forZe sign KENSI, zorte

The Russian organization brought in the duo from ex-ETHEREAL.

Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko and Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin have been officially unveiled as members of FORZE on Wednesday, but the team hasn't specified their starting roster moving forward.

"forZe's roster is currently in the process of being built," Sergey "MegioN" Ignatko, CEO of the organization said in a statement, as Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov's position on the team remains uncertain.

zorte is now a part of forZe

Both the 22-year-old zorte and the 19-year-old KENSI have already played official matches for FORZE, alongside a number of other players the organization trialed. In a recent episode of the HLTV Confirmed show, Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis mentioned that the team wanted to add NAVI Junior's Eugene "⁠Aunkere⁠" Karyat, but were unable to sign him.

Earlier in February, FORZE transfer-listed one of their longest-standing members in Dmitriy "⁠facecrack⁠" Alekseyev, and have been seen playing without xsepower in a number of tournaments over the past two months. If the 22-year-old AWPer ends up on the chopping block, zorte would be expected to take on the sniper role for the team.

"Changes have been brewing for a long time. This year, we started gradually recruiting new players, including forZe School alumni, rebuilding the game and trying different lineups, depending on the tournaments," FORZE CEO said in a statement about the signing. "zorte and KENSI are strong, motivated, young players who are eager to play and train hard. I wish the guys good luck and hope that we will have many victories in the future!"

FORZE curently have the following players:

Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev
Almaz "⁠almazer⁠" Asadullin
Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov
Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov
Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko
Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin

Dmitriy "⁠facecrack⁠" Alekseyev (transfer listed)

Anatoliy "⁠liTTle⁠" Yashin (coach)