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Russian esports organization Team Empire has released its Rainbow Six Siege roster. The team will continue playing under the name PWNZ.”Today we bid farewell to our Rainbow Six: Siege squad. The team will continue competing together under the PWNZ tag. Thank you for invaluable opportunity, Ubisoft, as well as ex-players, ex-managers and everyone else related. Peace for everyone and stay safe!” Team Empire said in a statement.Team Empire R6 lineup finished Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the European League 2022 in last place. Earlier, Team Empire fired its Dota 2 roster due to unsatisfactory results. However, in the case…

Scandinavian tier-1 esports organizations Swedish Ninjas in Pyjamas and Danish Astralis have announced creating their own female CS:GO rosters at the same time.”We’ve been working on taking clear steps to empower under-represented groups in esports for a while now and today we’re proud to finally reveal our ESL Impact lineup! We brought together Swedish, Norwegian, and French ninjas to forge a deadly team that is here to click heads, win trophies, and make their mark on competitive CS:GO,” noted NIP’s statement.The core of the new NIP female lineup earlier performed as GODSENT Female. The squad will be named NIP Impact.…

Russian esports multi-gaming organization Virtus.pro has renewed its Rainbow Six Siege team.Kirill “SmashByAsh” Belozerov and Yaroslav “FMX” Kurzin have left the team. They were replaced by Dmitry “Always” Mitrahovich and Danila “dan” Dontsov.Moreover, Danil “JoyStiCK” Gabov has been signed as the new coach.”Few months back we updated our roster with young players with little to no experience on the international stage. The guys do have potential, but we didn’t manage to capitalize on it and make the team work. We are now joined by the players who do know the pressure of the big stage matches. Always and dan are…

Chinese esports organization Invictus Gaming has decided to disband its Rainbow Six Siege roster playing under the banner of Invictus Gaming International and exit the esport discipline.”Today we say goodbye to our Rainbow Six Siege team. We would like to thank our players for their dedication and passion throughout their time with IG.International. We are forever grateful for the journey together and wish them nothing but the best for their future endeavors,” noted Invictus Gaming’s statement.This decision followed after Jack “Jigsaw” Gillies and Matin “SpeakEasy” Yunos left the team.IG entered R6 in 2021 with the signing of the former Giants…

Authors: Hisham “sho” Almadani & Tamim “tam0w” MuhammedOne of the largest regions in the entire game, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have started their VCT Challengers stage matches for seven of its eight subregions; in light of that, we’ve brought together the stronger looking underdog teams so far and taken a closer look at their chances.Disclaimer: The column name is a mix of the sayings ‘blind pick’ and ‘dark horse’. In this series of articles, BLIX.GG’s writers choose teams who could surprise us, and explain why.This is the fourth edition in the VALORANT underdog series, check out the other regions; Brazil,…

North American esports organization has partially confirmed the rumors and signed Sanjar “neaLaN” Ä°shakov to the primary CS:GO roster.21-year-old Kazakhstani pro CS:GO player will take the in-game leader position. He switched to EG from K23, a Kazakhstani team located in Russia.However, rumors of hiring Kévin “misutaaa” Rabier were not confirmed. Instead, the club promoted Jadan “HexT” Postma from EG.CD (also known as the EG Blueprint project).neaLaN and HexT will replace William “RUSH” Wierzba and Jake “Stewie2K” Yip in the roster. Earlier, Stewie2K decided to step away from the competitive scene and downshifted to EG’s streamer position.BLIX.GG’s report also confirmed the…

Sweden-based gaming organization Alliance seeks to breathe new life into their Dota 2 roster.”With a poor season behind us in Div 1 we are making changes to the core of the Dota 2 team to better prepare for ESL and later TI qualifiers. There is a lot that can be said but the core issue in my eyes has been a lack of connection between the players on the team as well as us never being able to find and agree on our identity inside the game,” noted Jonathan “Loda” Berg, Alliance’s CEO and co-owner.Alliance fired their captain Nikolay “CTOMAHEH1″…

American Rainbow Six Siege player Adam “Drip” Kolodkin has been benched on beastcoast.”We’re moving Drip off of our active R6 roster. We thank Drip for his continuous hard work and dedication throughout this year in the R6 North American League,” beastcoast reported in a statement.Drip had joined the beastcoast in March 2022. Before that, he played for almost ten teams, changing them several times a year.He even tried to retire in 2021 but returned to competitive play.Active beastcoast roster is now:Anthony “AnthonyMGS” GomezSpencer “Slashug” OliverDamian “Surf” MedinaJacob “Sweater” Bravico

Two Filipino players, Kim “Gabbi” Santos and Karl “Karl” Baldovino, have left the Southeast Asia esports organization T1.”All good things come to an end. Today we announce the departure of ‘Karl’ and ‘Gabbi’ from our DOTA2 roster. Thank you for everything you’ve done and we wish them all the best for their future!” T1 noted on Twitter.Gabbi has been representing T1 since February this year, while Karl has been with the team since October 2021. Which players will take the vacant positions in the roster is still unknown.T1 ranked fifth in the Dota Pro Circuit SEA 2021/22 Tour 3 and…

Disclaimer: The column name is mixed from blind peek and dark horse definitions. In this series of articles, BLIX.GG’s authors chose dark horses and provide their positions as to why a particular team could reach success in this event. The 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) is officially underway. As the first of regions begin their Challengers stage matches, we’ve brought together a brief article on the hottest looking teams as of recent to keep an eye out on. Underdog stories always create more excitement, sometimes shaking up an entire region, and these two teams are just the ones that may…