Riot scrapped the Last Chance Qualifier and rebuilt the road to Champions Shanghai around Stage 2 Playoffs, Championship Points, and a funded on-ramp for Challengers teams.
Valve replaced invitation politics with a published formula and a staged bracket - here is what the standings count, how they convert into Major seats, and what the regional slot table really tells you.
A Counter-Strike 2 team doesn't win one qualifier to reach a Valve Major anymore — it earns its way in through six months of accumulated results.
Every VALORANT Champions Tour team gets a cut of Riot Games' cosmetic sales, and the newest tool for doing it is the Season Capsule — a league-wide skin collection whose…
The first Worlds final on the U.S. East Coast, a second CBLOL slot, and MSI champions Hanwha Life already qualified — the 2026 World Championship is fully mapped.