Insider: PARIVISION May Leave the CS2 Pro Scene After a Failure at the IEM Cologne Major 2026

Acording to Nikita “Dadte” Ziganshin, the esports organization PARIVISION may sell its Counter-Strike 2 roster following its failure at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 and exit the esports discipline.

The player shared this information on Oleg “Rachelr” Tyurkaev’s YouTube podcast.

“A terrible failure—it’s sad. Obviously, there were roster changes. But it seems like these are just temporary replacements; I don’t believe they’ll be able to get back to that level. These replacements aren’t top-10 caliber. It’s very strange.

If they bomb the XSE Pro League and EWC now, they’re out; they can only return at the end of the year, sometime in November. I’ve heard rumors that the roster will be sold—let’s throw that out there. It’s just a rumor. If that’s the case, maybe the substitutions were just for these two tournaments so they wouldn’t lose VRS points and so the players could move to another roster. I don’t know how true that is.”

The insider believes that the recent substitutions don’t meet the standards of esports organization. Moreover, Nikita “Dadte” Ziganshin doubts that the team will be able to improve its level of preparation with the updated roster. When discusing PARIVISION’s plans to sell its CS2 roster, the esports player cites rumors and the fact that, if the team fails at the XSE Pro League and EWC, it won’t be able to qualify for prestigious tournaments for a long time.

As a reminder, Vyacheslav “Slaxejezzz” Vinokurov and Abay “Hobbit” Khasenov previously joined PARIVISION, replacing Emil “Nota” Moskvitin and Andrey “Belchonokk” Yasinsky.