Esports News

HyunBin was MVP when DRX won BMIC in Delhi, and now he plays for the team most likely to stop them in Mumbai

Sixteen teams from India, South Korea and Japan meet at the BGMI International Cup from 30 October, and the defending champions have lost most of thei...

Oct 20, 2026

Battlin Open puts a BGIS slot behind the ₹5 lakh track, and KRAFTON wants anyone to host a BGMI event

KRAFTON’s new Battlin app handles tournament entry, rooms and prize payouts, and its first event offers ₹20 lakh across two tracks from 2 November.

Oct 19, 2026

Global Esports won VCT Pacific in September, and India’s only partner team has now left esports to become an AI studio

Rushindra Sinha has released the whole Valorant roster and staff, and says the new partnership terms for 2027 made keeping the team together impossibl...

Oct 18, 2026

Team SouL were 28 points behind with six games left, and they won the BGMI Showdown by 14

SouL scored 67 points on the final day in Hyderabad to finish on 155, and they go to the PUBG Mobile Global Championship as India’s champions.

Oct 17, 2026

8Bit lead the BGMI Showdown by 16 going into the final day, and ten more points put them on match point

Six different teams won a match on day two of the Grand Finals in Hyderabad, and 8Bit’s 116 points set Sunday’s match-point target at 126.

Oct 16, 2026

Team 8Bit had no chicken dinners after four matches, and two Miramar chicken dinners put them top of the BGMI Showdown Grand Finals

Team 8Bit won both Miramar games on the first day in Hyderabad and lead the BGMI Showdown Grand Finals on 63 points, three ahead of Blitz Epigrotive G...

Oct 14, 2026

Team Apex Gaming won the BGMI Showdown semis by six points, and the Grand Finals start in Hyderabad on Friday

Sixteen teams play 18 matches over three days for a PMGC 2026 place and six BMIC spots, with a match-point rule deciding the champion on day three.

Oct 13, 2026

Three teams finished the BGMI Showdown Last Chance on 90 points, and only Wyld Fangs reached the Grand Finals

Myth Official, Welt Esports, Genesis Esports and Wyld Fangs take the last four places in Hyderabad, while Elite Nova and Team Tamilas go out level on...

Oct 12, 2026

Myth Official and Elite Nova were 19th and 20th in the BGMI Showdown semis, and they lead the Last Chance after day one

Two teams from near the bottom of the semi-finals are first and second after six Last Chance matches, with Wyld Fangs and Team Tamilas holding the oth...

Oct 10, 2026

Gladiators had 27 points after two days, and two chicken dinners on Saturday have put them in the BGMI Showdown top eight

Team Apex Gaming took back first place on day three of the semi-finals, and Myth Esports dropped from eighth to 18th, with four games each left on Sun...

Oct 9, 2026

GodLike were tenth after day one, and 78 points on Friday have put them top of the BGMI Showdown semis

Two chicken dinners in six games took GodLike Esports past Team Apex Gaming on the second day of the BMSD 2026 semi-finals in Hyderabad.

Oct 8, 2026

Team Apex Gaming took the last semi-final place by a point, and they lead the BGMI Showdown semis by 23 after day one

Team Apex Gaming played all six of Group B’s games on the opening day in Hyderabad and finished on 66 points, while defending champions Orangutan sit...

Oct 6, 2026

Hyper-Catz were sixth with six matches left, and a 27-point Rondo win put them in the BGMI Showdown semi-finals

K9 Esports, MadKings, Vasista Esports and Hyper-Catz are through from the Lower Bracket Survival, while Mysterious4 finished level with Reckoning and...

Oct 5, 2026

Mysterious4 are a point off the BGMI Showdown semi-finals, and Vijay Esports have dropped to ninth

K9 Esports lead the Lower Bracket Survival by 32 points with six matches left, and the race for the last semi-final place is down to a single point.

Oct 4, 2026

Vijay Esports missed the BGMI Showdown semi-finals by a point, and they hold the last Lower Bracket place by a point after day one

K9 Esports top the Lower Bracket Survival after day one, and six different teams won the six matches on Sunday as 16 sides chase four semi-final place...

Oct 3, 2026

Team Apex Gaming won the last match, and took the BGMI Showdown’s final semi-final place by one point

Nebula Esports topped the Upper Bracket Survival and Orangutan ended a long wait for a chicken dinner, while Vijay Esports finished ninth on 110 point...

Oct 1, 2026

Learn From Past did not win a match, and they lead the BGMI Showdown’s Upper Bracket Survival after day one

LEFP scored 60 points from 43 finishes on Thursday, two ahead of Higgboson Esports, while defending champions Orangutan sit 13th with 12 matches left.

Sep 30, 2026

Faker needed under 20 minutes, and India’s League of Legends team leave the Asian Games without a win

India lost to Hong Kong, South Korea and Chinese Taipei on one day in Aichi, and their esports campaign at the Asian Games ends without a medal.

Sep 29, 2026

Orangutan are the BGMI Showdown champions, and they have not won a match in 18 games of qualifying

Rapid Chaos topped Group B with 78 points as Zero Ark edged Blue Army for the last semi-final place, while last year’s champions Orangutan finished si...

Sep 28, 2026

Santa Esports won the first match of the day, and finished one point short of staying in the BGMI Showdown

Nebula Esports topped Group C with 73 points on the first day of Week 3, and eight teams were knocked out of the Showdown.

Sep 28, 2026

India’s League of Legends team play three Asian Games games in one morning, and Faker’s South Korea come last

Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong come first on Wednesday, and a top-two finish in Group B would put India one step from an esports medal in Aichi-Nagoya.

Sep 27, 2026

Orangutan won the BGMI Showdown last year, and they drop to Group B for the final week of qualifying

The defending champions finished 13th in Group A with 25 points and no match wins, so they can no longer qualify directly for the Hyderabad Grand Fina...

Sep 26, 2026

Kang Dongshin beat India’s Paritosh 5-0, and then an 11-year-old beat him 10-2 for Asian Games gold

India’s Puyo Puyo and Pokemon Unite campaigns both ended on Saturday, the day Japan’s Yuki Kurihara won esports gold at 11.

Sep 25, 2026

Paritosh lost his last two Puyo Puyo matches and still made the Asian Games quarter-finals

India’s only Puyo Puyo Champions player finished third in his group in Aichi, and plays South Korea’s Kang Dongshin for a semi-final place on Saturday...