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Spitfire and Fusion join the OWL ranks

The London Overwatch League team, which is owned by Cloud9, finally has a name and logo. The London Spitfire will be the city’s representative in the league. All teams which have purchased spots are required to re-brand to new local brands, meaning that C9 was not able to use their name for the team; however, C9’s light blue remains part of the color scheme.

Speaking of Overwatch League, the Philadelphia team — owned by Comcast’s entertainment division, Spectacor — will be called the Philadelphia Fusion, featuring an orange and black color scheme. Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers, which share the same team colors.

EU LCS players announce free agency

Several EU LCS teams announced that they are allowing their players to field other offers before their contracts elapse in advance of the free agency period. Splyce's co-owner tweeted that all their players would be allowed to field offers from other organizations immediately. Meanwhile, Unicorns of Love announced that they have re-signed Samuel "Samux" Fernández Fort and Fabian "Exileh" Schubert but have allowed their remaining three players, Kiss "Vizicsacsi" Tamás, Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir and Zdravets "Hylissang" Galabov to field offers early.

All our LCS players have been given permission to have conversations with teams about 2018. This will give them the necessary time to assess options before we begin the re-signing process and make sure they are fully educated, same as they were last year when we did the same — Marty Lazerdude (@Lazerchickenzzz) November 1, 2017

With the newly-franchised NA LCS in the mix, and the influx of investment that has come with the four new slot-holders, it’s definitely possible that EU players will get offers from North American orgs looking to utilize import slots. Yesterday, G2 Esports announced that Zven and Mithy would be allowed to field offers early as well.

Immortals' swan Ssong

Teams that were formerly part of the NA LCS before losing their spot through the application process are also starting to allow their players to field offers. But, of particular note, Immortals coach Kim "Ssong" Sang-soo is now also on the hunt for a new team. SSONG was an important part of the complete 180-degree turn that Immortals took in the Summer split.

Silent slips back on to Team Empire

Team Empire has brought veteran Airat "Silent" Gaziev back to their Dota 2 roster. The Russian carry left the organization in December 2015 and, in returning, replaces Vladimir "Chappie" Kuzmenko. Even after his nearly two years away from the team, Silent still holds the Empire's all-time record for games played and won with the organization.

Victoria re-joins LGD Gaming

Finally, LGD Gaming has announced that their former position 4 player Chen "Victoria" Guanhong has recovered from a previous illness and will rejoin the Dota 2 roster, this time as position 5. Yao "Yao" Zhengzheng, who was subbing in for position 5, will slide up to 4.

Josh "Gauntlet" Bury is a news editor for theScore esports. You can find him on Twitter.