Update: This story has been updated with day 1 results.
Headstomper is back again in 2026 and as usual it will be taking place in Malmö, Sweden.
Notable players participating include GEN|Mulgold, VP|Mangja, Rikemansbarnet, AG|M. Zubair, LinkNova, Kandeandtrench, ONi|TigerPop, FOX|Sin, Vicious|Qasim Meer, TM|Hafiz Tanveer, Space, Falcons|Usama Abbasi, RB|CuddleCore, EDEN|Pepe Uehara, Socky, mirri, YK|Resil, Matt Hazard, Svampen, Astros|Pixi, Releasebogus, TDB|Fang, Aixy, DNS|LLon, Kwiddo, Mori|Dudeakoff, Striga|Ti, Bonsai and many more.
This year, there are five main games headlining Headstomper with Tekken 8 leading the charge at over 140 entrants, followed by Street Fighter 6 sitting at over 110 participants and Guilty Gear Strive with more than 100 signups.
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising also shows up with a stellar more than 90 players followed by the final main game, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, netting just over 45 names.
As for tours, this is a Tekken World Tour Challenger Event for Tekken 8, a Gold Event on the Arc World Tour for Guilty Gear Strive and a Four-Star Event for Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising on the GBVS World Tour 2026.
There will be plenty of side games as well, with some of them even outdoing main games in entrants. Most notably, Avatar Legends hit over 70 signups while BlazBlue: Central Fiction landed over 55 players and Granblue Fantasy Versus sits at over 40 participants.
Other side games include 2XKO, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and Rivals of Aether 2.
Streaming is being done at Headstomper TV, Headstomper TV 2 and Team Salty EU.
1. DNS|LLon (Jinx, Yasuo)
2. ASG|Daugion (Ekko, Warwick)
3. HerbaSilentia (Akali, Jinx)
4. Crab (Teemo, Illaoi)
5. Ekodge (Teemo, Sett)
5. Minuki (Samira, Sett)
7. Valics (Darius) & Sinbird (Vi)
7. NE|KongoBongo (Sett, Thresh)
