The Olympic Council of Asia has finalized an 11-event esports program for the 2026 Asian Games, four more than were contested at the previous Hangzhou Games, with Korea’s national esports …
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Gaming & Esports
Gen.G Wins the 2026 LCK Cup Without Dropping a Single Game
by Joon-ho Baekby Joon-ho BaekGen.G capped an undefeated run through the 2026 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Cup with a commanding 3-0 sweep of FearX in the grand finals, held March 1 at …
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Gaming & Esports
Gen.G Is Turning a KINTEX Exhibition Hall Into Its Own Esports “Home” for a Weekend, With T1 and Dplus KIA as the Guests
by Mina Choby Mina ChoSOOP, Korea’s dominant livestreaming platform, announced on June 22 that it will build a two-day “homestand” for League of Legends team Gen.G at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 5 in Goyang on …
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Gaming & Esports
Korea Walked Out of a $20 Million Esports Tournament Over Who Picks the Team. By June, It Was Back — On Its Own Terms.
by Mina Choby Mina ChoIn April 2026, South Korea did something no major esports nation had done before: it walked away from a brand-new international tournament with a $45 million operating budget and a …
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Gaming & Esports
Faker Just Became the First Player in History to Hit 100 MSI Wins. He Shrugged It Off Like It Was Nothing.
by Mina Choby Mina Cho‘Faker’ Lee Sang-hyeok is now the winningest player in MSI history — and he picked up the record while sweeping his own tournament’s opening match. On June 28, 2026, at …
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Gaming & Esports
T1 Just Booked Their MSI 2026 Ticket — In Front of 2.18 Million Pairs of Eyes
by Mina Choby Mina ChoT1 is going to MSI 2026. They earned the trip the hard way: by beating their fiercest domestic rival, Gen.G, 3-2 in a winner-takes-the-slot decider on June 14 — a …
