HEROIC to play with stand-in at BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1

Norwegian esports club HEROIC has announced a temporary stand-in on its Counter-Strike 2 roster. Due to visa issues, Alimzhan "Alkarenn" Bitimbay will miss the start of the season.

He will be replaced by Simon "yxngstxr" Boije, who was benched by the organization a few days ago, replacing Tim "susp" Ångström. The squad will play its first match with this lineup tomorrow, January 14, against Friendly Campers at BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1.

Notably, HEROIC did not qualify for the recent StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 in Hungary. The roster currently sits 19th in Valve's world ranking.

 HEROIC are now:

 Linus "⁠nilo⁠" Bergman
 Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç 
 Christoffer "Chr1zN" Storgaard
 Tim "susp" Ångström
 Simon "yxngstxr" Boije (staind-in)

 Tobias "TOBIZ" Theo (coach)

Origin: x.com