
Global Esports shuts its Valorant roster and becomes an AI studio
Global Esports shut its Valorant roster on October 19, 2026, weeks after winning VCT Pacific Stage 2. Sinha is turning India's partner team into GE Studios.
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Global Esports shut its Valorant roster on October 19, 2026, weeks after winning VCT Pacific Stage 2. Sinha is turning India's partner team into GE Studios.

Team Vitality says V.Hive on Boulevard de Sébastopol stays shut after the October 17 looting. Trophies were taken. The club has not named which of the cups.

Team Liquid signed Malr1ne on October 15, 2026, replacing Nisha for the 2026-27 Dota 2 season. The TI 2025 champion debuts at PARI Universe on October 22.

How Moist Esports paid for rosters with creator money, what a $4.2 million loss claim covers, and why it merged into Shopify Rebellion in January 2025.

Ayaz nAts Akhmetshin may explore 2027 VCT offers while Team Liquid talks continue. Liquipedia lists him inactive. The co-CEO says interest has not lapsed.

Team Vitality is closing Vitality.Bee and pausing the LFL after nine years, with Webedia gone, no 2027 operator named, and the budget kept on the LEC.

Falcons extended m0NESY through 2030 on October 12, 2026. HLTV reported no fee, a 1.29 tenure rating and a 1.36 Rating 3.0 over 35 maps in three months.

Four teams play six best-of-fives for one berth at the 2026 Worlds play-in in Los Angeles on October 15 to 18, and only one side joins the Swiss stage.

Astralis benched HooXi and jabbi on October 9, 2026, days after a first LAN title since 2019. Replacements remain unconfirmed, and contract dates disagree.

Top Esports says Cheng ZUIAN failed two US visa interviews and cannot travel to Worlds 2026 yet, so 369 starts the Swiss stage in Allen, Texas, on October 23.

GosuGamers lists 23 first-time Worlds 2026 players, including Siwoo and Smash, but a US visa denial already puts Top Esports' ZUIAN in doubt before Play-Ins.

Polymarket prices the LCK at 67.5¢ to win Worlds 2026 and the LPL at 25.5¢ — a 2.6:1 gap on a book with a 1.6% overround. LPL quarter-finals are the test.