The British organisation has decided to raid the former Excello Finnish squad with hopes of returning to the top flight and strengthening its position in the Counter-Strike scene.
According to 4Kings, the management will keep the UK-based squad in its ranks but will now provide greater support to the new line-up after watching the former Virtuoso team become inactive and lose its number one status in the United Kingdom to Dignitas.
"This additional Counter-Strike team will now earn 4Kings a foothold in the 1.6 scene which we haven't had for a while now through our focus on the UK market," said Ian "Javax" Leckey, 4Kings Assistant Manager.
"Whilst we'll continue to work with the homegrown scene by keeping our UK team, the guys from Finland are a welcomed addition to the organisation."
Meanwhile, the new 4Kings squad has confirmed the removal of Konsta "kookas" Kaisla and the addition of former Logitech.fi member Tomi "toomi" Lundahn.
"After things with our previous organisation didn't work out we had an evaluation in the team of what things were going to look like in the future," said Joona "natu" Leppдnen.
"We came to the conclusion of striving to be better and to be a team that people would respect. It didn't take long until we initiated talks with Four Kings and came into terms that both sides agreed upon.
"I'm personally of course very glad to yet again wear the shirt that once brought me great moments and memories."
"We'd also like to thank Konsta "kookas" Kaisla for his services in June and would like to welcome Tomi "toomi" Lundahn to the roster. We feel we've now got a great mixture of experience, talent, skill and friendship which are keypoints in road to success!"
The new 4Kings team is the following:
Finland Matti "SPIKEONE" Jarvinen
Finland Janne "Kuppi" Kuparinen
Finland Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
Finland Joona "natu" Leppanen
Finland Tomi "toomi" Lundahn
Итак, для тех, кто не понял: 4^Kings возрождают свое кс 1.6 подразделение и в основу берут бывших финнов, игравших за Logotech.fi (toomi), exello (luppris, kuppi, spikeone) 69N-28E/4kings (natu).
