Astralis has introduced that will probably be making adjustments to its Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster in its efforts to pursue a brand new ‘worldwide path’.
The organisation has shared that it’s going to half methods with Danish professionals Nicolai ‘dev1ce‘ Reedtz and Emil ‘Magisk‘ Reif on the flip of the 12 months, and that it’s going to search for potential replacements from the worldwide scene.
In a weblog put up on-line, Astralis’ CEO, Jonas Gundersen, acknowledged that Magisk’s contract will finish on December thirty first, 2025 and that dev1ce has agreed to a switch for 2026..
“We have now lengthy identified that Emil could be transferring on,” Gundersen added. “And we’ve additionally been ready for Nicolai’s transition, as we’ve had a very good and open dialogue with him concerning the potentialities.”
Then again, dev1ce departs from the organisation for the second time in his profession. The Counter-Strike professional first competed for Astralis again in 2016 after leaving TSM, and competed for the organisation as much as 2021 when he moved to Ninjas in Pyjamas. Nevertheless, dev1ce would return to play for the Danish organisation in 2022.
All through his first stint at Astralis, dev1ce achieved many notable accolades. This included successful 4 Main titles: StarLadder Berlin Main 2019, IEM Katowice Main 2019, FACEIT Main: London 2018 and ELEAGUE Main Atlanta 2017.
“Leaving Astralis as soon as once more has not been a simple choice,” dev1ce commented. “For a while now, I’ve been hungry to strive one thing new, and I’m very a lot wanting ahead to beginning the subsequent chapter.”
Astralis additionally shared that with the departure comes a brand new alternative to begin recruiting gamers on the worldwide stage, not limiting themselves to ‘a single market’. It is a main turning level for an organisation that has traditionally solely recruited Danish gamers.
Astralis in 2025
The roster change follows Astralis’ most up-to-date efficiency on the 2025 StarLadder Budapest Main. Out of the 32 worldwide groups that participated, the Danish organisation positioned nineteenth after inserting throughout the backside eight groups of Stage 2.
All year long, Astralis has been a presence on the highest stage of competitors, but has struggled to safe a signficant placements. It has competed in occasions corresponding to BLAST Bounty, IEM Katowice, PGL Bucharest, amongst many others.
A few of its best achievements embrace inserting third within the PGL Clu-Napoca 2025 again in February, taking house $150,000 (~£111,060) in winnings after dropping to FaZe Clan 1-2. Moreover, the organisation positioned runner-up in PGL Astana 2025, dropping 1-3 to Workforce Spirit within the Grand Finals however incomes $93,750 (~£69,375).
