Team Falcons announced a replacement in their Counter-Strike 2 roster

Maxim “Kyousuke” Lukin will miss the LAN stage of the BLAST Bounty Winter Counter-Strike 2 tournament due to visa issues.

The announcement was made on X.

"Lineup update for the BLAST Bounty 2026 S1 playoffs. - kyousuke is out, Nucleonz is in."

According to the announcement by the esports organization, Matej “Nucleonz” Trajkovski will replace the player in Team Falcons for the duration of the tournament. Matej “Nucleonz” Trajkovski plays in the youth roster of the esports club's academy. The team advanced to the second stage of BLAST Bounty Winter after a triumphant 2-0 victory over Monte.

Earlier, Nikola “NiKo” Kovač revealed how Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov agreed to play for Team Falcons.