Author: Rafael Ferreira

Yesterday, August 8, Brazilian player Pedro “PpWs” Sabino announced his retirement from the Rainbow Six Siege scene. The 20-year-old player debuted in the Brazilian tier one scene last year on INTZ — before the organization sold their spot to TropiCaos in September 2022.PpWs’ retirement comes as ex-TropiCaos have seemingly struggled to find a new home; despite the likes of E1 Sports and Vivo Keyd Stars reportedly being set to join the Brazilian league.In his statement regarding his retirement, PpWs stated: “after this half year with everything that’s been going on, I’m completely disheartened about the future of the game. I…

The biggest tournament on the Rocket League Championship Series calendar is set to start this Thursday, August 2nd, with the most notable teams in the world all taking part. The World Championship will finish the 2022-23 season following three splits: Fall, Winter, and Spring. German city Düsseldorf will host the 24-team tournament, which contains teams from all across the globe.There will be $2.1M in prize money up for grabs, with the winner receiving $600K.Wildcard is the tournament’s first phase, with 16 teams entering a Swiss system format. The top-eight teams will proceed and join eight others in the group stages.These…

Brazilian organization E1 Sports, with Free Fire and Rainbow Six Siege female operations, is ready to expand into the R6 Brazilian League, sources tell BLIX.GG. Looking For Org, who was previously led by Gabriel “cameram4n” Hespanhol, has rebuilt their roster, and Enzo “Rappz” Aziz is the sole remaining player from the previous roster.Former FaZe Clan player Leonardo “Astro” Luis will join the project following a 5-year experience in the North American organization. As previously reported, Thiago “xSexyCake” Reis will also join the team. Luca “LuKid” Sereno, former MIBR and Dodez will complete the roster.E1 answered BLIX.GG’s approach to comment on…

According to sources familiar with the case, Vivo Keyd Stars is set to rejoin the Rainbow Six Siege scene.As reported before, the team would get the ex-Magic Squad roster with the new additions Thiago “LENDA” Torres and Victor “Daffodil” Pedron. Both were expected to join Magic Squad; however, they will join the roster now in Vivo Keyd Stars.In the past, as Keyd Stars, the team was negotiating to be one of the potentially three new orgs for the Brazilian’s League second stage. Previously, the team had in its ranks players like Julio “Julio” Giacomelli and Vitor “IntacT” Janz. Following a…

Liverpool F.C. Portuguese player esports organization Diogo Jota Esports and Galaxy Racer celebrated a partnership yesterday. Together, both organizations are merging to form Luna Galaxy.Diogo Jota Esports only had a presence in FIFA with a Portuguese trio. Daniel “DFernandes” Fernades played in the World Cup last week, while João “jagonsogv” Vasconcelos was called to the Portuguese team to play in the Nations Cup.On the other hand, Galaxy Racer has a European Rocket League roster, and as Luna Galaxy, the organization announced the D1 Hustlers Dota 2 roster.In an interview with RTP Arena, Diogo Jota affirmed the focus is to expand…

Guatemala’s star player, Mario “malbsMd” Samayoa, has begun to write a new chapter in his career by being a member of M80’s first foray into Counter-Strike. It also marks something of a new beginning for malbsMd after two disappointing outings with 00NATION and LOS + oNe. With LOS + oNe especially, it was a frustrating period for the organization and the player as the team bombed out of the Americas RMR and failed to come close to qualifying for CS:GO’s final Major.This would lead to much criticism and the eventual disbanding of LOS + oNe, with malbsMd telling BLIX:”It wasn’t…

Things are not easy in Rainbow Six Siege. In Brazil, Victor “Hornetao” Lopes announced that, by Magic Squad’s decision, the R6 roster is disbanded. In total, Magic Squad played 32 matches in the game.In addition, Tropicaos is reportedly shutting down operations. A deal with The Union for the Rainbow Six Siege roster was an option above the table.There is still the project that started the domestic league led by Gabriel “cameram4n” Hespanhol. However, the team is going through big changes. Thiago “xS3xyCake” Reis is joining the team alongside three new players; Enzo “Rappz” Aziz should stay.Contacted by BLIX.GG, Ubisoft Brazil…

Former R6 player and coach Gabriel “LaXinG” Mirelez announced recently (July 18) via Twitter that React Gaming Group (RGG) currently owes “roughly $13k”, according to the player. It’s important to note that React Gaming Group is the parent company of Parabellum, an organization that apparently shut down within the last few months.Parabellum was a Canadian organization with R6 male and female rosters and a Brazilian Rocket League squad. All the rosters seem to be currently disbanded.Chris Lamarucciola, ex Parabellum CEO stepped down from that position in May, at the time he revealed: “If pB does return, I have informed RGG…

In a joint action between Straxel and Luca “LuKid” Sereno, a new off-season tournament, Varzea’s Cup, has been announced. The new tournament comes after the Copenhagen Major with there being an acute desire in the community to keep the competitive level high ahead of the Brazilian domestic scene’s second split.While the region has had qualifiers for Gamers8 and some tournaments by Ubisoft, they have been largely for tier two teams. In contrast, Vareza’s Cup will be an open event and won’t restrict tier one players. The event is set to feature a $927 USD prize pool.Here’s the format for the…

The Saudi Arabian tournament, Gamers8, will give out a $45 million USD prize pool across more than 10 title tournaments, and Rainbow Six Siege is part of it. For Ubisoft’s FPS, the prize pool received an increase of $800,000 USD compared to the 2022’s edition, establishing the prize pool of the current edition at $2 million USD.Taking place in Riyadh, eight teams will fight for the title, which last year had Team BDS as champions beating the home team, Team Falcons, in the grand-final for 3-0. The tournament starts Thursday 13 and finishes Sunday 16The format will be the same…