Another week of absolutely spicy esports took place, and we’re still here gathering all that information into one easy-to-digest piece for you to browse. From the absolute drama in the League MSI to the start of the group stages on the Dota 2 Stage 2 International qualifiers, there were some massive moments all around.
Are you sitting down? Let’s jump in.
League of Legends:
After a couple of epic 5-match best-of-games games between FlyQuest and BLG, and Gen.G and T1, the final two games for the Mid-Season Invitational are setting up to be real hot.
Gen.G knocked T1 down into the losers bracket, and after fighting their way through some massive wins over BLG and CFO, Anyone’s Legend will take them on to see who makes it to the final.
Will Gen.G remain on top? Will T1 prove they deserve the number one spot? Or will Anyone’s Legend knock both the Korean top teams out for the count?
Dota:
With The International set to take place in Hamburg on the 11th of September, the top Dota 2 teams have been facing off against each other in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, hunting down a piece of that $3,000,000 prize pool.
The group stages started this week, finishing with the last four games this afternoon.
Two of the groups have already locked out their spots. The standings look as follows:
| Position | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 1 | Team Spirit (2-1-0) | BetBoom Team (2-1-0) | Aurora Gaming (1-1-0) | Team Liquid (2-0-0) |
| 2 | Natus Vincere (1-1-1) | Gaimin Gladiators (1-2-0) | Tundra Esports (1-1-0) | Heroic (1-0-1) |
| 3 | Xtreme Gaming (0-2-1) | Team Falcons (0-2-1) | Team Yandex (1-0-1) | Parivision (1-0-1) |
| 4 | Talon Esports (0-2-1) | Execration (0-1-2) | Virtus.pro (0-0-2) | Shopify Rebellion (0-0-2) |
Counter Strike:
We await more news for IEM Cologne, starting on the 23rd of July.
Valorant:
The VCT Stage 2 Playoffs wrapped up their first week last weekend, with the final four games seeing XLG Esports defeating All Gamers 2-1, FunPlus Phoenix taking 2-0 against Wolves, Dragon Ranger Gaming going 2-1 against Nova Esports and Trace Esports going 2-1 against JD Gaming.
The rest of the teams are taking a break before the stage re-ignites on Wednesday, the 16th of July.
Fortnite:
The Fortnite Champions Series Trios kicks off on July 16th. We’ll have more news once the games start rolling.
Apex Legends:
The first pool of the ALGS played all their games yesterday, revealing the top 7 teams that will be moving on to the finals:
| Standing | Team |
| 1 | TSM |
| 2 | Team Falcons |
| 3 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 4 | Fnatic |
| 5 | KINOTROPE gaming |
| 6 | Wolves Esports |
| 7 | Natus Vincere |
The next 20 teams will face each other this afternoon, rounding off the final seven teams moving forward.
EA FC/Rocket League:
RLCS and EA FC are on a momentary break before the FC Pro World Championship 2025 kicks off in August.
Street Fighter:
We still await the Blink Respawn Tournament, which kicks off on the 18th of July, to see who will earn a spot in the Capcom World Tour.
EVO will be taking place on the 1st of August.
And that’s that. Everything interesting in the esports world that happened this week covered.
Now you should have more than enough geeky information to whip out at any braai’s you attend this weekend.
