Boombl4 could return to pro CS:GO 8 months after NAVI kick

PGL Stockholm Major winner and former Natus Vincere’s IGL Boombl4 is reportedly leaving the sidelines and joining full-Russian CS:GO team 1WIN alongside the former Entropiq duo of Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy and Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov, CS:GO insider Aleksey “OverDrive” Biryukov said today.

Boombl4 has been away from the competitive scene since his removal from NAVI in May 2022, mere days after the team lost the PGL Antwerp Major grand finals to FaZe Clan. At the time, NAVI said that Boombl4 was leaving because of “high reputational risks” to the organization and that the decision wasn’t related to his gameplay whatsoever. The Russian captain has been a free agent since Jan. 1, 2023 after his contract with NAVI expired.