LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 11, 2026--
North America has made PUBG MOBILE Esports history, with Wolves Esports becoming the first team representing North America to win the international 2026 PUBG MOBILE Global Open (PMGO) Season 2 in a thrilling final-match victory in Lahore, Pakistan. The landmark achievement breaks new ground for North America’s competitive PUBG MOBILE scene and sets the stage for an even bigger showdown when the Wolves take on the world’s best at the 2026 PUBG MOBILE Global Championship (PMGC) in Istanbul, Türkiye.
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Since the PUBG MOBILE Global Open debuted in 2024, international championship titles have belonged to teams representing Japan, Türkiye, and Pakistan. Now, Wolves Esports has added North America to that exclusive list, delivering a breakthrough victory for a region determined to establish itself among the world's elite mobile esports competitors.
Wolves Esports' victory highlights PUBG MOBILE 's inclusive competitive ecosystem, where amateur and professional teams alike can advance from in-game qualifiers to national, regional, and international tournaments. With PMGO S2 added this year, PUBG MOBILE continues to expand opportunities for aspiring competitors to challenge the world's best and pursue their own championship dreams.
This year’s PMGO Season 1 set a Guinness World Records title as the largest ever mobile team-based esports tournament with 1.2 million registered users from 200+ countries. Wolves Esports' historic victory comes as PUBG MOBILE Esports reaches new heights, with the 2026 PMGO Season 2 Grand Finals drawing a record 1,143,187 peak concurrent viewers and generating 8.7 million hours watched.
Next up is the $3 million 2026 PUBG MOBILE Global Championship with Grand Finals taking place December 11–13 in Türkiye. Wolves Esports enters the competition with momentum and a chance to make history once again, this time by bringing the ultimate world title home to North America.
North America has its first PMGO champion and it’s now time to get behind Wolves Esports as they battle for the world title! Fans can follow Wolves Esports' championship journey and tune in to the 2026 PUBG MOBILE Global Championship through the official PUBG MOBILE Esports North America channels on YouTube and Instagram.
About PUBG MOBILE
PUBG MOBILE is based on PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-takes-all showdown. Players must locate and scavenge their own weapons, vehicles, and supplies, and defeat every player in a visually and tactically rich battleground that forces players into a shrinking play zone. PUBG MOBILE is co-developed by LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS of Tencent Games and KRAFTON, Inc.
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Wolves Esports becomes the first team representing North America to win PUBG MOBILE Global Open (PMGO) Season 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver of a minivan that crashed outside a Los Angeles metro station, killing three women and critically injuring two more, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and three counts of murder, police said Wednesday.
Authorities say the driver was able to talk but appeared in shock after Tuesday's crash, which hit pedestrians and food vendors at a busy intersection in the North Hollywood neighborhood during the height of the evening commute.
Police identified the driver as Ihor Demianenko, 61, a resident of the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Jail records show Demianenko was booked early Wednesday, with bail set at a little over $6 million. He was treated for minor injuries at a hospital, police said.
It was not immediately clear if Demianenko had a lawyer who could respond to the allegations. In California, drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol can be charged with murder under certain circumstances.
The white Toyota Sienna was traveling at an “unsafe speed” around 6 p.m. when it veered to the right, ran off the road and collided with a light, Los Angeles police said in a news release Wednesday. It came to rest under a food vendor’s tent.
The force of the collision threw victims in different directions, according to the news release. The driver was trapped in the vehicle until rescuers arrived.
Luis Luna-Guzman was working at a nearby burger stand when he heard a loud boom and saw people on the ground along with food and cups. People started running toward the crash.
He found an injured woman lying near some bike racks, her face, arms and legs bloody, he said, recalling her eyes were closed as she moaned in pain.
“I told her, ‘Don’t move, help is coming,’” Luna-Guzman said, adding that he saw a woman’s body nearby, while another woman was lying unmoving on the stairs leading to the station.
The three women who died were between the ages of 40 and 60, according to the police news release. They have not been identified. The two injured women are in their 50s.
The minivan was still on the sidewalk Tuesday night under the food vendor’s tent, its driver’s side door open and an air bag deployed. Fire engines and emergency crews worked nearby as a helicopter flew overhead.
Investigators will go through video of the crash frame by frame, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said.
“It will be probably a prolonged but a very deliberate investigation to determine what happened here,” he said.
The California Supreme Court ruled in 1981 that drivers who kill someone with a vehicle can be charged with second-degree murder if they are found to have acted with “wantonness and a conscious disregard for life” that could support a finding of implied malice. The court upheld a prosecutor's decision to file a murder charge against a driver who was determined to be legally intoxicated at the time of a fatal crash and drove at high speeds, ran a red light and had a near miss right before.
Thanawala reported from Atlanta.
Members of law enforcement walks next to a damaged car at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
This photo made with a smartphone, shows the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
Debris lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
A damaged vehicle lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
