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Dire Wolves acquires Avant Gaming, enters into CS:GO

Oceanic esports organisation Dire Wolves has announced the acquisition of Avant Gaming.

Avant Gaming’s teams will merge with Dire Wolves as part of the purchase, meaning that the organisation will enter into CS:GO this year. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

Avant Gaming and Dire Wolves were recently announced among the names of teams competing in the League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) for its inaugural season. Following the acquisition, Avant Gaming’s place has been sold to Australian organisation PEACE.

Jason Spiller, Dire Wolves’ owner, stated: “Avant is one of the founding organisations of ANZ esports, and it has an invaluable legacy which we’re so proud to be able to carry on as we welcome the team to the Dire Wolves family.