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100 Thieves have officially unveiled their Rainbow Six Siege roster for the 2026 season, taking to social media to confirm the lineup just three weeks before their competitive debut. The announcement marks the organization's entry into the R6 Share ecosystem, where they will compete at the North America League 2026 – Kickoff alongside fellow Share teams and two Challengers squads for a spot at the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City 2026.

With all the regional leagues having wrapped up, the 20 confirmed teams are making their way to Salt Lake City, Utah, for what is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated events in the Rainbow Six Siege esports calendar. The BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City 2026 runs from May 8 to May 17, offering a loaded prize pool of $600,000 alongside crucial Six Invitational Points.

The BLAST R6 2026/27 season is built as a year-long marathon of Rainbow Six Siege competition, starting from open Challenger Series qualifiers and peaking at the Six Invitational 2027.

The Rainbow Six Siege Y10S4.2 update, releasing today, brings major balance adjustments and quality-of-life refinements aimed at refreshing both attacker and defender gameplay. From Thorn’s complete gadget overhaul to the return of Mozzie’s Super Shorty, players can expect meaningful meta shifts in both casual and competitive play.

Streamer Trainwreckstv was hit with a 31-day ban in VALORANT for playing ranked matches with a group of friends, and the situation quickly turned into one of the messiest public controversies involving Riot Games in recent memory.

KeSPA and the Esports Foundation have to an agreement, bringing the South Korean association back into the fold as National Team Partner, and by extension returns South Korea to the list of nations for the ENC.

In this list we will go through three easy-to-play but highly effective carry heroes. These guys have a good win rate across all brackets without requiring much to master.

Cloud9 dropped some unexpected news on May 8th. Victor "v1c" Truong is stepping down from the active Cloud9 VALORANT roster to take a break from competing, and Notexxd will be sliding in to fill his spot. It's a tough pill to swallow mid-season, but Cloud9 isn't slowing down.

In this article, we will go through the biggest losers of Dota 2 patch 7.41c and discuss which remain viable and which should be avoided for now.

For the first time in their VCT history, Global Esports are heading to an international event. The Indian organization clinched their spot at Masters London after defeating Paper Rex 2-1 in a thrilling upper bracket semifinal, capping off an incredible journey.

ENVY player Evan “Eggsterr” Grady has unofficially announced his retirement from professional play. The 23-year-old content creator turned professional player confirmed on-stream that he would play the upcoming MIBR series while also implying that will be his final series with the team.

IEM Atlanta 2026 will run from May 11-17. Offering a $1 million prize pool, crucial VRS points, and valuable LAN practice ahead of the upcoming Major, the tournament brings together 16 Counter-Strike teams in Atlanta, Georgia.

VALORANT shares the first look and more details on the upcoming Neon and Shotgun nerfs, set to arrive with Patch 12.09 on May 12.

Riot's 2XKO Patch 1.2.1 arrives May 12 with the new Teamfight Fuse, which lets both champions play simultaneously for seven seconds. The update also adds a duo finder, in-game voice chat, and opens Season 2 with a soft ranked reset.

Neon, the Filipino duelist agent in VALORANT, is finally slated for a long-awaited nerf. The nerf is scheduled to come with Patch 12.09 and she will be disabled for the period until the patch arrives.

Dota 2 patch 7.41c is here, and it has brought much-needed changes to the meta. The most broken heroes received sizable nerfs, while a few unpicked heroes get some love.