The first half of 2026 closes on a fault line. June splits the industry clean in two, pulling it in opposite directions at once. Underneath, and read this against a backdrop of international upheaval and the economic squeeze that oil price spikes threaten to bring, the games economy is contracting: a components crisis is setting […]

The first four months of 2026 opened on essential questions about the world esports scene: if February was the month capital pooled together, April is the one where the scene audits its own governance books. A handful of market moves mark real turning points, and an old question comes back around: who decides, and in […]