Author: Rafael Ferreira

French video game publisher Ubsioft is closing a number of its offices in the Benelux region of Europe, according to a press release. Ubisoft subsidiaries in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg will be closing doors, and most employees are expected to be let go on April 1.According to the release, the company cites declining numbers of sales of physical game copies compared to digital sales, among other external factors related to digitalization, as its reason for closing its offices.Ubisoft is well known for several video game franchises, including Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, and Rainbow Six: Siege.At this moment, Ubisoft is undergoing…

Mirage is near closing the new roster to compete in the North American League 2023. This would be Mirage’s new squad, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation:Matthew “Dpfire” MacwayAlexander “Yeti” LawsonEvan “Kanzen” BushoreDamian “Surf” MedinaSpikerDpfire was in the Astralis roster, the team that finished in 4th in the Six Invitational. Yeti had Spacestation as his last experience, and he wasn’t in the team plans for 2023. SSG is already in the process to get a new roster.Replaced by Ben “CTZN” McMillan in Soniqs, Kanzen is inactive since the end of 2022 and Mirage is likely to be his…

According to sources close to the situation, Heroic is once again proceeding to changes in the R6 active roster. Stand-in for the Six Invitational, Jake “Sloth” Brown won’t stay in the team for 2023. Aleksi “UUNO” Työppönen, the player with the most time in the organisation as also Nathan “Grizzly” Harding is not expected to continue in Heroic. As reported, Adam “nudl” Hryceniak is being targeted by KOI.Heroic are set to add ex-NAVI duo, Jordan “Kayak” Morley and Jamie “Skiddy” Diamon for the three spots left. Alexandre “BlaZ” Thomas, a French player that represented Heroic in the 2021 season, is…

According to sources close to the situation, KOI has already defined the players that will replace William “Spoit” Löfstedt, who’s joining M80, and Juhani “Kantoraketti” Toivonen. KOI is set to sign the British duo Jake “Leadr” Fortunato and Adam “nudl” Hryceniak, BLIX.GG has learned.Leadr played for NAVI in the last season, while nudl competed in the Six Invitational with Heroic, finishing the tournament in 13-16th. KOI is making these changes following their 5th – 6th place finish in SI, following a loss to Astralis.With this roster change, KOI’s roster will be:Leon “LeonGids” GiddensTom “Deapek” PieksmaPascal “cryn” AlouaneJake “Leadr” FortunatoAdam “nudl”…

According to sources close to the situation, the roster led by Gabriel “cameram4n” Hespanhol will play the Brazilian League without organization until the roster find a tag to play under. The roster has also Diogo “fntzy” Lima, Victor “Daffodil” Henrique, Swag and Enzo “rappz” Aziz, a mix of new names and some experience in high level.Read more: R6 Esports 2023: Who’s leaving and why?The initial roster had Rennan “R4re” Vitor instead of rappz, some sources tell BLIX.GG, but the player signed with Magic Squad. Former FURIA coach, Rafael “RafadeLL” Oliveira is expected to be the coach.Some organizations tried to get…

The list of organizations that will be part of the new LATAM League is set to be announced and BLIX.GG got access to that list. It’s important to say that with the changes in the competitive scene for 2023, the LATAM league will be a competition joining the teams that before had separated leagues, Sudamericano and Mexican ones.Read more: R6 Esports 2023: Who’s leaving and why?The first place in the regular season gets a spot in the Major while the rest will compete in Last Chance and Closed qualifiers to get a spot in that international competition.The expected teams attending…

In the last days, M80 advanced in the talks for KOI’s William “Spoit” Löfstedt. The North American team is doing changes in the squad benching Zachary “SpiriTz” Dionne and getting the ex-Astralis IGL, David “Iconic” Ifidon according to a previous report.Spoit was one of the rookies of the last year, being a crucial part of Rogue’s puzzle to get the Six Berlin Major. Evan “Yoggah” Nelson would be benched with Spoit’s signing.In the Six Invitational, M80 got knocked out of the tournament to G2, saying goodbye to Montreal in the third round of the lower bracket.Spoit’s signing would mean the…

According to sources close to the situation, Julio “Julio” Giacomelli and MNM had several talks in the last days for the Brazilian to become the coach for the European squad.Julio announced his retirement following the Six Invitational lost in the grand final to G2. w7m decided to sign Felipe “FelipoX” Lucia and Felipe “nade” Ferreira to replace Julio and Gabriel “volpz” Fernandes, who’s rumoured to join Team Liquid.Julio joining MNM would be the second Brazilian coach in the European League after Marlon “Twister” Mello. The ex-w7m player already had an experience as coach, in the time for FURIA in the…

The North American organization is going through deep changes and it’s already working on the replacements. Today, Spacestation farewelled big names from the Siege active roster, Nathanial “Rampy” Duvall, Dylan “Bosco” Bosco, Alexander “Yeti” Lawson, Luke “Luke” Slota and the coach Justin “Lycan” Woods. The majority of these players made part of the SSG golden era, conquering the Six Invitational 2020 over NIP.Former TSM’s Bryan “Merc” Wrzek and ex-Astralis’ Roman “Forrest” Breaux, Jack “J90” Burkard and the coach Seth “Callout” Mik are the ones expected to join the roster, sources told BLIX.GG.In the Six Invitational 2023, SSG lost to M80…

Alexander “Skys” Magor is not expected to stay in DarkZero’s active roster for 2023, sources tell BLIX.GG. Matthew “Achieved” Solomon is today in the pole position to fill in Skys’ place, BLIX.GG has learned.Skys joined DZ in September of the last year just a few time before get dropped by Spacestation and posteriorly announcing his retirement. Gaven “Gaveni” Black was the last addition for the team and he debuted in the Six Invitational. In the tournament, the team was eliminated by the champion G2, in the second round of the lower bracket.The favorite today to join the team as mentioned…