Official: kyousuke joins Falcons

Now former member of Team Spirit's Counter-Strike 2 youth roster Maxim "kyousuke" Lukin has officially joined Falcons. The Saudi Arabian club officially announced this via its X social media account.

The 17-year-old Russian esports athlete replaced Emil "Magisk" Reif, who was benched by the organization today. According to rumors, Falcons paid Team Spirit about two million dollars for kyousuke, who has been competing for Team Spirit Academy since March last year.

Note that Falcons placed 20th-22nd at the recent BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 and earned $10,000 in prizes. The team currently occupies fifth placed in Valve's world ranking. The squads next tournament will be IEM Cologne 2025, which kicks off on July 26.

 Falcons are now:

 Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
 René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen
 Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
 Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov

 Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)

Origin: x.com