TSM have announced that they plan to return to competitive Counter-Strike with a Europe-based team in 2023, revealing the news through a social media post.
The multi-gaming organization first entered the scene in 2015 with a Danish lineup featuring Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, and Nicolai “device” Reedtz, winning five Big event titles and reaching the No. 1 world ranking in that year. After the players moved to Astralis, going on to make history with four Major wins, TSM fielded an NA-based roster for a year before pulling the plug on the project.
TSM’s Danish roster hoisted five trophies in 2015
“We are not looking to go out and buy a top 5 team,” Dominic Kallas, VP of Esports TSM said in the video, managing expectations from the get-go. Instead, the organization plans to build the project from the ground up, and base it in Europe.
“I will spend a significant amount of time in Europe, looking and working with a local GM to help build a roster and infrastructure necessary for this team to succeed,” Kallas added, also hinting at the possibility to buy a slot in ESL and BLAST circuits.
“We gave already started discussions with ESL and BLAST about how TSM can be successful within Europe through long-term partnerships. We have a lot of work to do, a lot of infrastructure to put in place.”
TSM is the first big organization to announce a return to CS:GO in 2023, but it might not be the last. With Riot’s competitor FPS Valorant entering a partnership program more organizations that haven’t made the cut just like TSM might be looking to swap over to Counter-Strike to maintain visibility in the shooter esports niche.
- alpha metaverse
- battlebots
- blockchain conference esports
- coin genius
- crypto conference esports
- esport games
- esporta
- esporta app
- esporta fitness
- esports
- Evil Geniuses
- games with esports
- HLTV
- loco esports games
- metaverse esport games
- national sports week
- plato
- plato ai
- plato data intelligence
- plato game
- plato gaming
- platodata
- platogaming
- simplicity esports
- spasm esports games
- steam esports games
- Team SoloMid
- tundra esports
- twitch esports games
- zephyrnet