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September 24, 2026GTA VI pre-orders are openRockstar details the editions and pre-order bonuses.
September 24, 2026Champions Shanghai: meet the 16 teamsThe qualified field spans the Americas, EMEA, Pacific and China.
September 24, 2026PUBG Global Championship heads to IstanbulThirty-two teams will contest the 2026 global final in Türkiye.
September 24, 2026Team Spirit win the CS2 title at EWC 2026The team closes the tournament with a championship win.
September 24, 2026VCT 2027 open qualifiers: how to prepareQualifiers begin in November 2026. Build your roster now and watch for regional registration details.
September 24, 2026PUBG names its 2026 Global Partner TeamsThe 2026 partner team lineup is announced.
September 27, 2026The road to PMGC 2026Türkiye will host the PUBG MOBILE Global Championship; the qualification race runs through two Global Open seasons.
September 25, 2026FFWS Global Finals 2026: Bangkok is the world stageFree Fire’s global championship starts November 6 in Bangkok, Thailand, with an expanded 24-team field.
September 24, 2026PUBG MOBILE Light is now FLASHA new name ahead of the November launch. Existing pre-registrations carry over automatically.
October 18, 2026Team SouL win BMSD 2026 from ninth placeNinth after the first day of the Grand Finals, champions after the third: SouL scored 121 points in their last 12 matches to win the Battlegrounds Mobile India Showdown and a…
October 19, 20264Thrives defend the Global Open at homeThe Season 1 champions play their six group matches in Lahore on Wednesday. ULF Esports, 18 points behind them in the Jakarta final, are in the same lobby.
October 20, 2026BMIC 2026: India, Korea and Japan play for two PMGC placesThree of the five PMGC 2026 places for India, Korea and Japan are taken. The last two are won at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai from 30 October to 1 November, where six Indian teams…
October 21, 2026S2G top Group A in Lahore without winning a matchSix matches on the first day of the PMGO Season 2 Main Event produced six different winners. S2G Esports won none of them and finished first, a point ahead of Bigetron by…
October 21, 20264Thrives knocked out of the Global Open at homeThe Season 1 champions finished 16th of 16 in Group B in Lahore on Wednesday, three points short of the Survival Stage. In June they came through that stage on the way to the…
October 22, 2026No Pakistani team left at the Global Open in LahorePakistan hosts the PMGO Season 2 Grand Finals this weekend without a team of its own. 4Thrives went out in Group B on Wednesday; 777 Esports and LF Esports finished 14th and 15th…
October 24, 2026Horaa Esports lead the Global Open Grand Finals after day oneHoraa Esports of Nepal were the only team without a point after the first match of the PMGO Season 2 Grand Finals in Lahore. After the sixth they were top of the table with 57…
October 25, 2026Wolves Esports win the Global Open in Lahore with the last matchTen of the 16 teams were on match point when the twelfth match of the PMGO Season 2 Grand Finals began. Wolves Esports, sixth after Saturday, had reached it one match earlier.…
October 8, 2026Asian Games 2026: Thailand take gold, Pakistan take bronzeA 100-point finish puts Pakistan on the PUBG MOBILE podium in Aichi–Nagoya. Thailand lead the field, with China taking silver.
October 8, 2026PMGO Season 2: Lahore gets the Global OpenThe Season 2 Main Event is scheduled for 20–25 October. Here is the field, the host pathway and the detail fans still need before making plans.
October 8, 20264Thrives go back-to-back in the PMGO South Asia Finals208 points in Kathmandu. A second South Asia title, a ticket to Lahore and the Finals MVP award for HUZAIFA.
October 8, 2026How BGMI teams reach PMGC 2026Showdown first. The International Cup next. India’s BGMI route is separate from the global PUBG MOBILE points ladder.
October 8, 2026How Pakistani teams qualify for PMGC 2026Pakistan competes on South Asia’s cumulative points table. Host places get teams into PMGO; the regional ranking decides their route to PMGC.
October 8, 2026How the PMGC 2026 field comes togetherRegional points tables account for much of the field. National circuits, the International Cup and special allocations follow different rules.
October 8, 20264Thrives: the climb from Pakistan to a Global Open titleA domestic breakthrough, a title in Jakarta and a medal in Japan. The results behind a Pakistani roster’s rise.
October 8, 2026LF and 777 take Lahore’s final host placesLF Esports win the Pakistan Open on 145 points. Runner-up 777 finish on 134, with both teams securing the host route to PMGO Season 2.
October 8, 2026AS i8’s future: what is on the recordNo verified shutdown announcement appears in the sources checked on 8 October. Here is AS i8’s record of titles, roster changes and commercial partnerships.