Bosnian cousin duo Nikola "NiKo" KovaÄ and Nemanja "huNter-" KovaÄ have renewed their contracts with G2 Esports CS:GO, the European esports organization announced Saturday.
G2's announcement did not specify the new terms of the seemingly lucrative agreements, but it comes at a pivotal moment for the roster with PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and its $1 million USD prize pool set to begin on May 9.
Of the two riflers, huNter- has had the longer run with G2 thus far, coming over from CR4ZY in September 2019.
Following a three-year run with FaZe Clan, NiKo joined in November 2020, putting up elite performances and earning Top-15 HLTV player rankings alongside his cousin in each of the last two years.
Individual success aside, however, the duo has yet to win a title together on G2, having been runner-ups for numerous tournaments including IEM Cologne 2021, PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and, more recently, IEM Katowice 2022.
In January, G2 initially announced its revamped roster for the new year, sending off longtime members Nemanja "nexa" IsakoviÄ and François "AMANEK" Delaunay to make room for the additions of new IGL Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and new AWPer Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov.
Heading into the PGL Antwerp Major ranked as the sixth-best team in the world, G2 will look to flip its fortunes starting from the Challengers Stage against Team Liquid.
G2âs 2022 CS:GO roster remains:
- Audric "JACKZ" Jug
- Nemanja "huNter-" KovaÄ
- Nikola "NiKo" KovaÄ
- Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (AWPer)
- Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen (IGL)
- Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam (Head Coach)