Brazil's betting ban took effect on September 25, and Counter-Strike is taking the hardest hit of any esport. Keyd Stars has paused its CS2 team, and BetBoom holds the Brazilian rights to BLAST, PGL and ESL broadcasts while it is barred from advertising to Brazilians.
Prime Day ends at 11:59 PM PT on October 7. Here are the Nintendo Switch deals still live: Pokemon Legends Z-A at $39.99, Pragmata at $39.99, the Switch 2 at £354.99 in the UK, and microSD Express cards from $104.48.
Riot's Worlds 2026 merch is out. It includes the $99 Worlds Unlocked box with a True Damage Yasuo skin, a huf streetwear collab, an $80 Riftbound bundle and venue-only gear for Brooklyn and Texas. Here's every price and release date.
Brazil's betting ban took effect on September 25, and Counter-Strike is taking the hardest hit of any esport. Keyd Stars has paused its CS2 team, and BetBoom holds the Brazilian rights to BLAST, PGL and ESL broadcasts while it is barred from advertising to Brazilians.
Prime Day ends at 11:59 PM PT on October 7. Here are the Nintendo Switch deals still live: Pokemon Legends Z-A at $39.99, Pragmata at $39.99, the Switch 2 at £354.99 in the UK, and microSD Express cards from $104.48.
Riot's Worlds 2026 merch is out. It includes the $99 Worlds Unlocked box with a True Damage Yasuo skin, a huf streetwear collab, an $80 Riftbound bundle and venue-only gear for Brooklyn and Texas. Here's every price and release date.
Clint "Maven" Evans is stepping away from the Call of Duty League after revealing a relationship with his casting partner MerK's ex-wife. Here is his statement and what we know so far.
Google Playground lets US users aged 18 and up make browser games by describing them in text. Here's how it works, what it costs and what Unity Spark adds next.
Valve has granted BC.Game an exception to its new three-month VRS rule. s1mple's team can now chase a PGL Singapore Major invite through Asia and keeps all of its points.
Riot has delayed League's private-replay restrictions from Patch 26.20 to Patch 26.21 following community criticism. The proposed system prevents players from downloading matches they did not participate in and removes third-party replay downloads. Riot says the restrictions are part of a wider effort to close vulnerabilities increasingly exploited through cheats, botting and AI-assisted reverse engineering.
Valve has granted BC.Game an exception to its new three-month VRS rule. s1mple's team can now chase a PGL Singapore Major invite through Asia and keeps all of its points.
Paramount closed its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover on October 6, putting Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat and Batman under a new company called Skydance. Here's which studios changed hands and what to watch next.
Materia sued DJ CutMan, Christopher Davidson, personally on September 28, alleging nearly 150 videos used music administered by Materia without authorization. The complaint alleges Davidson acknowledged lacking necessary rights but subsequently submitted YouTube counter-notifications seeking restoration of the videos; Davidson's position must be treated as disputed unless established by evidence or admission. Materia says YouTube would restore the disputed videos after the statutory counter-notice period unless it received evidence of court action, explaining why the copyright dispute moved into federal court.
Sony Pictures has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire EA's Battlefield movie package following a bidding war involving several major studios and streamers. Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write, direct and produce, while Michael B. Jordan will produce and could potentially star. Battlefield's Hollywood push comes as rival Call of Duty is also getting a theatrical movie, setting up the possibility of gaming's FPS rivalry extending to cinemas.
