Various counter-strike teams have used the summer break for changes in their teams. Already on Friday, several newly assembled teams will compete in the group stage of Blast Premier Fall.

BIG brought Nils "k1to" Grühne back from the Academy team to the main line-up after only five months, for which Titian "titiaN" Fieldbusch has to give way after almost four and a half years.

A lot of movement in the German CS:GO scene

Sprout parted ways with Timo "Spiidi" Richter after a long time, but the team signed Rasmus "Zyphon" Nordfoss from Copenhagen Flames and Ismail "refrezh" Ali from Heroic, with the latter taking on the role of announcer for the first time.

After G2 Esports had not fulfilled its own high expectations, the team is now trying two new ones. From Copenhagen Flames comes Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen as the new announcer, to which the Australian Justin "jks" Savage, who had sensationally won the title at the IEM Katowice as a substitute player with FaZe Clan, was hired.

Top-class CS:GO transfer for Team Vitality

Team Vitality has also not yet been able to win a title after the signing of the Astralis trio around Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen. The success is now to be brought by the new arrival Lotan "Spinx" Giladi, who had developed into one of the best players in the world at Ence Esports.

Although his former team has not yet announced a replacement, according to a report by "Dexerto", Ence has his sights firmly set on ex-OG player Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså. Also the Spaniard Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia, who shot Movistar into the semifinals of the IEM Cologne, will be loud "HLTV.org " I'll probably play for Ence in the future.