Swedish esports organization, Ninjas in Pajamas, has announced its roster of Valorant Champions Tour Game Changers. Slated to be the organization’s first all-female Valorant team, the team, known as NIP Lightning, will compete in the Game Changers tournament now that they’ve returned.

As for who makes up the Game Changers PIN list, the team is as follows:

  • Paige ‘Page’ Thomas
  • Nelly ‘Raina’ Sosobrado
  • History ‘OYKU’ Sezin Grand
  • Eda ‘rezq’ Naz Akchild
  • Tu ‘Thykuza’ Truong

With Jackson ‘Jaxsen’ Popelka as coach and Nic ́Wolf ́ Sølvmose taking over managerial duties.

“Female players need a few years with the same resources and investments that men have received in recent years,” said Hicham Chahine, CEO of NIP. “Our VCT Game Changers team is the second non-male team on NIP and we plan to continue to invest in and uplift female players. We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within the esports community, equal representation of our employees at the company to the players representing the Ninjas in Pajamas brand in the competition.

This reveal comes six months after NIP first announced plans to join the Game Changers circuit.

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