
How esports roster moves actually happen, from tryouts to buyouts
Behind every transfer tweet sits a contract, a window, and weeks of closed-door testing.

Behind every transfer tweet sits a contract, a window, and weeks of closed-door testing.

Old games are not fading out. Collecting, emulation debates and nostalgia economics are keeping them at the center of gaming life.

Rocket League players move from tiered ranked seasons to in-game tournaments, open RLCS qualifiers, and LAN Majors, with a $5,000,000 prize pool across the 2025 season.

FaZe Clan's Antwerp 2022 Major win and Doinb's LPL career show how international rosters turned nationality into backstory on esports stages.

Mobile Legends titles, a 5.68 million viewer final, and six straight Philippine world championships mark the country's mobile esports rise.

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A 'global entity' for generative AI sounds like a strategy. At Ubisoft, it also lands in the middle of a third round of cost cuts.

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University leagues, amateur cups and community clubs form the pipeline that turns British players into professionals.

Words born in lobbies and voice chat now show up in office meetings and group texts. Here is how that migration works, and why it keeps happening.