Hot Spawn News Updates

In recent years, the Counter-Strike esports meta has been defined by international rosters. FaZe Clan. Modern NAVI. Even Vitality, despite their strong French ties. The formula to build a winning roster has changed, with players from all over the world combining their unique styles to reach the Counter-Strike pinnacle. However,… Read more »

The Vitality era may have just began in Lisbon. After a banger five-map final, Team Vitality has claimed the BLAST Open Spring 2025 trophy over MOUZ 3-2. This hard-fought win marks Vitality’s third trophy in a row, framing them as the uncontested best Counter-Strike 2 team in the world. Map… Read more »

BetBoom Team have returned to the top of the podium once more in the current competitive Dota 2 season, this time by taking first place in the FISSURE Universe Ep.4 grand finals in highly convincing fashion. Dropping only a single map on their way to the end of the bracket, they… Read more »

In MPL PH Season 15, both Aurora Gaming and Team Liquid PH are already guaranteed spots for MPL PH playoffs. As early as week 5, both teams are now in the position of cementing their lead, leading to the top 2 spots of regular season to automatically enter the double… Read more »

Fortnite Ranked is a great way to measure yourself up against the rest of the player base, but how do we know what each rank really means? The Fortnite Ranked Distribution can help with that, a way to understand what the biggest ranks are. Most games have a Ranked mode.… Read more »

They may be out of the tournament already but G2 put up a fight in at BLAST Open Spring 2025. Before their elimination game against MOUZ in the quarterfinals, I got to speak with Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač about his career best map and preparing to face the best teams in… Read more »

Now that Tundra Esports have been eliminated from FISSURE Playground Episode 4, the path is clear for other teams to make it to the end. After taking down Gaimin Gladiators 2-1 in the upper bracket finals, BetBoom Team have made it to their first grand finals of the year. BetBoom… Read more »

As most predicted, MOUZ have secured a spot in the BLAST Open Spring 2025 Grand Final, taking down Eternal Fire in what was a competitive but ultimately two-map affair. It’s yet another impressive performance from the team, who have well and truly buried the “stage chokers” narrative. At this point,… Read more »

The second half of MPL PH S15 has started and each team gets to face against each other one more time before playoffs. Unfortunately for Twisted Minds, they started their second half with a devastating loss against the current top seed of the season, Aurora Gaming, making their record now… Read more »

100 Thieves LTA North jungler River sat down with HotSpawn ahead of Split 2 to break down the offseason and reveal some preseason meta secrets. 100 Thieves were the unexpected darlings of Split 1 in the LTA North. The team surged to a first-place regular season placement, and managed to… Read more »