What Happened To Bren Esports Valorant?
Bren Esports was one of the most dominant teams in the early days of Valorant. So what happened to them?
Introduction
Wondering what happened to Bren Esports Valorant? The organization has seen a lot of success in other games, but they’ve been absent from the competitive Valorant scene. Here’s what we know about their current situation.
Bren Esports is a competitive esports organization based in the Philippines. They were founded in April of 2019, and they currently have rosters for Call of Duty: Mobile, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Free Fire.
The organization has seen a lot of success in other games, but they’ve been absent from the competitive Valorant scene. Here’s what we know about their current situation.
Bren Esports is a competitive esports organization based in the Philippines. They were founded in April of 2019, and they currently have rosters for Call of Duty: Mobile, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Free Fire.
They acquired their first Valorant roster in June of 2020, signing the former SoaR Gaming lineup. The team had modest success under Bren Esports’ banner, but they weren’t able to make any significant breakthroughs.
In September of 2020, just three months after signing with Bren Esports, the entire roster was released from their contracts. The org has been inactive in the Valorant scene ever since then.
It’s unclear why Bren Esports decided to part ways with their Valorant roster so soon after acquiring them. It could be that they simply didn’t see enough potential in the team to justify continuing to invest in them. Alternatively, it’s possible that the organization ran into financial difficulties and had to cut some expenses by releasing their Valorant roster.
Whatever the case may be, Bren Esports is no longer active in the Valorant scene. It’s possible that they’ll return at some point in the future if they see an opportunity to field a strong lineup, but for now it seems like they’re content to focus on their other games.-Bren Esports is a competitive esports organization based out of the Philippines that were founded in April 2019
History of Bren Esports
Bren Esports is a professional esports organization based in the Philippines. It was founded in April 2016 by CEO Ranida Games. Bren Esports is one of the most successful esports organizations in Southeast Asia, having produced teams that have won multiple international tournaments across different games.
Bren Esports was originally a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team and made its first appearance in the Filipino esports scene in 2016. In 2017, Bren Esports expanded into Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). In 2018, Bren Esports began to invest heavily in new up-and-coming games such as Fortnite and Apex Legends.
In 2019, Bren Esports made its biggest investment to date by signing an all-female Valorant team. The organization also added new rosters for Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM), Arena of Valor (AOV), and Free Fire (FF).
Bren Esports has won numerous tournaments over the years, including the Mobile Legends Professional League – Philippines (MPL-PH) Season 3, PUBG MOBILE Star Challenge – Philippines Finals 2019, Free Fire Continental Series 2020 – Spring Split Grand Finals, and CODM World Championship 2020.
Despite all its successes, Bren Esports was forced to disband its entire Valorant roster on May 27th, 2020 due to contractual issues.
The Present of Bren Esports
It’s been a little more than a year since Bren Esports first stepped into the Valorant competitive scene. The organization signed its first roster on April 3, 2020, just weeks after the release of Valorant’s Episode 1: Ignition. The Bren Esports Valorant roster consisted of former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) professionals from all over the world. In fact, the Bren Esports Valorant team was one of the first organizations to sign an international roster for the game.
The Bren Esports Valorant team had a strong showing in its first few months in the competitive scene. The team won two major tournaments in 2020: GLL’s X2jam Invitational and Gamemine’s Throwdown APAC tournament. However, since then, the team has not had any significant results. In fact, Bren Esports’ last tournament win was almost a year ago, in February 2021.
The organization made headlines again in March 2021 when it signed Filipino CS:GO professional Kenneth “Keneth” Yepes to its VALORANT roster. Keneth is best known for his time with MVP PK and T1, two of the most successful CS:GO teams in Southeast Asia.
Since signing Keneth, Bren Esports has not had any significant results. In fact, the team has only participated in one tournament since then, and it was a minor tournament at that. It seems that since signing Keneth, Bren Esports has been focusing on building up its CS:GO division rather than its VALORANT division.
This is evident from the organization’s recent results and activity on social media. For example, on May 5th, 2021, Bren Esports announced that it had signed Malaysian CS:GO professional Muhammad “tockers” Faizal bin Abdul Karim to its Counter-Strike division. Tockers is best known for his time with MVP PK and MYM Gaming, two of Malaysia’s most successful CS:GO teams.
Additionally, on May 6th, 2021, Bren Esports announced that it had renewed its partnership with Philippine telecommunications company Smart Communications. The announcement was made on Smart Communications’ official Twitter account and featured a photo of Keneth holding a Smart Communications phone with a Smart Gaming logo on it. This suggests that Bren Esports is focusing more on its CS:GO division than its VALORANT division at the moment.
The Future of Bren Esports
Bren Esports has been one of the most successful Valorant teams in the world since the game’s release. They have won multiple tournaments and are consistently at the top of the leaderboards. However, they have recently decided to disband their Valorant team. This decision was likely made due to the fact that they were not able to secure a spot in the first Valorant Champions Tour. While this is a sad day for Valorant fans, it is also a reminder that even the best teams can fall apart.