Prepare for some firepower.]]>Storied organization Sentinels has revealed its new star-studded roster for the upcoming 2025 VALORANT season. The North American squad has recruited Sean “bang” Bezerra and Marshall “N4RRATE” Massey to join the team’s ranks.
Two vacant positions were left on the Sentinels VALORANT roster after Sacy and TenZ announced they would hang up their keyboards and retire from professional play. Sentinels acquired two prodigies from the Americas and EMEA leagues to fill the missing pieces.
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Time to rebuild.]]>South Korean powerhouse Gen.G will make massive changes to its VALORANT roster for the upcoming 2025 season, with three players entering free agency. Gen.G was arguably the best team throughout 2024, but a disappointing exit at VCT Champions faltered its plan to build a dynasty.
On Oct. 7, the Gen.G organization revealed it has let go of Lakia, Meteor, and Munchkin from its VALORANT roster. These three players were crucial building blocks that allowed Gen.G to become such a dominant squad.
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When trash talk crosses all boundaries.]]>AVULUS’ Dota 2 squad was sentenced to penalty at PGL Wallachia Season 2 after team captain SoNNeikO allegedly threatened Team Falcons star offlaner ATF at the hotel lobby, saying he would “punch him and put him to the ground,” whose team is now considering to withdraw from the tournament.
Three months ago, the two players in question played against each other in a pub match. Getting his final win to reach 14,000 MMR, ATF got ahead of himself and admitted to calling SoNNeikO on the opposing team “braindead” after winning the match against the latter.
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So miracles do happen.]]>After losing to a 0.01 second defuse at VCT Ascension 2024 in front of their home crowd, BOOM Esports woke up to life-changing news when they learned Bleed Esports had been removed from the VCT Pacific League in 2025, opening a slot for the Indonesian organization.
On Oct. 4, five days after VCT Ascension 2024, Riot Games removed Bleed Esports from the league. The official announcement said the organization was removed due to “failure to comply with critical reporting requirements and other key obligations under the Team Participation Agreement (TPA).”
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Say goodbye to ranged carries. ]]>The International 13 is over, which means Valve has released the long-awaited Dota 2 7.37d patch to end this aura meta.
Though 7.37d is a letter patch, Valve has still made several much-needed changes to stop aura stacking and, most importantly, Gleipnir. Most broken items in the previous patch were nerfed heavily, and the pub-stomping Ringmaster hero was finally reworked to be balanced.
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Tenth time's the charm, right?]]>The G2 squad has slayed their demons and ended a nine-match losing streak against NAVI at the CS2 BLAST Fall Final. After taking down the world’s No. 1 team, G2 lifted their first trophy since the formation of their new roster.
Aleksib had read his former teammates like a book throughout the entire 2024 season, as G2 could not snag a single series against him, so the Fall Final was sweet revenge for defeats at the Copenhagen Major, the Esports World Cup, and ESL Pro League Season 20, all of which saw NAVI defeat G2. This time, after two close map wins on Ancient and Dust 2, not even a massive comeback on Mirage could derail the G2 train as they ended up winning the series 3-1 after a convincing showing on Inferno.
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He's him.]]>Though NiKo’s frustrations came to a boil in G2’s clash with Vitality at the CS2 BLAST Premier Fall Finals, breaking his desk and drawing blood turned out to be the elixir they needed to pull off a comeback to secure their spot in the grand final.
Vitality stormed through the group stage to meet G2 in the semis, and after the two teams traded map picks, it came down to Mirage to decide which one would advance.
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Expect to see some chaotic Dota.]]>Following the departure of Neta “33” Shapira from Team Liquid, Jonáš “SabeRLighT” Volek was picked up on Sept. 27 to replace him on the TI-winning Dota 2 roster. SabeRLighT is looking to bring his outgoing charisma and playmaking ability to help Team Liquid win another Aegis.
Liquid coach William “Blitz” Lee shed light on the roster situation, revealing that 33 had requested to leave the team before TI13 as he wanted to build his own roster back at Tundra Esports. With familiar face SabeRLighT being a free agent, the choice for TI-winners Liquid became quite simple.
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Is the GOAT back?]]>Following a disappointing year for Team Falcons, the Saudi-backed squad has secured superstar s1mple on loan, according to a report by HLTV. The Ukranian will replace Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia in the AWP role.
S1mple needs no introduction, as he is widely regarded as the best Counter-Strike player of all time. The 26-year-old had an upsetting end to Global Offensive and announced he would take an extended break from professional play.
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A new generation?]]>Team Spirit figured it was time to give two players from its academy roster, Yellow Submarine, a taste of the tier-one scene. The two-time TI-winning organization welcomed Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov and Aleksandr “rue” Filin to the main squad on Sept. 26.
All good things come to an end. After leaving a mark in Dota 2 history as one of the most successful rosters ever, Team Spirit’s roster was bound to undergo massive changes when Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk (now Raddan) and Myroslav “Mira” Kolpakov took a break from professional play due to exhaustion from the packed schedules.
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