A well-known face has picked up the previous XSET Rainbow Six Siege roster and training employees, in addition to their certified spot on the upcoming Six Invitational. The newly shaped M80 group, based by former XSET COO Marco Mereu, acquired all the group in the present day.
M80 picked up the NA/Brazilian roster in its entirety: Evan “Yoggah” Nelson, Zachary “SpiriTz” Dionne, Leonardo “Kyno” Figueiredo, Arthur “GMZ” Oliveiram, and Lucas “DiasLucasBr” Dias, along with coaches Igor Vivas and Matheus “Budega” Figueiredo.
The roster will compete under the M80 banner at the Six Invitational in Montreal in February, in keeping with Hunter Cooke of the Sports activities Enterprise Journal, having certified through factors earned from regional league play and each the Charlotte and Berlin Main. M80 has already submitted an utility to grow to be part of Siege‘s North American League, however that utility is at the moment underneath evaluate by Ubisoft. The NAL is shifting to a closed league format beginning in 2023.
The spot within the NAL and the roster’s availability have been each created by Mereu’s unique group XSET opting to “now not take part” in Siege esports. XSET has parted methods with its VALORANT, Siege, and Rocket League rosters over the previous couple of months however is wanting so as to add three “new esports teams” in 2023.
That is Mereu’s second massive esports group acquisition up to now month after signing a talented NA VALORANT roster comprised of former Ghost, NRG, and Version1 expertise to compete within the upcoming NA Challengers League.
Mereu informed Cooke and the SBJ that M80 is backed by non-public funding and VC cash, along with some private funding of his personal cash. He additionally mentioned that now could be the time to “double down” on esports investments, including that different organizations ought to spend “extra time making an attempt to be like [YouTube influencer] MrBeast.” Coincidentally, MrBeast has expressed his personal curiosity in creating an esports group, one that may compete in the top tier of League of Legends esports.
The brand new M80 Siege roster will reportedly boot camp for the upcoming Six Invitational in São Paulo, Brazil.
