FURIA beat Natus Vincere 2-1 to reach the IEM Beijing 2026 playoffs, surviving two overtime battles and a Cache comeback. They face The MongolZ next, with a semifinal berth—and a third straight trophy—on the line.

MOUZ swept BETBOOM to reach the IEM Beijing playoffs, edging Mirage in overtime after a dominant Ancient. Torzsi led with 38 kills; xertioN called this the team’s best roster yet as it eyes a trophy.

PARIVISION and MOUZ each won twice to lead Group B at IEM Beijing 2026, while G2 and 9z were eliminated after November 3. The $1.25 million event runs through November 8, with group winners earning playoff semifinal spots.

KRÜ Blaze captured the VALORANT Game Changers Championship in São Paulo, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to beat Gentle Mates GC 3-2. The lower-bracket champions claimed $180,000, with tok1o named MVP.

IEM Beijing’s final group-play day will decide the last playoff spots and who skips the quarter-finals. Elimination matches and seeding contests run Nov. 4, with Falcons–HEROIC and NAVI–B8 among the key clashes.

Sentinels signed former Cloud9 duelist OXY to start its 2027 rebuild, giving him a place on a partnered VCT team. He joins three players, with one roster spot still open ahead of January’s Kickoff.

The MongolZ beat HEROIC in overtime to reach the IEM Beijing playoffs, securing a top-six finish after four straight ninth-place Big Event results. Nin9 and Techno delivered clutch 1v2 wins on Nuke to seal the series.

Black Molly Entertainment will stage six Stake Pulse Beat tier-two tournaments in Stockholm in 2027, starting with Beat IV in February. Sixteen teams will compete for $80,000, with all-inclusive team support; later prize pools are still undecided.

Liquid swept Aurora 2–0 at IEM Beijing, winning Inferno 13–3 and Anubis 13–4 to reach the Group B upper-bracket semifinals. The rout avenged last week’s Bucharest loss; coach flashie credited renewed confidence and composure.

100 Thieves swept Wildcard to win FiRe Last Chance, finishing 5-0 without dropping a map and claiming Europe’s final Stage 1 berth at the Singapore Major. Device led with 45 kills and called the qualification a welcome relief after a difficult year.

TYLOO forfeited its Lisbon quarter-final to focus on IEM Beijing, and its projected Singapore Major invitation odds plunged from 68% to 17%. A VRS cutoff leaves little time to recover, while Jee’s illness adds uncertainty.

YEKINDAR claimed his first HLTV MVP as FURIA won PGL Masters Bucharest, capping a remarkable comeback after a difficult spell with Liquid. His 1.56 rating in the final and dominant playoff run sealed the award.

MOUZ swept Vitality 2-0 to take third at PGL Masters Bucharest, dominating both maps and opening a 40-point lead atop the Valve Regional Standings. They can widen it at IEM Beijing; Vitality will be without captain apEX.

PGL’s 32-team Singapore Major runs Nov. 24–Dec. 13, with regional rankings on Nov. 2 deciding invitations and starting stages. Europe gets 18 slots, the Americas nine and Asia-Pacific five; Bucharest is the last tier-1 LAN before the cutoff.

Eternal Fire stormed back from 0-2 to beat fnatic 3-2 for the Stake Ranked Episode 5 title, boosting its Major hopes. JottAAA led the charge as the team claimed its third tournament win in six weeks; fnatic’s odds fell to 17.5%.

Team Yandex edged PARIVISION 2–1 to reach the PARI Universe final, despite losing game two 25–1. They’ll face GamerLegion as Yandex chase a third straight title; PARIVISION now face Team Spirit in an elimination rematch of the TI final.

BLAST Open Season 3 will run in the U.S. from Sept. 3–12, 2027, replacing a previously announced Bounty season slot. Sixteen teams will contest a five-day LAN Swiss stage; eight advance to arena playoffs, with 11 VRS invites and five qualifier spots.

HOTU won the RLG Tesla Cup, lifting its estimated chance of reaching the Singapore Major to 73.3% ahead of the final invite-cutoff event. FaZe has qualified; B8’s odds stand at 12%.

FURIA swept BETBOOM 2-0 to reach the PGL Masters Bucharest semi-finals, where MOUZ awaits. After surviving overtime on the opener, FURIA rallied on Cache; the teams meet for the fourth time in just over a month.