Lee Jones, Author At Hotspawn

NOV

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

Nov 24 - Dec 14

$1,250,000 | Budapest

DEC

eXTREMESLAND 2025

Dec 18 - Dec 21

$150,000 | Shanghai

JAN

BLAST Bounty Winter 2026: Closed Qualifier

Jan 12 - Jan 17

$0 | Europe

Intel Extreme Masters Brazil 2026: Global Qualifier

Jan 21 - Jan 23

$0 | Europe

BLAST Bounty Winter 2026

Jan 23 - Jan 25

$0 | Malta

Intel Extreme Masters Kraków 2026

FEB

$625,000 | Cluj-Napoca

Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta 2026: Global Qualifier

Feb 10 - Feb 12

$0 | Europe

ESL Pro League Season 23: Online Stage

Feb 27 - Mar 09

$125,000 | Europe

MAR

ESL Pro League Season 23

Mar 12 - Mar 15

$275,000 | Europe

ESL Pro League Season 24

Mar 12 - Mar 15

$300,000 | Katowice

BLAST Open Spring 2026

APR

Intel Extreme Masters Brazil 2026

Apr 13 - Apr 19

$300,000 | Brazil

YaLLa Compass Qatar 2026

Apr 20 - Apr 26

$600,000 | Qatar

FISSURE Playground #3

Apr 20 - Apr 26

$450,000 | Shenzhen

BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Apr 29 - May 03

$350,000 | Fort Worth

MAY

PGL Astana 2026

May 07 - May 17

$800,000 | Astana

Asian Champions League 2026

May 11 - May 17

$150,000 | China

Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta 2026

May 11 - May 17

$300,000 | Atlanta

CS Asia Championships 2026

May 19 - May 24

$400,000 | Shanghai

JUN

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026

Jun 02 - Jun 21

$1,250,000 | Cologne

OCT

Thunderpick World Championship 2026

Oct 12 - Oct 19

Malta

Lee Jones

VALORANT Content Lead

By day, Lee is a self-taught esports journalist who has written for a number of publications covering some of esports’ biggest events. By night, Lee is a world record holder as the fastest player ever to be fired on Football Manager.

Articles by Lee Jones

New event to be added following VCT EMEA Kickoff 2026

By Lee Jones / 1 day ago

[OPINION] VCT Americas awards voting suffered from distinct recency bias in spite of voting criteria

By Lee Jones / 4 days ago

FNC crashies: “I had interest in NA and EU, I just think re-signing was the best decision for my career”

By Lee Jones / 4 weeks ago

SEN kaplan: “A lot of guilt and frustration” at 2025… “I really wanted to redeem myself this time around”

By Lee Jones / 4 weeks ago

NRG keiko: “It wasn’t a toxic environment” at Team Liquid

By Lee Jones / 4 weeks ago

BBL’s roster situation is absurd, but not necessarily rule-breaking

By Lee Jones / 1 month ago

VALORANT Patch 11.09 – Anti-smurfing changes and QOL updates

By Lee Jones / 1 month ago

How big is VALORANT? – PC, PS5, and Xbox disk space in 2025