Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira
Armenia-based esports organization, Virtus.pro, announced their decision to withdraw their CS:GO roster from Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 due to visa issues.”Unfortunately, some of our players were not able to obtain visas to the USA, despite the assistance from ESL. We consider participation in such a large-scale tournament with stand-ins to be inappropriate,” noted the Virtus.pro statement.This is the second IEM tournament Virtus.pro will skip this year. Earlier they passed IEM Rio 2023 for other reasons. Just prior to that, Virtus.pro’s squad put on an extremely poor performance at the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMR A.Virtus.pro CS:GO team is now:Aleksei…
LDLC Group, the French electronic hardware retailer, has announced it will be ceasing all esports activities in July 2023 when its partnership ends with French football club Olympique Lyonnais.According to a statement released by LDLC Group, the two parties, who joined in partnership in 2020, have decided to end their collaboration after failing to ‘find a sufficient place with the general public,’ through their esports investments.”The end of this partnership will also mark for LDLC Event its withdrawal from the esports scene and its operational activities in this sector. The LDLC Group would like to thank all the teams of…
Balkan Esports organization, Level UP, unveiled their new Dota 2 team for the upcoming DPC Tour 3. They have signed the team formed by ex-HellRaisers player Nikita “Daxak” Kuzmin.The 26-year-old parted ways with HellRaisers in early February, just before the Lima Major. He later formed a new roster and placed first with them at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Open Qualifier #1.His old teammates also went through organizational changes after his departure. They parted ways with the organization and moved under the 9 Pandas banner.Level UP Dota 2 squad is now:Nikita “Daxak” KuzminArtem “Lorenof” MelnickMathias “OwnedMe” HuynhGeorgii “swedenstrong” ZainalabidovMilan “MiLAN”…
Americas Valorant Players Association (AVPA) has announced the ratification of the Bylaws and Constitution of the AVPA and the election of the first President and Executive Committee of the Association.The AVPA will expand from three interim members to a six-person committee, including representatives of the LATAM community, Partner League, Challenger League, and Game Changers.The Executive Committee will include the following:President: Anthony “vanity” MalaspinaTreasurer: Will “dazzLe” LoafmanVice-President: Matias “Saadhak” DelipetroVice-President: Joshua “steel” NissanVice-President: Murillo “murizzz” TuchtenhagenVice-President: Melanie “meL” CaponeAVPA also provides a new class of team representatives from each Partner and Challenger team.The team representatives include:Brenden “stellar” McGrath (100 Thieves)Corbin “COM”…
Chinese esports organization Vici Gaming has not registered their roster at DPC CN 2023 Tour 3: Division II before the transfer window closed and lost the slot as a result, Perfect World, the organizer of the tournament, reported on Weibo.According to the statement, their slot will be up for grabs in the qualifiers; instead of two teams, three will be selected.In early May, the entire Vici lineup left the team, but the management did not make official statements about this.Vici Gaming ranked 7th at DPC CN 2023 Tour 2: Division I and dropped to the lower division.Vici Gaming Dota 2…
Kroc Bidco AS has entered into an agreement with Heroic Group AS to offer to acquire all issued and outstanding shares in Heroic.According to the Heroic report on the Norwegian stock market, the new owner will NOK 2.00 ($0.19) per share of the company, which owns professional esport teams in CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege and Sim racing.The board of directors of Heroic unanimously recommends the shareholders of Heroic accept Krow Bidco’s offer.”Shareholders representing approx. 42%, including members of Heroic’s board and executive management, have signed conditional share purchase agreements with the Offeror for the sale of their shares in Heroic…
European esports organization Nigma Galaxy has completed its Dota 2 roster by signing Yuma “Yuma” Langlet and Kasra “Mikey” Mesbah.22-year-old Yuma came to Nigma from D1 Hustlers where he has been playing for the last two months. However, he also performed with them in 2021.21-year-old Mikey has filled the last vacancy in Nigma’s Dota 2 roster. He will play in the second position and has to replace Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan who has joined Team Aster on lease terms.Nigma Galaxy failed at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I, finishing at the last, 8th, place, and dropped to the lower division.Nigma…
French organization Nakama Esports has parted ways with their founder, Richard “shox” Papillon and their rifler, Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen Van.”We inform you about the removal of shox and Kyojin from the active roster. We would like to thank them for the investment and the heart given to the project. While waiting to find their replacements, they will continue to help us for ESEA matches as stand-ins if necessary,” Nakama reported on Twitlonger.shox created Nakama Esports in January this year after leaving Apeks with the plan to compete in the Paris Major. Unfortunately, Nakama failed to qualify for the tournament.In his…
The Inactive Sentinels’ Valorant player Hunter “SicK” Mims has been arrested in Texas in Collin County once again.According to Collin County’s judicial records, SicK was arrested on May 8 due to criminal trespassing, just like his first arrest in March. Earlier in March, the athlete caused a scandal in a Ferrari dealership, refusing to leave the premises. As a result, he served 12 days in jail and was suspended by the Sentinels. The organization signed Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen to replace him as the sixth player in Sentinels’ Valorant roster.On the day of his arrest, the athlete again wrote a defiant…
Nigma Galaxy’s inactive Dota 2 player Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan has joined Team Aster on lease terms, the Chinese organization reported on Weibo.According to the statement, the 24-year-old athlete will perform with Team Aster at least to The International 2023. Team Aster’s management admitted that XXX will continue to play with the team after that. Negotiations about this are now ongoing.In addition, Nigma Galaxy sent Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf to the bench.The 18-year-old Jordanian player came to Nigma Galaxy in December last year from OG. Unfortunately, Nigma with ATF took last place in the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I and…