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Brazilian eSports organization Team oNe eSports has parted ways with Rainbow Six Siege player Lorenzo “Lagonis” Volpi.20-year-old Lagonis joined Team oNe as the in-game leader in March 2021. was Team oNe’s in-game leader. He won with them the Copa do Brasil – Season 2022: Stage 2 in August this year.It is not yet known who will replace Lagonis in the team and with whom he will continue his sports career.Team oNe’™s current roster for R6 is:Team oNe eSportsLeonardo “d4sh” LopesGabriel “Maia” MaiaRenato “rhZ” Luiz

Tournament operator ESL has announced the decision not to host IEM China 2022 which was scheduled for December. The reason is the epidemiological situation in China which led to restrictions on holding international events.At the same time, ESL hasn’™t abandoned plans to hold a major championship in the Asian region. Holding the event in China will be considered when forming the competitive calendar for 2023.ESL also postponed the EPL Season 17 Conference, the qualifying tournament for the ESL Pro League. To avoid scheduling conflicts with the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022, the EPL Season 17 Conference has been moved from…

Swedish esports organization Ninjas in Pyjamas has signed a Finnish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen.The 25-year-old esportsman came to NIP from G2 Esports, where he has been playing since January this year. He started to find a new team in July.To make room for Aleksib, NIP has benched Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora, who has performed for the team since 2019.NIP management also announced that Aleksib would be the new in-game leader and the squad would use English for communication. Before the appearance of Alexib, the NIP’s CS:GO roster included Swedes and a Dane (Danish is close to…

Chinese professional League of Legends player Mingyi “Spica” Lu has parted ways with American-based esports organization TSM.”TSM has terminated my contract so I am a free agent effective today. Thanks to all the fans for the 4 years of overwhelming support and I’m excited for what’s coming next,” he noted on Twitter.The 21-year-old jungler left TSM after a loss to Evil Geniuses in the 2022 LCS Championship.He joined TSM in 2019 where he first played for the academy team from 2019-2020, after that he was transferred to the primary lineup.TSM’s current LoL roster is:Colin “Solo” EarnestHuang “Maple” Yi-tangTony “Instinct” NgJohnathan…

Denmark-based esports tournament organizer BLAST Premier is preparing to hold spring CS:GO Major in 2023 in France, Dexerto reported citing its own sources.It’s unclear at this time which city will host the tournament but most likely it will be Paris. The circuit is expected to take place between May 8-21.It will be the first CS:GO Major in France and also the first organized by BLAST since the company’s founding.Earlier, Jaxon.gg reported that BLAST and another event operator Perfect World sent applications to Valve to organize a CS:GO Major in 2023.Before, BLAST’s managing director Charlotte Kenny said in an interview with…

After Chinese esports organization Invictus Gaming left Rainbow Six Siege pro scene, the former team decided to continue playing under the name Tyde.Since the star duo Jack “Jigsaw” Gillies and Matin “SpeakEasy”, which was the base of the “super team” project, left the team earlier, Tyde invited Tex “Tex” Thompson and Hafiz “ShibeNuts” Al Fayyed Bin Yahaya.Tex is an Australian Rainbow Six Siege player who last played for Fnatic. Since the end of 2021, he has been inactive. ShibeNuts makes the first steps in a tier-1 team.The core of Tyde used this name earlier in 2016 and returned to it…

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…