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After seven long years on the sidelines, Cache is finally making its way back into competitive Counter-Strike. Valve officially announced that Cache will replace Overpass in the Active Duty map pool starting with Premier Season 5. The news came straight from the official Counter-Strike X account, which confirmed that Season 4 of Premier wraps up on July 6. Once Season 5 kicks off, Overpass is out and Cache is in. Simple as that, and the CS2 community had a lot to say about it.

The International Regional Qualifiers are coming to an end, but not before deciding which North American team will fight for the Aegis of Champions while representing their region. North America was once a strong and prosperous region, but nowadays only four teams remain in contention for the TI 2026 Regional Qualifiers. GamerLegion enters as the favorite, and it seems very unlikely that they will miss out on the only slot available.

Team Falcons are the IEM Cologne Major 2026 champions. On June 21, at a sold-out LANXESS Arena, Falcons swept FURIA 3-0 in the Grand Finals to claim the most prestigious trophy in CS2. And with that, nearly a decade of heartbreak finally ended for one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. The Night NiKo Finally Did It If you've followed Counter-Strike for any length of time, you know what this moment means.

In what may go down as one of the greatest grand finals in VALORANT esports history, Leviatán completed a storybook lower bracket run to claim the VALORANT Masters London trophy, defeating Paper Rex 3-2 in a pulsating five-map thriller. The young Latin American squad have made history in more ways than one, and the esports world is taking notice. Leviatán's path to glory was anything but smooth.

Riot Games has officially announced Summit, VALORANT's newest map, and it arrives with one of the most tactically disruptive mechanics the game has ever seen. Set in a breathtaking Radiant training academy perched in the mountains of China, Summit launches on June 24, 2026, and it's coming straight to Competitive queue on day one.

Riot Games has officially announced Summit, VALORANT's newest map, and it arrives with one of the most tactically disruptive mechanics the game has ever seen. Set in a breathtaking Radiant training academy perched in the mountains of China, Summit launches on June 24, 2026, and it's coming straight to Competitive queue on day one.

Almost a year after being moved to Team Spirit's inactive roster, Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov returns as a coach to help his former teammates on their journey to the Esports World Cup and The International 2026. Let's recap Team Spirit's performance since Miposhka left and discuss what their possible path to the biggest competitions in professional Dota 2 could look like.

The stage is set for the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Grand Final, as FURIA and Team Falcons will meet in a best-of-five series on June 21 at one of Counter-Strike's most historic venues, the Lanxess Arena. Both sides have enjoyed near‑flawless campaigns throughout the tournament and enter the decider in their finest form of the year. In this preview, we break down the FURIA vs.

After FalleN secured his date with destiny, it was NiKo, karrigan and Team Falcons’ shot at securing the coveted CS2 IEM Cologne Major 2026 Grand Finals in the LANXESS. In their way stood a rejuvenated resilient and all-powerful, albeit coachless, Team Spirit.

The Copper Box Arena is ready! Tomorrow, June 21, Americas representative Leviatán will face VALORANT’s final boss — Paper Rex — in the Bo5 Masters London 2026 Grand Finals! Let’s see what the Grand Finals day has in store for us. Paper Rex - Second Masters Trophy Incoming? Paper Rex entered Masters London as the Pacific first seed and the clear favorites to win the whole event. Their dominant opening game against Leviatán further cemented that status.