host of ESL Pro League Season 24 for the playoffs of the event. The ESL Pro League Season 2024 Finals will be a three-day event, spanning from October 9-11.

The news confirms what fans had long expected. After ESL announced “that Katowice would ‘Counter-Strike is returning to Katowice & the Spodek Arena in 2026” on a Twitter/X post in July, savvy CS fans deduced that it likely meant Pro League would be hosted at the venue, as they were the only ESL events not to have an announced venue as of the date.

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Battlefield 6’s first open weekend has ended. As the world waits for the Battlefield 6 Open Beta to reopen on Thursday, Darragh Harbinson records his experience with the game and what to look forward to in Open Beta Weekend #2.

Jumping into Early Access on August 7, I had a hard shell of scepticism surrounding my expectations. Of course, I had seen Battlefield 6’s esports-style Multiplayer Launch Event and knew that most esports pros and content creators had a positive experience, but after seeing so many ugly launches, especially for Unreal Engine 5 games, I managed my expectations.

Continue reading BF6 Hands-on: Battlefield 6 has justified the hype, but can it keep its players?