Korean esports organisation Nongshim Redforce has introduced a partnership with Naver streaming platform CHZZK.
The collaboration will function unique content material and IP-based collaborations throughout the organisations’ esports rosters for the 2026 season.
The announcement revealed that the collaboration will cowl MOBA title League of Legends, tactical shooter VALORANT, and sports activities simulator FC On-line.
As of writing, the crew lists partnerships with peripheral staples equivalent to Logitech G and ZOWIE, and beforehand labored with SteelSeries in 2022 as a peripheral supplier.
Streaming platform CHHZK has additionally expanded its esports presence through the years. Its mother or father firm, Naver, entered a broadcasting rights settlement with Riot Video games for the League of Legends Champions Korea spanning 2026 to 2030. Elsewhere, it additionally secured Korean broadcast rights for the 2025 Esports World Cup throughout all of its featured tournaments.
Nongshim Redforce Heading into 2026
Nongshim Redforce has been an energetic presence throughout the esports scene and has undergone numerous roster modifications forward of the 2026 season.
In League of Legends, the crew underwent a number of modifications in November, welcoming 5 new members. Each Bae ‘Sponge‘ Younger-jun and Kim ‘Taeyoon‘ Tae-yoon joined as its jungler and bot-laner, respectively.
On November twenty first, Lee ‘Scout‘ Ye-chan joined as a mid-laner, with each Hwang ‘Kingen‘ Seong-hoon and Son ‘Lehends‘ Si-woo singing the next day to spherical out its roster.
Nongshim Redforce didn’t qualify for Worlds 2025 after inserting seventh within the LCK 2025 season. Nonetheless, the crew secured third place within the 2025 Asia Invitational again in October.
On the VALORANT aspect, the roster has principally stayed the identical, with nearly all of the roster becoming a member of the organisation again in 2024.
Nongshim Redforc, beforehand parted methods with two gamers, Yang ‘Persia‘ Zi-on and Kim ‘margaret‘ Ji-woo, earlier this 12 months. It then welcomed the crew’s new in-game captain, Goo ‘Rb‘ Sang-min, again in June seventeenth, 2025.
Whereas the crew was not in a position to qualify for VALORANT Champions this 12 months, the crew positioned runner-up within the VCT Ascension Pacific, that means it’s going to compete in VCT Pacific within the 2026 season.
