Two of India’s hottest esports organisations, GodLike and S8UL, have introduced that they’re merging their rosters for the COD Cell World Championship 2025 Finals.
This comes as both teams face visa issues that will have prevented them from collaborating within the occasion. The World Championship Finals is going down in Katowice, Poland, from November seventh to ninth.
The merged staff will likely be referred to as Newgen Ninjas, comprising three gamers from S8UL and two from GodLike. To compete within the match, Indian gamers require a Schengen visa. Nonetheless, as a result of excessive quantity of purposes, the subsequent obtainable visa appointment date for Indians travelling to Poland is Might 4, 2026, in line with Atlys.
The up to date roster for Newgen Ninjas is as follows:
- Manas “VipeR” Jani (GodLike)
- Arnav “Warden” Kalantri (GodLike)
- Jezz (S8UL)
- Giffran “Frann” Prakasa (S8UL)
- Gustav “Marvel” Sausse (S8UL)
GodLike Esports and S8UL have each subsequently introduced that each organisations are exiting Name of Obligation Cell esports. S8UL’s creator Sid additionally posted on X that he “can’t wait to speak in regards to the unhappy state of affairs with CODM esports.”
It’s understood that GodLike and S8UL are disenchanted with how the organisers dealt with the visa subject.
GodLike’s co-founder, Amar Chandgude, publicly voiced these issues in a livestream, citing a scarcity of help from Activision for the area. He additionally mentioned that the accountability of guaranteeing ample time to safe visas lies with the match organisers, given the area they selected to host the occasion.
Activision, in a statement, mentioned it has been working intently with the affected groups and embassies to resolve the scenario.
“Sadly, attributable to issues past our management, some groups and gamers weren’t in a position to safe their visas in time,” the corporate added.
Indian groups not the one ones dealing with visa points
Stand Level Gaming from China has additionally been unable to safe visas for the match. Subsequently, the staff’s slot has been given to OUG.
Moreover, following the merger of GodLike and S8UL, the open slot has been awarded to the subsequent highest seeds from Europe, Animus.
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