Evil Geniuses to close its Counter-Strike division

2023 has been a real novel for Evil Geniuses in several esports divisions, as the organization has been in financial trouble. As a result, the management has decided to start cutting staff, and they currently have an extremely short staff, which will most likely continue and worsen.

While team results may not have much to do with this situation, there is no doubt that this affects everyone working within EG. Whether you are a player, coach, employee, or streamer, everyone is affected by this situation, which worries and worries a lot.

There was a lot of talk that EG could leave the Counter-Strike competitive scene, and everything points to that happening soon.

Reports claim EG will close its Counter-Strike division

According to popular and experienced esports journalist Richard Lewis, the NA organization Evil Geniuses plans to close the men’s and women’s CS divisions.

Latest for Substack: Layoffs, liquidation specialists, sponsor issues and a potential sale of an LCS slot…. The latest week in the Evil Geniuses saga raises the question how much longer will they be around?https://t.co/qZOkPCUcjr pic.twitter.com/ImWww3cALl5

— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) November 7, 2023

On the other hand, Lewis’ report also references that Evil Geniuses is also trying to sell its spot in the LCS as soon as possible. The report says the deal is in the works, but nothing is confirmed.

Regarding the League of Legends division, there are rumors that EG has been trying to sell its spot for several months. Also, there is mention that the possible buyer would be Enthusiast Gaming, owners of the Luminosity Gaming brand.

Going back to the Counter-Strike topic, we have that, according to the report, EG plans to stay only in Riot Games titles. As a result, the sale of the LCS spot would be to get some profits and be able to revive at this time; that is, the org would not leave LoL completely. However, all indications are that the male CS2 crew of Evil Geniuses would be released in December, while the female squad would be released shortly before.

EG would remain only in LoL and VALORANT

The above-mentioned tells us that the North American organization plans to stay only in LoL and VALORAT. However, there are many doubts about this because if the team sells its place in the LCS, it will have to move to another region and make a much greater expense. Remember that this is what TSM did when it sold its place and moved to China.

On the other hand, EG’s VALORANT and LoL squads are immersed in different problems that are undoubtedly also financial. According to some rumors in recent weeks, some of the members of EG’s LoL squad would have agreements with other teams in the run-up to 2024.

While the champions of VALORANT Champions 2023 are “imprisoned” with their contracts in EG, so there is no certainty if they will play with the team in 2024.

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