CS:GO star dev1ce will make his in-game return sooner than expected

Dev1ce, a four-time CS:GO Major champion with Astralis, will play professionally again next month after spending an entire year on the sidelines, the organization announced today. Astralis will field the dedicated sniper for the upcoming CCT North Europe Series two playoffs in place of academy player Kristoffer “kristou” Aamand.

The Danish star has been on the sidelines since December 2021, when he played his last official for Ninjas in Pyjamas at IEM Winter. Since then, dev1ce went on medical leave and never played for NiP again. Dev1ce re-joined Astralis at the end of October to replace Farlig and it was unclear when he’d return to pro play after the organization didn’t field him for Elisa Masters Espoo in November to give dev1ce more time to prepare.