G2 Esports sweep TYLOO to top Group C at VALORANT Champions 2026

G2 Esports beat host-region favourites TYLOO 2-0 in Shanghai to move into the winners’ side of Group C at VALORANT Champions 2026, a tournament carrying a $2.25 million (£1.8 million) prize pool.

Team Liquid sign former HEROIC offlaner Wisper ahead of BLAST SLAM VIII

Team Liquid have confirmed Adrián “Wisper” Dobles as their new offlaner in place of the departed Ace, making him the organisation's first South American player as the Dota 2 side prepares for BLAST SLAM VIII.

Rainwaker’s Luminosity Edge Three-Way Tiebreak to Reach Play Connect Playoffs

Luminosity finished the Logitech G Play Connect Bo1 group stage with a 3-2 record, beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in a decisive final match to claim the last playoff spot ahead of NIP and GamerLegion, while Liquid also fell out of contention.

NRG stun MOUZ 2-1 at StarSeries Fall 2026, leap 18 places in VRS rankings

NRG beat world number two MOUZ 2-1 in the opening round of StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026, reaching the upper-bracket semi-final and rising 18 places to 33rd in the global Valve Regional Standings.

Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

Turning off ray tracing for better frame rates has become a ritual for PC gamers who've decided the technology is an overpriced gimmick. They're wrong about the quality, wrong about the development costs, and wrong about the future. Here's why.

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The 25 Best PC Games Of All Time

Thirty-plus years of the greatest gaming platform ever built, distilled into one list. Prepare to be furious.

Who Reviews the Reviewers? Why Games Criticism Has a Problem

IGN gave Crimson Desert a 6/10. Players are having a considerably better time than that suggests. So who's right — and does it matter? A look at what games criticism gets wrong, what it gets right, and why the gap between critic scores and player experience keeps getting wider.

DLSS 5 Backlash: The Real Reason Everyone’s So Angry

The forum-flaming over NVIDIA’s latest AI wizardry has reached peak unhinged, but it’s not the core tech that’s got so many knickers in a twist. It’s the creeping dread of AI disruption.

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