Gambit Esports establishes its Apex Legends roster

Russian esports organization Gambit Esports has entered the professional Apex Legends scene with the acquisition of a new team.

Gambit’s roster for Respawn’s battle royale game Apex Legends will consit of players Danila “Sunset” Soloviov, Per ”siigN” Stian Venås, Tishchenko “Artyco” Artur, and coach Dmitry “Slimer” Shaposhnikov. All four were past members of Belarus-based squad Fire Beavers.

Before signing for Gambit Esports, the Fire Beavers squad had already bagged championship titles. This included first place on the FACEIT Pro Series, beating T1, Team SoloMid, and Alliance.

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— FACEIT Apex (@FACEITApex) July 26, 2019

Fans will be seeing more of this fresh roster at the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational, the first international tournament under EA and Respawn Entertainment.

The three-day offline event will be held at Krakow in Poland from September 13-15. About 50 teams will be competing for a USD$500, 000 prize pool, with the tournament playing out in a double-elimination format similar to that of Dota 2’s The International Main Event.