paiN have returned to Counter-Strike after a three-year hiatus, signing the former AlienTech roster, who will soon move to North America.

Earlier this week the Brazilian AlienTech roster parted ways with the Portuguese organization. paiN Gaming, who have not fielded a Counter-Strike roster since 2013, were reported to acquire the Felippe "⁠felippe⁠" Martins-coached team.

The report has now been confirmed, as felippe and Willian "⁠LuL4⁠" Elias return to the organization they represented alongside Raphael "⁠cogu⁠" Camargo up until mid-2013.



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On August 17th, paiN will move to North America, following in the footsteps of three other Brazilian squads: SK, Immortals and recently Luminosity.

Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca and company have two important qualifiers coming up, for which they aim to start preparing once relocated, ECS Season 2 open qualifiers and the Mountain Dew League last-chance qualifier set to start at the end of August.

paiN's lineup looks as follows: