Author: Sumit Kushwaha

Sumit Kushwaha, is an Assistant Editor specialising in coverage of eSports and iGaming. He tracks the latest developments by reporting around global events from the segment covering key individuals, breakthrough technologies and news shaping the future of industry. With a keen interest in gaming, he regularly reviews the latest game launches highlighting the pros and cons helping users with key inputs.

The PC version of the game that started the battle royale wave, PUBG: Battlegrounds, has a full tournament at EWC 2026. Twenty-four teams. Two million dollars. July 21-26. This is the professional level of a game that millions of people play casually and it is a big difference from what you see here and a normal lobby. The Game at the Pro Level PUBG competitive is run on a point system. Points are awarded for placement and for kills across multiple matches in a match day. That means one game isn’t everything, and consistency across rounds is as important as…

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Chess for EWC 2026. The player list is remarkable. “One and a half million dollars. Twenty-two players. August 11 to 15.” Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nihal Sarin, Aravindh Chithambaram these are not just strong chess players. These are the best active players in the world, playing in the same event, in the same city, at the same time. Why is chess at an eSports event? A few years ago it would have seemed an odd combination to put chess on the same stage as Valorant and Street Fighter. It feels…

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EWC 2026’s game lineup has been refreshed this year, with Fortnite being a new addition. August 19 to 22, forty duos, one million dollars. It’s the Reload Elite Series 2026 Championship format. For anyone who’s been following competitive Fortnite for the years, getting back on to a stage this large is a big moment for the community. The History and Its Importance In 2019, Fortnite held its world cup. It was one of the year’s most-watched esports events, it handed out thirty million dollars in total prize money, and it introduced competitive Fortnite to the wider world as something real…

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CrossFire will be at EWC 2026 August 17-21. Sixteen teams. $2 million. If you’re not familiar with CrossFire you’re not alone outside of Asia and a few select markets, the game doesn’t have the visibility that CS2 or Valorant has. CrossFire is huge in its markets and the competitive scene around it has been alive and well for over a decade. What is crossfire ? CrossFire is an FPS game released by smilegate in 2007, this game had a huge audience in South Korea, China and Vietnam. The numbers surrounding CrossFire are absolutely staggering at its peak it had over…

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Trackmania debuts at EWC 2026. It was added this year as part of the updated game lineup, alongside Fortnite, while StarCraft II and Rennsport were removed. August 17-21, thirty-two players, five hundred thousand dollars. If you have never heard of Trackmania or competitive racing games as an esport, now is a good time to get familiar. What is Trackmania?  Trackmania is a race against time. There is no opponent to block or to collide with. You race a track and your goal is to get the quickest time you can. Tracks are created by the community and the official designers…

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Counter-Strike 2 has the biggest bracket at EWC 2026. 32 team participate this year but last year only 16 teams. From August 12 to 23 these 32 teams are fighting with each other for the prize pool of two million dollars, this twelve day event of CS2 is the biggest event of EWC 2026. Esports World Cup has a clear vision about the game standing in the esports landscape. Why thirty-two team this time  From sixteen to thirty-two teams is not just doubling the number of participants. It changed the entire format of the tournament. With thirty two team you…

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At EWC Rocket League starts from August 12 to 16. Sixteen team will fight five days for one million dollars prize pool in Paris. The team list is going and one of the most interesting storyline going into this evcent is Karmine Corp a french organization playing on home soil in front of their home crowd.  What Rocket League Is Rocket League is a football game with cars. That is an extreme understatement. At the pro level, Rocket League is aerials, dribbling, rotations, boost management, and split-second decisions that the human eye can barely follow in real time. In the…

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Esports World Cup 2026 is going to be the biggest gaming event ever. This time the event was held in Paris, France after the conflict issue in Riyadh, the esports world cup 2026 was rescheduled in Paris. The world is excited to watch their favourite players like Faker, DOK and more. And if you are looking for where to watch the esports world cup 2026 when does the match start so In this article, we are talking about where you can watch the Esports World Cup 2026.  Esports World Cup 2026: Watch live stream The easiest way to watch the…

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EWC 2026 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Confirmed August 5 to 9, sixteen teams, two million dollars. The team lineup is not announced yet, all slots are listed as TBA, but the structure is confirmed and the event will take place. This will become one of the most talked about events of the EWC calendar when the teams are announced. This is what we know about Black Ops 7 Black Ops 7 is the newest in the Call of Duty franchise. EWC will feature the normal CoD multiplayer style of competitive play, not Warzone, which will have its own…

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Rainbow Six Siege X, the latest iteration of Ubisoft’s tactical shooter, will hold its EWC 2026 tournament from August 4-14. Eleven days. Two million dollars. Twenty-two teams. “Siege has been one of the most supported competitive games in esports over the past several years and this tournament is a product of that continued investment.” Rainbow Six Siege X Siege X is Ubisoft’s remastered version of Rainbow Six Siege, updating the visuals and gameplay of a game that has been played competitively since 2015. Gameplay still features one-sided maps, one-hit kills, and mechanics that reward teams with a deep knowledge of…

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