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LoL Patch 26.21 Nerfs Jinx and Lee Sin, Limits Replay Downloads
Patch 26.21 hits Jinx, Lee Sin, and Nidalee with nerfs, buffs Sion, splits Hubris into melee and ranged variants, and caps replay downloads at 10 per hour.
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VARREL Wins OWCS Japan Stage 3 With 4-1 Grand Final Victory
VARREL defeated MURASH GAMING 4-1 in the OWCS Japan Stage 3 Playoffs Grand Final on October 20, securing a spot at the Stage 3 Asia Playoffs and a path to the Overwatch World Finals in Guangzhou.
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LOUD Wins Second VALORANT Champions Title Over Vitality
LOUD defeated Team Vitality 3-1 in the VALORANT Champions 2026 Grand Final in Shanghai, becoming the first organization to win the title twice. Eighteen-year-old IGL erde earned MVP honors days after his mother’s passing.
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Blizzard Hotfixes Three Heroes Two Days Into OWCS Stage 3
Blizzard nerfed D.Mon, Doctrine, and Sombra while buffing Roadhog and Kiriko in an October 13 hotfix, just two days after OWCS Stage 3 began in NA and EMEA.
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BNK FEARX Win Inaugural Demacia Cup Global Invitational
BNK FEARX defeated Team WE 3-1 in Beijing on 17 October 2026 to claim the first Demacia Cup Global Invitational title, with jungler Raptor earning Finals MVP.
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Apex Legends Javelin Anti-Cheat Blocks 265,550 Attempts in First Week
EA shared first-week figures for Javelin anti-cheat in Apex Legends, reporting over 265,000 prevented cheating attempts and nearly 13,000 account bans on PC.
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Valorant Patch 13.08 Brings Map Rating and Corrode Rework
Patch 13.08 opens V26 Act 6 with a per-map rating system, a Corrode rework aimed at fixing mid-fight chaos, and a map pool swap that removes Ascent and Split.
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The Kafe Acquires Former LuneX Roster for OWCS NA Stage 3
North American organisation The Kafe has picked up the core of the former LuneX Gaming roster ahead of OWCS NA Stage 3, which begins October 10.
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LOS Beats FURIA 3-2 to Win CBLOL 2026 Split 2 Title
LOS defeated FURIA 3-2 on October 10 to claim the CBLOL 2026 Split 2 championship, earning Brazil’s first seed and a direct Swiss Stage berth at Worlds 2026.
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Apex Legends Blood Pact Event Brings Fog, Factions to Kings Canyon
Apex Legends’ Halloween event launches October 13 with a fog-shrouded Kings Canyon, faction-based Wild Cards in Wildcard mode, and new cosmetics for Sparrow and Alter.
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Overwatch Season 5 Adds Support Hero Doctrine and Reworks Roadhog, Sombra
Season 5: A Grim Doctrine launched October 6 with a new Support hero, a Roadhog rework that adds Trash Compactor, Sombra’s move from Damage to Support, and a new Escort map set in an Icelandic volcanic fissure.
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Riot Clarifies Performance Score, Agent Mastery and Neon Balance in Patch 13.06 AMA
Riot Games developers confirmed that Performance Score does not affect MMR or RR, called Agent Mastery a ‘Version 1.0’ system, and flagged Neon for pattern-level changes in a future patch.