American cybersports organization TSM has announced that it is returning to CS:GO after a six-year hiatus, this time focusing its efforts on performances in Europe.
TSM began its history in CS:GO in 2015. Its then lineup included such luminaries as Andreas «Xyp9x» Heuslet, Peter «dupreeh» Rasmussen and Nikolai «device» Ridtz. The team has won several major titles in a row and in the same year, 2015, became the number one ranked team in the world. After the aforementioned members moved to Astralis, TSM assembled a new roster of American cybersports players, but did not achieve notable success, and after a year the project was closed.
Commenting on the upcoming plans, one of the TSM executives Dominic Callas noted that they are not going «to just go back and buy a top-5 lineup». Instead, the organization plans to build the project from scratch, with a team planned in Europe. Kallas explained that in the near future, they will have to look at recruiting players and putting in place the infrastructure that will ensure the success of the team. TSM is also negotiating long-term partnerships with ESL and BLAST, so there's a chance that next year's new TSM lineup could be seen at events from those series.