Brazilian esports organisation paiN Gaming has confirmed the signings of Vinicius ‘vsm‘ Moreira and Guilherme ‘piriajr‘ Barbosa to its Counter-Strike 2 roster.
Vsm joins from the Brazilian aspect of Keyd Stars, whereas Piria joins on mortgage from Bounty Hunters Esports.
After ending the BLAST.television Austin Main within the prime 4, paiN Gaming positioned itself to realize additional success within the second half of 2025. Nonetheless, the workforce didn’t capitalise on the sturdy displaying, scoring early exits from IEM Cologne 2025 and the CS Asia Championships.
“In 2026, we proceed with our objective of constructing paiN as a benchmark for Brazilian Counter-Strike,” stated the organisation on social media.
“Vsm arrives with expertise, aggressive maturity and a brand new potential that has at all times been current. Piriajr represents the brand new era after a standout 2025 within the nationwide scene. Now, he has the chance to show himself internationally.”
PaiN Gaming is certainly one of a number of organisations to regulate its CS2 roster in the course of the low season interval. On January 2nd, 2026, fellow Brazilian organisation MIBR parted methods with Aleksei ‘Qikert’ Golubev, bringing a three-month mortgage with the workforce to an finish.
What Subsequent For PaiN Gaming?
The brand new-look paiN Gaming roster will debut at BLAST Bounty Season 1, kicking off on January thirteenth with the web closed qualifier. Eight groups out of the 32 competing will safe a spot on the LAN finals in Malta, incomes a possibility to earn necessary VRS factors and the lion’s share of the prize cash.
Vsm and piriajr each ended 2025 with stable performances in regional tournaments. As they put together to compete on the Tier 1 stage, paiN Gaming might rediscover the shape that prompted it to spring a shock again in Austin, re-establishing its place as certainly one of South America’s strongest sides.
