NIP unveils fifth player

Swedish esports club NIP has officially announced the promotion of Roman "n0te" Hamze to the main roster. The 20-year-old Belgian has been competing for NIP's youth squad since February.

Hamze will play with the team at XSE Pro League 2026 in China and Stake Ranked Episode 3 in Spain. n0te replaced Artem "cairne" Mushynskyi, who was benched several days ago.

NIP currently sits 26th in Valve's official ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams. The squad failed to qualify for IEM Cologne Major 2026.

 NIP are now:

Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer
Rasmus "sjuush" Beck
Kacper "⁠xKacpersky⁠" Gabara
Martin "stavn" Lund

Richard "Xizt" Landström (coach)

Origin: x.com