Tag Archives: VCT 2026

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