NiP, HR, Titan to ASUS ROG Winter

ASUS ROG Winter have announced that NiP, HellRaisers and Titan are the first three teams invited for the event on January 30-31 in Helsinki, Finland.

A total of six invitations will be handed out for the $25,000 tournament, while two more teams will qualify from online qualifications, which will be announced shortly.

The eight team tournament will see its two four team groups played out on day one, with the single elimination playoffs, played in best-of-three, scheduled for day two.

NiP will travel to Helsinki in January for ASUS ROG Winter 

First three invited teams include DreamHack Winter runners-up NiP, HellRaisers and French Titan, who will debut in Helsinki with their new roster featuring Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy.

The online qualifier is gpomg to be held on January 10-11, with top two finishers qualifying for the tournament, where they will join the the first three invitees:

NiP

HellRaisers

Titan

Together with the first three invitations for ASUS ROG Winter, the organizers have announced a four man casting crew, who will be working on the tournament's official stream:

Anders "Anders" Blume - Commentator
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Commentator
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Expert
Richard Lewis - Host 

You can still apply for an invitation to ASUS ROG Winter 2015 here. Online qualifications will be announced soon. The event will be held on January 30-31 in Helsinki, Finland.

Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 25 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 36 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64