Germany's largest esports One of the organizations, Cowana Gaming, announced on December 6 that it will cease operations at the end of 2022.
Posted on Twitter via a Twitlonger post in the statement It was announced that their closure was due to an "international crisis" and many parts of their business were "no longer viable".
“The protracted nature of these circumstances led us to decide to terminate at the end of the year,” Cowana Gaming said in a statement. said .
The German esports organization cowana Gaming has said it will pay the remaining salaries of esports players and staff by the end of the year and terminate their contracts as well.
The organization's website states that it has a CS:GO roster, a WarCraft player, and four sim racers. The CS:GO team parted ways with the organization in November 2022. The organization previously had a Rainbox Six roster, a Call of Duty roster, a Valorant team, and a League of Legends roster.
The German esports organization is owned by cowana Marketing, a marketing agency based in Langenzen, Germany. The company also organizes sim racing events with its esports arm and presents sim racing news with SimRacing Unlimited.
While not at the international level of awareness of another German esports giant, BIG, cowana Gaming had good reach in Europe and once had esports teams in multiple titles. The organization's highest achievement in the esports space was when the CS:GO roster finished fifth in ESL Meisterschaft: Fall 2022. The organization also qualified for the European Pro League in Rainbow Six.
The organization has also been accused of failing to pay former CS:GO players, with many in their posts about leaving the German esports organization. it states this.