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Dust2.us and HLTV have learned from multiple sources that BC.Game have expressed interest in acquiring the core of SAW's lineup, with Christopher "MUTiRiS" Fernandes, António "aragornN" Barbosa, and Adones "krazy" Nobre being targeted by the organization to join Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Denis "electroNic" Sharipov on the team.

Spirit have officially rounded out their squad for the new year, bringing back Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov from the bench and signing young rifler Pavel "⁠s1ren⁠" Ogloblin, a product of the Spirit Academy. Additionally, Sergey "⁠hally⁠" Shavaev has been promoted to the role of head coach. This marks the formal return of chopper into the starting lineup after three months on the transfer list.

Natus Vincere have joined Vitality, G2, FaZe, and OG as teams that have secured their spots at the $425,000 BLAST Premier Spring Final in June after defeating NIP 2-0 in the last-chance match. The CIS side showed weakness throughout the tournament, losing BO1 matches to MIBR and Astralis in the first week and a BO3 to NIP in the second one, but performed well in the crucial matches.