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Drini Gjoka, a 26-year-old from McKinney, Texas, won Madden Bowl at the Madden NFL 26 Championship Series in Redwood City, CA, earning $250,000 and pushing his career earnings past $760,000; he entered as the 13th seed but prevailed, saying gaming has changed his life and he plans to train 10–12 hours daily for Madden 27.
2XKO kicks off 2026 with Frosty Faustings XVIII in Lombard, IL (Jan 29–Feb 1) at The Westin Chicago Lombard, hosting its first Major. The Mixed Mode event offers a $50,000 prize for the top 24, plus a $3,000 Duo Bounty, and features a Duos-Only tournament with 64 teams, a Devs vs Pros exhibition, and a Developer Meet & Greet. A clean broadcast feed supports co-streaming, with multiple streams scheduled on Twitch.
The 2026 League of Legends Esports season kicks off with regional starts in January, featuring major events like First Stand in Brazil, MSI in South Korea, and Worlds in North America, along with new competitive formats like First Selection and the return of the Hall of Legends, marking an exciting year of growth and innovation.
FightClub Championship 6 Nansha in Guangzhou featured top players competing in Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with notable winners including Neo in Smash, Maruko in Guilty Gear, and Vi in Granblue, as the event served as a crucial Gold Event on the Arc World Tour.
The article provides early results and updates from the Capcom Pro Tour 2025 World Warrior Finals across various regions, highlighting qualifiers for Capcom Cup 12 and detailing regional competition outcomes and schedules.
The Fortnite FNCS 2025 Global Championship concluded with Merstach, Queasy, and SwizzY winning over $2 million in a highly competitive trios tournament, marking the first-ever global event of its kind with top teams from around the world.
Evo 2025 features over 14,000 participants across 16 games, with major tournaments in Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and others, showcasing top-tier competition and regional rivalries, culminating in a grand celebration of fighting games.
During Blink Respawn 2025's Street Fighter 6 tournament, Shoto characters like Ryu, Akuma, Ken, and Luke showed strong representation, with Ryu being the top performing among them, while overall top spots were taken by JP and Zangief, and some characters like E. Honda, Elena, and Lily had no top 64 representation.
The largest Super Smash Bros tournament in the world, Genesis X, is taking place in San Jose, drawing thousands of attendees and offering $23,000 in prize money. The event, which has grown from a small grassroots tournament to a major international gathering, is expected to have a $3 million economic impact on the local economy. Participants and spectators alike are excited to be part of the gaming community and enjoy the competitive and community aspects of the event.
GUNNIR has launched a special edition of their Arc A750 Photon GPUs for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. As the official partner and designated supplier of graphics cards for the event, GUNNIR will provide GPUs exclusively for the e-sports segment of the games. The special edition GPUs feature a new color palette and distinctive graphics on the backplates, with one model tailored to the Valorant game and another paying homage to the visual identity of the Asian Games. The systems prepared for players will include Intel Core i9-13900K processors, B760 motherboards, and 32GB of DDR5 memory. The Asian Games will take place from September 23 to October 8, with Intel expected to provide updates on desktop CPUs and GPUs at their Innovation event just days before the games begin.
Fighters Crossover AKIBA (FCA) fighting games event will return alongside the release of Street Fighter 6 in June 2023. The event will be held at Akihabara, Shibuya, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Kanazawa, and will also be held online. FCA expects their relationship with Wellplayed Rizest to continue over a long term. Street Fighter 6 will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, as well as in arcades.
FIFA's governing body, led by Gianni Infantino, promises to deliver a new FIFA game for the 2025 season and beyond, following EA Sports' decision to drop the iconic license. Infantino claims that FIFA's new game will be the "best e-game for any girl or boy." However, EA Sports will still retain access to player likenesses and official league branding.