BIG promotes Prosus to main CS2 roster

Berlin Worldwide Gaming (BIG) has promoted David ‘Prosus‘ Hesse to its predominant Counter-Strike 2 roster after a month representing its academy roster.

Because of Prosus’s promotion, the German esports organisation has moved Can ‘kyuubii‘ Ali to the academy.

Alongside making a change to its predominant roster, BIG has revealed that it has parted methods with Robin ‘ScrunK’ Röpke after becoming a member of as the primary workforce’s coach in July. With ScrunK’s departure, Sebastian ‘xenn‘ Hoch has been reinstated as head coach.

BIG says ScrunK leaving his function as coach was “mutually agreed” after each events agreed “that it wasn’t a superb match for either side,” because the workforce seems to safe a spot among the many high 32 within the Valve Regional Standings (VRS).

Following BIG’s newest roster swap, the organisation took to social media to share perception on how its academy workforce integrates into its Counter-Strike operations.

“With our academy workforce, we observe a transparent path. It’s not a separate squad indifferent from the primary workforce, however straight related to it,” mentioned Roman Reinhardt, Chief Gaming Officer of BIG.

“Those that present robust outcomes, act professionally, and show themselves in observe can earn their spot within the lineup. To make this strategy profitable, we additionally want a excessive stage of high quality inside the academy workforce.”

After scoring a second-place end at MESA Nomadic Spring Masters 2025 in Could, BIG has struggled to construct on a stable efficiency in the course of the second half of the 12 months.

A top-24 end at IEM Cologne was rapidly adopted by elimination in the course of the on-line section of BLAST Bounty Season 2, ensuing within the workforce dropping down the VRS.

Presently ranked thirty fourth, BIG sits simply outdoors the highest 32, placing it on the verge of securing a spot on the StarLadder Budapest Main happening in November.

The brand new-look BIG will likely be in motion on August twenty eighth because it competes within the open qualifier for Betclic Conflict Summer season. The highest eight groups will safe a spot within the playoffs, with the highest 4 playoff sides incomes a spot on the LAN finals happening in September.