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UK-based esports organisation Into the Breach have signed a string of streamers as they prepare for a big month ahead.
They’ve brought on board UK-based streamers Conspiiree, BazzaUK, Empathise, Wakes, B0r3alis, KaylaFPS, Skepy, CDJ, Trav, BDog and Ne0kai, with the latter three also working as casters in CS.
The announcements were made in a series of tweets, with BDog describing himself as ‘ITBDog’.
Several streamers will be joining us this weekend! First, please welcome @BDogCSGO
— ITB SHUFFLE 🇺🇦 (@ITBesports) July 2, 2023
You can follow him here https://t.co/Q9mrfSMOPB#UpTheKnights pic.twitter.com/EAXK4gj4vs
Conspiiree added: “I can’t believe I get to say this, but i’m officially a community streamer for Into the Breach! Thank you for all the support and I’m super happy to be a part of the team.”
Empathise kicked off his first stream with ITB earlier this week playing in the Faceit Endpoint hub.
Also, ITB have announced a talent pipeline initiative.
Into the Breach prepare for IEM Cologne 2023
The org’s CSGO team will be playing at Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne 2023 from July 26th to August 6th, as they hope to cause some upsets versus some of the biggest orgs out there.
They received an invite to participate in the well-known tournament.
Invited to the @ESLCS Intel Extreme Masters, Cologne this July.
— ITB SHUFFLE 🇺🇦 (@ITBesports) June 12, 2023
ITB on the big stage, version two.
We're ready – are you? #UpTheKnights #ITBCSGO pic.twitter.com/cHoW0mgHtm
The news comes as their player Volt leaves the organisation. It of course also comes after Into the Breach’s monumental run to not only reach the Paris Major earlier this year, but also finish in the top eight.
They also brought Neil Murphy on board as CSGO team manager back in June.
Also in June, Into the Breach also won the CSGO Spring 2023 ESL Premiership, ending Endpoint’s long-running win-streak.
In the ESL CSGO World Ranking, ITB are currently 15th, and in the HLTV rankings they are 18th at the time of publishing this article.
Other teams taking part at IEM Cologne include Fnatic, Faze Clan, G2, Cloud9, Vitality, Astralis and more.
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.
