Fnatic shuts down its CS:GO academy project

Fnatic has ended today the operations of Fnatic Rising, the academy setup the organization had in CS:GO esports.

As a result of that, Sebastian “⁠volt⁠” Malos, Mikkel “⁠Maze⁠” Sparvath, Matias “⁠Banjo⁠” Kivistö, and Adam “⁠WolfY⁠” Andersson will become unrestricted free agents and explore new opportunities ahead of the 2023 CS:GO season. The Fnatic Rising project was created in 2021 after the organization’s three-year hiatus in junior-level competitions and gave the players the opportunity to compete in six editions of WePlay Academy League, the No. 1 competition for academy teams, which they won in season five.