According to unconfirmed reports, BC.Game bought out the core players of the Portuguese club SAW , which brought the organization to 22nd place in the Valve ranking. Based on the rankings, invitations to the first major lan tournament of 2026 — IEM Krakow 2026 — will be issued on January 5. BC.Game would receive an invite if the information about signing the three players turns out to be true.

The BC.Game roster would look as follows:

• Denis “electroNic” Sharipov 
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev 
• Christopher “MUTiRiS” Fernandes 
• António “aragornN” Barbosa 
• Adones “krazy” Nobre

Although invitations will be handed out on January 5, IEM Krakow 2026 itself will take place on January 28. The tournament will feature 24 of the best teams, who will compete in a lan format in Krakow, Poland , for a total prize pool of 1 million US dollars.