Toronto’s Name of Responsibility League franchise has formally transitioned from Toronto Extremely to Toronto KOI, marking the tip of months of hypothesis surrounding a possible KOI takeover. The change is a part of mother or father firm OverActive Media’s wider initiative to consolidate its esports properties beneath a unified international id.
The rebrand follows Extremely’s momentary look as Movistar KOI throughout the 2025 Esports World Cup as a result of a partnership ruling. Nevertheless, seeds of this rebrand have been planted a lot earlier, as again in 2024, when KOI co-founder Ibai Llanos acknowledged that his esports group KOI would intention to unify groups within the LEC, Overwatch and the Name of Responsibility League.
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Rest of franchise naming conventions
Following the conclusion of the 2025 CDL season, information emerged that league groups had voted to retain their city-based franchise areas for the upcoming Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 season.
Moreover, the league relaxed guidelines relating to naming conventions, which allowed room for KOI to characteristic inside the Toronto franchise branding.
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Journalist Jacob Hale acknowledged that this is able to permit groups to characterize the group, reasonably than the branding, with franchise areas solely “correctly enforced on broadcast”.
This led to a wave of confirmed rebrands and relocations throughout the league, with Toronto now formally adopting the KOI id, Atlanta FaZe shifting to FaZe Vegas, prompting the Vegas Falcons to rebrand because the Riyadh Falcons, and ROKKR reworking into G2 Minnesota. The one transfer but to materialize is the Mild Mates rumored relocation to Paris.
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Toronto KOI illustration in Black Ops 7
With the rumoured rebranding now official, Toronto KOI steps onto the Name of Responsibility League stage, carrying the legacy of Toronto Extremely, whereas interesting to KOI’s international model. The crew might be represented by the returning JoeDeceives, Perception, CleanX and newcomer ReeaL.
“To be KOI is to belong. KOI has all the time been about connection, about followers, gamers and communities coming collectively beneath one banner. Toronto KOI brings that spirit residence and offers it a worldwide stage,” stated Adam Adamou, Chief Govt Officer of OverActive Media.
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Neil Duffy, Chief Business Officer of OverActive Media advised Dexerto “Aligning our groups beneath KOI permits us to unite our international viewers, whether or not it’s our League of Legends crew competing within the LEC, Toronto KOI competing within the CDL or our different groups competing all over the world, it’s all profitable titles, promoting our stadiums and having the perfect followers on the planet assist us on our journey. At present is for the struggle to unite and have fun KOI.”
Tilt the squirrel is now absent from Toronto’s new emblem, however the ardour nonetheless stays.
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