Cloud9 has acquired the Russia-based Gambit Esports’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad that just qualified for the PGL Antwerp Major under a different name -- Players. It'll now play the name game once again, going forward under the Cloud9 banner and signifying the Santa Monica, California-based organization’s return to CS:GO. While financial details of the signings were not released, the deal was a negotiation between Cloud9 and Norwegian-based Ulti Agency, which now represents the players of Players. Cloud9’s signing of Players represents the third rebuild of its CS:GO efforts. Although it’s one of North America’s most storied esports organizations, Cloud9 has not fielded a CS:GO team since March '21, when it let go of its squad due to logistical problems surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
We finally signed CS:GO Players. pic.twitter.com/MawBtLf3fX
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) April 24, 2022
