Teams
The teams of the scene: who plays for them, who runs them and how they are built.
Ninjas in Pyjamas move Snappi out of the five and seek a new leader
Ninjas in Pyjamas announced on August 31 that in-game leader Snappi has stepped down from the active roster by mutual agreement. No replacement has been named.
TransfersVirtus.pro part ways with its whole Dota 2 roster after missing TI 2026
Virtus.pro disbanded its Dota 2 roster on August 24, the day after The International 2026 ended without it. The club says it stays in the game and will name a new team later.
OrganizationsFURIA moves its women's team from Counter-Strike to Valorant
FURIA said on August 17 that its women's Counter-Strike team will switch to Valorant after six years, the latest exit since the ESL Impact circuit stopped at the end of 2025.
OrganizationsGentle Mates leave Counter-Strike as roster returns to Iberian Soul
The French organization has withdrawn from Counter-Strike after a year with its Spanish roster. Its players are back under the Iberian Soul name at the Esports World Cup open qualifier.
AcademiesCS2 Prospects ranking: 31 young players graduate after Season 2
A leading Counter-Strike statistics site lists the 31 players leaving its Prospects ranking: 11 passed a map limit at the top level, 20 turned 21.
AcademiesNIP put the Young Ninjas academy on hold and release its players
Ninjas in Pyjamas announced on July 20 that its Counter-Strike academy, Young Ninjas, is on hold for the foreseeable future. Three players and the coach are free to sign elsewhere.
CoachesAstralis appoint NEO head coach and add a performance coach
A month after parting ways with ruggah, Astralis hired its first head coach from outside Denmark, NEO, and brought in Xirreth from Natus Vincere as performance coach.
RostersTeam Vitality bench Humanoid and start FIESTA in LEC Summer
Team Vitality change one of five for the 2026 LEC Summer Split: Humanoid goes to the bench and FIESTA starts in the mid lane. The split opens July 24 in Paris.
CoachesG2 Esports bench Dylan Falco and make Perkz LEC head coach
Hours after its exit from MSI 2026, G2 Esports moved head coach Dylan Falco to the bench and gave the job to Perkz, starting at the Esports World Cup in Paris.
AcademiesMOUZ NXT sign two players and return to a full five
MOUZ announced two signings for its academy team MOUZ NXT on July 10. The team had been down to three players since April and had not played since May.
RostersTeam Heretics enter LEC Summer with three new starters in the five
Team Heretics go into the 2026 LEC Summer Split with Hype at AD carry beside Way and Daglas. Only Serin and Tracyn remain from the five that started the year.
RostersHEROIC change two of five in a day: yxngstxr out, xfl0ud benched
On July 7, HEROIC benched xfl0ud, saw yxngstxr step down from the active roster and were briefly left with three players before naming a new five by the evening.
CoachesHEROIC replace coach TOBIZ and analyst R0nic with doto
HEROIC named its former academy coach doto head coach on July 6 and parted ways with TOBIZ and analyst R0nic. A day later, the five he was to lead had changed too.
OrganizationsLuminosity returns to Counter-Strike 2 with four Monte players and lux
Luminosity confirmed on July 1 a Counter-Strike 2 roster built on four Monte players and the Brazilian captain lux, its first team in the game since 2019.
TransfersBC.Game sign Magisk as in-game leader alongside s1mple and electroNic
BC.Game announced Magisk as its new in-game leader on June 30. The Counter-Strike 2 team now has four players and a caller after two months without one.
CoachesCloud9 promotes IWDominate to head coach as Inero leaves the LCS staff
Cloud9 rebuilt its League of Legends staff for the LCS Summer Split: Inero leaves, IWDominate becomes head coach, and Arrow and YamatoCannon join as assistants.
TransfersG2 sign r1nkle off the NIP bench as their new AWPer
G2 completed the signing of r1nkle from Ninjas in Pyjamas on June 25, the day SunPayus was benched. Where the deal leaves G2's five, its academy snipers and the selling club.
RostersG2 bench SunPayus after one year and a Major quarter-final exit
G2 moved its AWPer SunPayus to the bench on June 25, six days after losing to Spirit at the IEM Cologne Major. The club gave no reason and named r1nkle the same day.
TransfersGeekay Esports sign Alpha54 and rebuild for the Last Chance Qualifier
Geekay Esports completed a new Rocket League trio on June 24 with Alpha54, after mtzr, both from Kaydop Corp. Only TempoH stays from the Split 2 roster.
OrganizationsMISA Esports, three-time TCL champion, leaves League of Legends
MISA Esports announced on June 19 that it is closing its League of Legends section and will skip the TCL Summer 2026 split, after a third straight Turkish title.