Category: Valorant

September 11, 2026

Valorant

ENVY Tear Down Their VALORANT Roster: keznit, Demon1, GLYPH and Coach WKN Cleared to Leave as the Americas Offseason Starts Early

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The VALORANT offseason in the Americas has barely begun, and ENVY have already stripped their roster down to the frame. Within roughly a day the organisation cleared five people to explore options elsewhere: veteran Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo first, followed by duelist Angelo "keznit" Mori, Max "Demon1" Mazanov, Conner "GLYPH" Garcia... read more

September 10, 2026

Valorant

Team Liquid Bench purp0 for 18-Year-Old GSR Two Weeks Before Champions Shanghai – EMEA Offseason Shake-Up Begins Early

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Two weeks before the biggest event of the year, Team Liquid have pulled the trigger on a roster change that few saw coming. The EMEA organisation has benched Semyon "purp0" Borchev and promoted 18-year-old Serbian prospect Ognjen "GSR" Bondžić into the starting five for Valorant Champions 2026 in Shanghai, which... read more

September 9, 2026

Valorant

VCT 2027 Open Qualifiers Start in November: Riot Opens Four Kickoff Slots per Region and a Path to Champions for Non-Partner Teams

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Riot Games has confirmed that the Open Qualifiers for the 2027 season of the Valorant Champions Tour will begin in November 2026 – and with them comes the most significant structural change to the circuit since the partnership era started in 2023. From next season on, teams outside the partnered... read more

September 8, 2026

Valorant

Global Esports Reverse-Sweep Nongshim RedForce 3-2 to Win VCT Pacific Stage 2 – a First Trophy and the Top Seed for Champions Shanghai

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Global Esports are the champions of VCT Pacific Stage 2. The Indian organisation came back from 0-2 down to beat Nongshim RedForce 3-2 in Sunday's grand final in Busan, lifting the first VCT trophy in the club's history and taking Pacific's number-one seed into Valorant Champions Shanghai later this month.... read more

September 7, 2026

Valorant

Champions Shanghai Draw: Group D Throws Karmine Corp, Nongshim and NRG Together While G2 Meet Paper Rex Again

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Hours after 100 Thieves lifted the Americas Stage 2 trophy in São Paulo, Riot pulled the balls for Valorant Champions 2026. The draw show on Sunday sorted the 16 qualified teams into four groups and fixed the opening matches, and for anyone following the Valorant betting scene it delivered the... read more

September 6, 2026

Valorant

LOUD Complete the Miracle: 3-2 Over NRG Books Champions Shanghai and a Grand Final Against 100 Thieves

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Three weeks ago LOUD were a lower-bracket afterthought. On Saturday night in São Paulo they became the last team to punch a ticket to Valorant Champions 2026. A 3-2 win over NRG in the VCT Americas Stage 2 lower final sends the Brazilian side to Shanghai for the first time... read more

September 5, 2026

Valorant

100 Thieves Sweep NRG to Reach the Americas Grand Final as LOUD Send G2 Home

September 5, 2026 All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The top half of the VCT Americas Stage 2 playoff bracket emptied out in the space of an afternoon. 100 Thieves took the upper final off NRG without conceding a map, and a couple of hours later LOUD removed G2 Esports from the tournament altogether. A four-team fight for the... read more

September 3, 2026

Valorant

VCT Pacific Stage 2 Reaches Its Busan Endgame — Nongshim Face Global Esports, T1 Keep Grinding

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The Pacific league's second stage of 2026 is down to four teams and three days of play at the Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan, and the bracket that arrived at this point looks very little like the one most people sketched out in July. Both of the region's biggest names... read more

September 1, 2026

Valorant

G2 Punch Their Champions Ticket in Americas Stage 2 — and LEVIATÁN’s Fate Now Rests With Others

September 1, 2026 All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The first half of the VCT 2026 Americas Stage 2 playoffs wrapped up on Aug. 31, and it left the region with a top four, two secured Champions slots and one very nervous former favourite. G2 Esports beat LEVIATÁN 2-1 to lock a spot in Shanghai, while LOUD swept MIBR... read more

August 30, 2026

Valorant

Valorant Champions 2026 in Shanghai: Half the Field Is Locked, and the Outright Board Is Still Guesswork

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

Valorant Champions 2026 runs from September 24 to October 18 in Shanghai, with $2,250,000 on the line and 16 teams competing for the last trophy of Riot's 2026 season. With roughly four weeks to go, half the bracket is already sealed and the other half is still being decided live... read more

August 26, 2026

Valorant

TYLOO Win Their First VCT Title in China — and Reach Champions as a Live Underdog

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

VCT China's Stage 2 playoffs ended with a result almost nobody had priced back in July: TYLOO beat JD Gaming 3-1 in the grand final to claim the organisation's first VCT regional trophy. For anyone following the Valorant circuit as a market rather than a fan story, the way that... read more

August 19, 2026

CS:GO

FURIA’s Female CS2 Roster Switches to VALORANT — a Game Changers Market With No Form Book

All News, CS:GO, Valorant Mark Terrence

FURIA has pulled off something no esports organisation had managed before: moving an entire competitive roster from one game to another without taking it apart first. FURIA fe, the Brazilian org's women's Counter-Strike lineup, confirmed on Aug. 17 that it is switching to VALORANT and will compete in Riot Games'... read more

August 18, 2026

Valorant

Tier-Two Teams Took Three of Four VCT EMEA Playoff Spots — Why Outright Prices Just Got Unreliable

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The VCT 2026 EMEA Stage 2 Play-Ins closed on Aug. 16, and the result was not the one most brackets predicted. Of the four playoff spots on offer, three went to teams that came up through Challengers rather than the partnered VCT roster list. For anyone who follows the Valorant... read more

August 16, 2026

Valorant

VCT China Stage 2 Playoffs: JD Gaming Sweep the Top Seed as Shanghai Slots Narrow

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The Chinese leg of the 2026 Valorant Champions Tour has reached the stretch where seeding stops mattering, and the opening round of the Stage 2 playoffs made that point loudly. Nova Esports arrived as the number one seed after finishing the group stage without dropping a series. They lasted two... read more

August 10, 2026

Valorant

VCT EMEA Stage 2 Play-Ins: Challengers Duo Dump Heretics and Gentle Mates Into the Lower Bracket

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The VCT 2026 EMEA Stage 2 Play-Ins were meant to be a routine checkpoint for the region's partnered teams. Four days into the bracket at the Olimpic Arena in Badalona, that script has been torn up: the two sides promoted out of Challengers are unbeaten and one win from the... read more

August 7, 2026

Valorant

VCT Americas Stage 2 Enters Its Final Week: NRG Stay Perfect, 100 Thieves Hold Omega

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The group stage of VCT 2026 Americas Stage 2 has three match days left, and Thursday night in Sao Paulo confirmed the pecking order rather than shaking it up. NRG brushed ENVY aside 2-0 and Evil Geniuses swept FURIA by the same scoreline, setting up a closing weekend in which... read more

August 6, 2026

Valorant

VCT EMEA Stage 2 Play-Ins Begin in Badalona: Fnatic and GIANTX Fight to Stay Alive

All News, Valorant Mark Terrence

The VCT 2026 EMEA Stage 2 Play-Ins get underway in Badalona today, and the bracket reads like a survival test rather than a formality. Twelve teams are packed into a double-elimination gauntlet running until 16 August, and only two of them will walk out with a place in the Stage... read more