Esports National Teams vs Clubs: How Country Play Works

Esports Teams

Almost all top-level esports is organized around clubs. Organizations such as T1, G2 or Team Falcons sign players from many countries and compete in leagues and tournaments run by the companies that own the games. National-team esports exists, at the Asian Games and in occasional publisher events, but it is thin, and the largest attempt … Read more

Esports Finals to Watch in November and December 2026

Esports Finals 2026

The 2026 esports season closes with five international finals in six weeks: the League of Legends World Championship final in Brooklyn on November 14, an Overwatch Asia final in Busan, DreamHack Stockholm with the SNK World Championship, the Counter-Strike 2 Major in Singapore, and the Overwatch world finals in China. One event many older calendars … Read more

G-STAR 2026 in Busan: Tickets, Exhibitors and G-CON

G-Star 2026

G-STAR 2026, South Korea’s largest game show, runs from November 19 to 22 at BEXCO in Busan. The main hall this year belongs to Krafton, Webzen, HoYoverse, Google Play, Team42 and main sponsor Crack, while Nexon, NCSoft, Netmarble and Smilegate, which built the biggest pavilions in past years, are not exhibiting. Their absence has made … Read more

Phantom Blade Zero Launches October 29: What We Know

Wuxia Swords on a Misty Terrace

Phantom Blade Zero, a martial-arts action RPG from the Chinese studio S-GAME, launches October 29, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and PC. The release moved from September 9, and Wikipedia’s entry says the studio wanted more time to improve quality. Details here are current as of October 13, 2026, and no review scores exist yet. This … Read more

LoL Worlds 2026: Schedule, Teams and Where to Watch

Golden-Hour Arena Crowd Gathering

The 2026 League of Legends World Championship runs from October 15 to November 14 in three American cities: Los Angeles, Allen, Texas, and Brooklyn, New York. Nineteen teams from six leagues are entered, according to Riot’s official announcement. The prize pool is reported at $5 million, and the Grand Final is at Barclays Center in … Read more

The Blood of Dawnwalker: A Vampire RPG That Almost Pulls It Off

The Blood of Dawnwalker launched September 3 as the debut title from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by veterans from CD Projekt Red. It’s a 14th-century vampire action RPG built around a single mechanic: you have 30 days to save your family before they’re sacrificed. That pressure shapes everything. Critics largely agree the concept works. … Read more

Beast of Reincarnation Review: The Pokémon Studio Takes a Real Risk, and It Mostly Pays Off

Beast of Reincarnation is the most interesting thing Game Freak has done in years, and that has nothing to do with Pokémon. This is the studio’s first major original game outside that franchise and its first release ever on PlayStation and Xbox. Published by Fictions and out since August 4, it is a mature action … Read more