Aug 02, 2024
TALON ENTERS COUNTER-STRIKE
ASIA PACIFIC’S LEADING ESPORTS TEAM LAUNCHES NEW CS2 TEAM FEATURING OCEANIA TALENT
Australia AUGUST 2nd 2024 – TALON, Asia Pacific’s leading esports organisation, is excited to announce the addition of Counter-Strike as the newest title for the team. The organisation welcomes its first Counter-Strike 2 Team, featuring a core of talented players from Oceania. This marks a significant expansion for the organization as the team ventures into one of the most recognised and acclaimed competitive esports scenes worldwide.
The roster includes:
Aaron “AZR” Ward
Christian “ADDICT” Pendleton
Corey “nettik” Browne
Jared “hazr” O’Bree
Milosz “mhL” Knasiak
The team also features Daniel “djL” Narancic as Head Coach,bringing in a wealth of experience and leadership.
This is a particularly special occasion for TALON’s co-founders, Sean Zhang and Jarrold Tham, with their roots and background hailing from Australia. A project for which has been in works since 2017 ever since their first attempt with a roster originating from Taiwan.
Sean Zhang, CEO and Co-founder of TALON comments: “ A new era for TALON has begun. When we founded TALON in 2017, we really wanted to build the ultimate Asia-Pacific superteam. As proud Aussies, we're stoked to be giving back to the scene that sparked our passion. The Optus and Telstra 1.6 servers especially bring some fond memories. We're pumped to see our new CS2 team take the stage and make waves on the global stage. Carn boys! ”.This talented roster represents our commitment to excellence”
Fans can look forward to seeing TALON CS2 in action as they gear up for their first Oceania RMR Qualifier at the end of August. The team's debut will be on Sunday 4th August against TSM in the Hellcase Cup 10. Follow the team on X @TALON_ESPORTS, YouTube @TALON CS2
About TALON: TALON is a leading esports and gaming lifestyle platform headquartered in Hong Kong. The brand was established in 2017 and currently operates 12 esports titles across the Asia Pacific region including in Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea. TALON has won over 30 championship titles as an organisation and is represented as a premier team in top esports titles including League of Legends, VALORANT, Dota 2, Rainbow 6 Siege, PUBGM and Arena of Valor.
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