NIP crushed Lynn Vision to move into the 1-1 bracket while Fluxo outpaced fnatic to climb to 2-0. NRG followed with a tight 13-10 win over FaZe to secure their own 2-0 start.

The first matches of Round 2 landed on the opening day of the StarLadder Budapest Major and immediately shook up the Swiss Stage picture.

The final matches of round 1 in the Majors Swiss Stage ended with FaZe and fnatic coming out on top. This sets up the round two matchups that you can see here.

The days leading up to the start of a Major is magical. There’s nothing else anyone is talking about. But this Major, the lead up was better than the start.

NRG with daps standing in beat down NiP on Overpass while Fluxo upset GamerLegion on Nuke. The two teams go 1-0 in the swiss stage and a big step on their way to reaching stage 2.

FlyQuest took at big scalp at the StarLadder Budapest Major as they took down one of the pre-tournament favorites to qualify for stage 2 in Legacy.

The first two matches of the StarLadder Budapest Major delivered instant drama. B8 was upset by M80 while Imperial took down Rare Atom.

Danish veteran in-game leader Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander has announced his retirement for playing in an X-post.

Refrag co-owner has come under scrutiny after telling a FACEIT teammate to “find a bridge.”