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On June 10, Riot delivered a massive update to ARAM Mayhem. With patch 26.12, augments were overhauled to drastically change the pool, remove the sets, and instead add ability-empowering augments. With League of Legends’ fan-favorite game mode remaining as popular eight months after its release, Riot wanted to keep things fresh. Unfortunately, the community’s response to champion augments has been strongly negative.

Legendary South Korean esports team, T1, has officially appointed K-pop star and member of the girl group FIFTY FIFTY, Athena, as the official brand ambassador for its VALORANT division. K-pop star Athena joins T1 as the ambassador of the VALORANT team The announcement rolled out across the organization’s social media channels on June 16, 2026, making it official that the organization is all set to tap into the growing K-pop fanbase all over the world.

The Esports Foundation has officially announced that its docuseries on athletes, the Esports World Cup: Level Up, is set to return with a second season on June 26, 2026. The five episodes of the series will drop together on Amazon Prime Video. The series is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler and is produced by This Machine, the content division of Sony Pictures Television.

One of the underdog teams that made it to the playoffs of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 is BetBoom, who ran the whole gauntlet all the way from Stage 1. Standing-in for the team is Timur “FL4MUS” Marev, who we had the chance to talk to during the pre-playoffs media day. Check out the full interview below. Did you even expect to be in Stage 3 at this major, let alone making playoffs? FL4MUS: It was my minimum that I’m going to be satisfied with, Stage 3. Not the playoffs, I was not expecting.

G2 Esports just won the LEC Spring Split final against Karmine Corp. The European superpower now has 19 LEC titles, after defeating KC in a 3-2 final. Both teams will represent Europe at the Mid-Season Invitational in Seoul starting June 28. G2 beat KC 3-2 Contrary to the first time they met in the playoffs, Karmine Corp put up a fight in the LEC final.

Team WE beat Bilibili Gaming in round 1 of the LPL Split 2 playoffs. BLG were the favorite to win the entire event, while WE came dead last in Group Ascend after winning one single series. Nevertheless, odds be damned and BLG lost 1-3 against all expectations. Team WE beats Bilibili Gaming 3-1 The playoff match between these two teams was a bloodbath even by LPL standards. In no game was either team able to hold a lead without throwing.

Riot Games will open a second stage in their EMEA arena in Berlin. So far, both League of Legends and VALORANT used the venue for their weekly matches, which has resulted in scheduling conflicts for both games. After regional play returns from Masters London and the Mid-Season Invitational, the two games will be able to hold their games simultaneously. However, only the original stage (named the Arena Stage) will be able to welcome a live audience.

The regular season of the LCS Spring Split 2026 has just concluded, and it hasn’t been a success in terms of viewership. The tournament continues attracting fewer viewers, and the LCS Spring 2026 is now the lowest-watched split ever for NA (comparing regular seasons only). Despite returning to its original branding, the event keeps losing both national and international viewers.

As the race for top two intensifies at the end of the LCK Rounds 1-2, T1 just beat KT Rolster in a 2-0 series. Following this match, T1 will likely tie Gen.G for second place. However, this result also means that the top four teams all finish 1-1 against each other. T1 beats KT Rolster 2-0 to bring them down to fourth place in the LCK Rounds 1-2 T1 faced KT as their penultimate match of the split.

Counter-Strike legend Jarosław “pashaBiceps” Jarząbkowski has been hit with a seven-day competitive ban on the FACEIT matchmaking platform after he made some controversial comments during one of his recent matches. The suspension has created a lot of buzz among Counter-Strike fans as the ordeal came less than a month after the legendary Virtus.pro alumnus made headlines by selling his iconic CS2 Knife skin for charity. Why did PashaBiceps get banned by FACEIT?