Premier Korean esports organization T1 Entertainment & Sports 🐓has officially signed former CS:GO pro Keven “AZK” Larivière as a streamer and 𒁏competitive VALORANT player. The 29-year-old joins former i🌠BUYPOWER teammate Braxton “Brax” Pierce on T1’s VALORANT lineup.
AZK has been active in professional Counter-Strike since the Source era, when he won♏ nu🀅merous events with Team Dynamic. Larivière signed with iBUYPOWER shortly after Global Offensive took off, which quickly became known as one of the best teamﷺs in North America. Alongside Brax, AZK won the ESEA Global Finals Season 15 and CEVO Professional Season 4, and competed in three CS:GO Majors.
I✤n January of 2015, a match-fixing scandal resulted in AZK, Brax, and most of the iBUYPOWER roster getting permꦗanently banned from competing in CS:GO events. The team was eventually unbanned by some indepen💟dent tournament organizers like ESL and DreamHack, but they remain banned from playing any Valve-sponsored events, including M✅ajors.
Since the ban, AZK has competed in high-level Overwatch with Team Liquid and returned to Counter-Strike for eligible tourꦡnaments. He has also taken on a more consistent streaming schedule, broadca🍷sting his CS:GO, Overwatch, and now VALORANT gameplay to his 27,000 followers.
Riot Games’ VALORANT is a competitive 5v5 first-person tactical shooter similar to CS:GO. The game’s esports potential has been built up by excited fans and experienced players alike. VALORANT’s closed went live earlier this week, with a full game release expected to come sometime๊ this summer.