PTG Database Analysis
This ten-team VALORANT Game Changers stage ran online in EMEA. The group-stage page lists the event from April 27 to May 24, with a single round robin through May 14 and playoffs May 20–24. VLR’s event overview instead lists April 28 to May 25 and dates the final May 25; the pages differ by one day, so the edition keeps the group-stage page’s dates and records the discrepancy.[2][6]
The field was Gentle Mates GC, SK Nebula, G2 Gozen, GIANTX GC, Twisted Minds Orchid, Barça eSports GC, Karmine Corp GC, ALTERNATE aTTaX Ruby, FOKUS Sakura and ZennIT Orange GC. SK Nebula won the six-team double-elimination playoffs, defeating Gentle Mates GC 3–0 in the final.[2][6]
Riot identifies KitKat as a VCT EMEA and Game Changers EMEA partner for 2026, and Razer as the official gaming-chair partner for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.[3][4]