Olofmeister is officially part of FaZe Clan now

Sweden’s legendary Counter-Strike star is moving away from home to compete with a Europe-based superteam, and that team is none other than FaZe Clan.

Olof “olofmeister” Kjajber has just left Fnatic to join FaZe Clan yesterday, and he will be added to the team’s active roster immediately. Olofmeister will replace the French support, Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey, who will be going back to the bench after 11 months of activity. Maikil “Golden” Selim from Fnatic Academy will be moving to the main Fnatic roster to fill the in-game leader role.

The news come after a week of rumors regarding a split-up from Fnatic. Olofmeister and Dennis Edman were among the players reportedly leaving the two-time major-winning team, and it seems that half of those rumors are true. It’s still unclear if Dennis will stay or leave.

Olof explained on Twitter that he wanted to try something new to fix his lack of motivation with his move to FaZe. “I have not felt this sense of excitement and positive nervousness in a long time,” olofmeister said in FaZe’s roster announcement.

FaZe’s roster now consists of olofmeister, Håvard “rain” Nygaard, Finn “karrigan” Andersen, Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, and Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács. GuardiaN joined the lineup of European stars earlier this month after replacing Aleksi “allu” Jalli.

The first test of FaZe new superteam will be at DreamHack Malmo from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, when they will compete for $250,000 in Malmo, Sweden.