ONSIDE GAMING
ONSIDE GAMING
Korea
Rank #6
Xiesta
Jung Si-hwan (정시환)
loan
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
Ray
Oh Eun-hyuk (오은혁)
Cloudy
Koo Min-jae (구민재)
Wolverine
Cho Hyun-tae (조현태)
has announced the release of Song "Awayk"
Yoon-ho (송윤호) and the signing of Ahn "Hermes"
Byeong-wook (안병욱) ahead of the VCT Pacific Play-Ins.
Hermes
and fellow
KIWOOM DRX
KIWOOM DRX
Korea
Rank #5
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
Flicker
Kim Tae-hee (김태희)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
players at VCT Pacific Kickoff 2026 Week 3 Day 4 (Photo: Riot Games)
The Korean organization unveiled the emergency roster change, citing a sudden decline in Awayk's health, with both sides mutually agreeing to terminate his contract at his request.
ONSIDE GAMING dominated Challengers 2026: Korea WDG Split 2, finishing the group stage 7-0 after dropping just two maps all stage. That success continued into the playoffs, where the squad lost its first game in the upper final before storming back to sweep
ARETE
ARETE
Asia-Pacific
Rank #125
XIV
ANNYEON
An Seo-jin (안서진)
JaebiN
Lee Jae-bin (이재빈)
Rico
Han Jun-seo (한준서)
RedLight
Kim Eun-soo (김은수)
in the grand final.
Awayk anchored the squad, flexing across Duelist, Initiator, Controller, and Sentinel throughout Split 2. Before joining ONSIDE GAMING, he made a name for himself with
DRX Academy
DRX Academy
Korea
Rank #7
Kyra
Park Jae-young (박재영)
Krexx
NGen
Lee Jae-hong (이재홍)
apeX
Lee Chan-min (이찬민)
XoNs
Athan
Na Ha-jun (나하준)
.
Hermes last played for
KIWOOM DRX
KIWOOM DRX
Korea
Rank #5
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
Flicker
Kim Tae-hee (김태희)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
. He joined the organization at the beginning of the year as a late replacement for the retired Cho "Flashback"
Min-hyuk (조민혁), playing Yoru, Sentinel, and secondary Controller for the squad. KIWOOM DRX benched Hermes and promoted DRX Academy star Kim "yong"
Ho-yong (김호용) two weeks before VCT Pacific Stage 1. Hermes returned for KIWOOM DRX's Stage 1 playoff match, a 2-0 loss to
FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE
Asia-Pacific
Rank #11
Killua
Tanate Teerasawad
primmie
Papaphat Sriprapha
JitBoyS
Jittana Nokngam
seph1roth
Chinnakrit Phoojaroen
Crws
Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut
, then went back to the bench, and KIWOOM DRX released him shortly after.
ONSIDE GAMING will not know its Play-Ins opponents until the Stage 2 group stage concludes on August 9.
The Play-Ins will pit the four Challengers teams against the four lowest-seeded teams from the group stage in a 12-team double-elimination bracket.
ONSIDE GAMING is now:
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