PhotiteYour daily readon fighting games,MMOs and shooters.
Low tide, long sets. A first issue. One long bracket run from Oceania's Street Fighter final, a quiet countdown to a new old Azeroth, a fortnight of Brisbane Counter-Strike, and three small pieces of fiction for the tea to go cold beside.
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Fighting games.
Brackets, grapplers and the quiet maths of a close set.
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The long way round: elieatscrayons at the Oceania World Warrior final
A losers-bracket run to grand finals, capping a season spent near the top of the region's Street Fighter 6 brackets.
Read · 3 min - 2
Channel notes: LVCKYJ, grapplers and home-grown brackets
The stream in the corner of this page, in brief.
Read · 2 min - 3
The grab at closing time
A short story about a laundromat cabinet and one last read.
Read · 3 min
Online worlds.
Guilds, servers and the long hours between raids.
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WoW Forever arrives on a Thursday morning in Brisbane
Blizzard's new take on original Azeroth goes live globally on 4 November, Pacific time. Here's what that means on this side of the water.
Read · 2 min - 2
Aussie guilds are already pitching their tents
A look through the Oceanic recruitment boards before launch.
Read · 2 min - 3
The ferryman of Dock Seven
A short story about the hour when a server is almost empty.
Read · 3 min
Shooters.
Maps, LANs and the last few metres to the exit.
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FlyQuest go unbeaten at ANZC Locals Brisbane
Counter-Strike 2, one Brisbane weekend and a clean playoff run.
Read · 2 min - 2
A week later, NEXVOID stop the run
The Logitech G Pro Series in Brisbane, and the team that got past FlyQuest.
Read · 2 min - 3
Exfil at low tide
A short story about an extraction run, a bad bag and a good friend.
Read · 3 min
Oceania.
Aussie and OCE results, dates and servers. New pieces every day, plus every OCE story from the other sections.
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The OCE fighting-game calendar, from Sydney to Tokyo
Where Oceania's Street Fighter year goes next, with dates from the organisers.
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Materia notes: FFXIV's Oceanian data centre this month
A rough evening on the network, an Oceania leaderboard on the way and one travel limit that hasn't changed.
Read · 2 min - 3
Valorant's OCE pathway in 2026, explained
There's no Challengers Oceania this year, so here's the route from Premier to VCT Pacific instead.
Read · 2 min
6 more OCE stories from today's FGC, MMO and FPS sections are on the OCE page.
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