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  1. HLTV20

    TOBIZ returns to MOUZ as head of talent development

    MOUZ has announced that TOBIZ is returning to the organization as head of talent development, contributing to player scouting and mentoring young players. He previously coached MOUZ NXT from 2022 to 2025 before leaving to become HEROIC's head coach, where he won DraculaN Season 5, finished second at CCT Global Finals 2026 and reached the top four at CAC 2025. MOUZ NXT has won multiple WePlay Academy League titles and promoted players such as torzsi, xertioN, xelex and PR to the main squad.

Oct 10Sat
  1. 触乐22

    Touch Music Weekly Industry News: China Defends Honor of Kings Gold at Nagoya Asian Games, Delta Force Announces 58 Million DAU

    On September 28, China beat Malaysia 4-0 in the Honor of Kings final at the Nagoya Asian Games, defending the gold medal it also won at the Hangzhou Asian Games, with player Yinuo becoming the league's first and only double gold medalist. On October 8, Tencent TiMi's Delta Force announced its China server daily active users surpassed 58 million as the game marked its second anniversary. NetEase also unveiled its extreme sports competitive shooter Extreme Battlefield, with its first test set to begin on October 15.

Oct 9Fri
  1. PC Gamer28

    Norwegian student's Master's thesis on Counter-Strike 2 cheater detection earns grade A

    Christopher B. Didriksen, a student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, based his Master's thesis on a biometric system that identifies Counter-Strike 2 players by their mouse and keyboard movements. In a dataset of more than 1,000 players, keyboard use identified the right player 98% of the time, and the method found unreported smurfs. He proposes the system could work alongside Valve Anti-Cheat and Trust Factor, and his thesis received an A.

Oct 8Thu
  1. Esports Insider62

    Brazil's Betting Ban Hits Counter-Strike Sponsorships and Leaves a Funding Gap

    Brazil's licensed betting sites went dark on Oct. 6 after President Lula signed Provisional Measure 1,394 on Sept. 25, whose Article 16 bans betting-related advertising and sponsorship aimed at the Brazilian public and required sponsor branding removed within 10 days. Vivo Keyd Stars paused its Counter-Strike 2 project indefinitely on Sept. 30 and released its players, LOUD dismissed a CS2 roster, and MIBR, Fluxo W7M and FURIA removed betting sponsors from some or all communications while Legacy and Imperial still displayed Rainbet and Gamdom. BetBoom had held Brazilian broadcast rights or sponsorship across much of top-tier Counter-Strike, including BLAST Latin American Portuguese- and Spanish-language broadcasts, PGL Brazilian rights and ESL FACEIT Group Brazil broadcasts through 2026, and the status of those deals remains unclear. The measure lapses unless Congress approves it, with a deadline in January or February 2027, an amendment deadline extended to Oct. 13 and an Oct. 25 presidential runoff shaping what comes next.

  3. Polygon40

    Dispatch Is Eligible for The Game Awards for a Second Year in a Row

    AdHoc Studio told Polygon that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has confirmed Dispatch is eligible for all major categories at the 2026 awards, making it two years running. All eight episodes of its first season released by Nov. 12, 2025, before the Nov. 21 eligibility cutoff for the 2025 show, yet judges had only played half the season when it earned a Best Debut Indie Game nomination. The game later received six DICE Award nominations including Game of the Year and won three BAFTA Games Awards.

Oct 7Wed
  1. HLTV58

    Valve adjusts VRS region swap rules, disqualifying teams that switched before Singapore Major

    Valve updated the CS Major Supplemental Rulebook after several organizations moved from the Europe to the Asia VRS to improve their Major chances. The new rule requires a roster to have not appeared in another region's VRS list in the preceding three calendar months to be eligible for a regional assignment, so any region change takes three months to take effect. Valve told HLTV the change applies to the Singapore Major and that teams which swapped regions ahead of it are disqualified from the Major run unless they reach out and find a solution.

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  3. IGN62

    Riot Games Co-Founder Says 2XKO Needed Hundreds of Thousands, if Not Millions, of Monthly Active Players to Survive

    Riot Games co-founder, co-chairman and chief product officer Marc Merrill said on The Lemonade Stand podcast that 2XKO would have needed monthly active player numbers in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to justify its cost structure. He said Street Fighter 6's 2023 release disrupted their plans and that a lack of internal alignment caused managerial fracturing, so Riot issued full refunds and canceled further content updates after player numbers fell short of supporting the live-service design. Riot had already announced it would end active development after December 2026 while keeping online play supported.

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