UK esports organisation Into the Breach have been announced as one of eight teams taking part in the 2023 Trackmania Grand League.
They will join BIG (Germany), Solary (France), Karmine Corp (France), Team BDS (Sweden), Alliance (Sweden), Gamers First (USA) and Sinners (Czech Republic) in the 2023 Trackmania ecosystem, and made the announcement on their Twitter page a few days ago:
Trackmania esports is being revamped in 2023 with the introduction of the annual Trackmania World Tour (TMWT) and a new team format with 2v2 matches in the TMWT league and related tournaments.
The TMWT will be an annual esports circuit featuring the Trackmania Grand League (TMGL) and the Trackmania Challenger League (TMCL), plus regional tournaments in NCSA, APAC, MEA and EU, as well as the annual Trackmania World Championship (TMWC). There’s more info on the official Trackmania esports 2023 page here.
Into the Breach said on their website page linked above: “Since our entry to the world of Trackmania in early 2022 with the signing of Hubert ‘mime’ Dziedzic, we have been one of the most active organisations within the game.
“Our efforts have not went unnoticed – following our line-up’s amazing results, including second place at the Trackmania World Cup, we are delighted to announce that Into The Breach was chosen as one of the eight founder teams of the Trackmania World Tour.
“Our team will be represented by two people – however, the player who will be the partner of ‘mime’ in the 2023 season is not yet announced. Keep an eye on our socials for further updates about our future Trackmania endeavours.”
Sam Cook, Into the Breach founder, told Esports News UK:
“This news is huge for us. We have extensive plans to make Trackmania a primary title for us, and have every intention of ending 2023 as champions.”
Sam Cook, Into the Breach
“We’ll have top players, content creators, initiatives, tournaments and content generation to bring Trackmania to the mainstream. It’s a super fun, intuitive game and very satisfying to watch. I would highly recommend everyone check it out, especially as it comes out on PS4/5 and Xbox soon!”
For now, as well as Polish player mime, Into the Breach have Czech player Elconn21 and German streamer Lars currently listed on their website.
Into the Breach moved into Trackmania back in May 2022 with the signing of mime, before finishing second at the Trackmania Grand League World Cup 2022 with him.
MNM Gaming are another UK esports org that have done well in Trackmania in recent years, with their UK player Pac (who was named Trackmania Player of the Year earlier in 2022).
The competitive Trackmania World Tour season will be structured as follows:
- Stage 1: From 21st January to 19th March 2023
- All-Stars Championship: 15th & 16th April and 22nd & 23rd April
- Stage 2: From 29th April to 25th June
- All-Stars Championship: 27th August and 2nd & 3rd September
- World Championship: Fall 2023
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
