FaZe Clan and Team Liquid among second wave of FISSURE Playground 2 invites

FaZe Clan and Crew Liquid are among the many second wave of staff invitations introduced for the FISSURE Playground 2 Counter-Strike 2 occasion.

Forward of the occasion, the Serbian match organiser has introduced 12 of the 16 groups competing.

GamerLegion and 3DMAX have additionally accepted an invite to FISSURE’s second CS2 occasion of the yr, having competed at FISSURE Playground 1 earlier this yr.

Making its FISSURE Playground debut alongside FaZe Clan and Crew Liquid are The MongolZ. The runners-up from the BLAST.television Austin Main shall be attending the occasion after skipping BLAST Open London attributable to its incapacity to journey to the UK.

Rounding out the second wave of groups heading to the Belgrade Area is TYLOO. The defending FISSURE Playground champions shall be seeking to defend its title after defeating Astralis within the Grand Remaining.

The announcement means 5 of the highest ten groups from July’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS) are attending the occasion going down within the Serbian capital. The ultimate 4 groups have but to be confirmed.

Groups in attendance will compete for a share of the occasion’s $1.25m (~£921,543) prize pool and VRS factors that decide which groups qualify for the StarLadder Budapest Main in November.

A congested match schedule means FISSURE Playground 2 clashes with StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025, one other notable occasion that’s utilizing July’s VRS for invite distribution. WIth organisations seeking to earn a plaec within the high 32, groups need to resolve which invitations to simply accept.

With The MongolZ accepting an invite, it’s the highest-ranked staff attending the occasion, having continued constructing on its second-place end on the Austin Main.

Following the second staff announcement, the groups competing at FISSURE Playground 2 are as follows: