Rogue (esports)

[5] Team Rogue was founded by Franklin Villarreal, Derek Nelson and Carson Knuth in 2016, and acquired by now parent and management company ReKTGlobal and its partners in 2018.

Other Investors include Imagine Dragons, Rudy Gobert, Nicky Romero,[6] Nick Gross[7] and Landon Collins.

[8] On October 6, 2022, Rogue announced a merger with KOI, an esports organisation owned by Ibai Llanos and Gerard Piqué.

[10] On November 20, 2018, Riot Games announced that Rogue would be one of ten franchise partners participating in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship (LEC).

In Summer, the team performed less strong in the regular season by placing 3rd, but managed to win their first LEC title by beating G2 Esports.

[23] They became the only Western team to make it to the 2022 League of Legends World Championship Knockout Stage, where they fell against JD Gaming to finish 5–8th in their final event.

On August 24, 2017, Rogue signed the former roster of Vertical Gaming:[25] John "Avian" Ackerly, Tyler "Ecl9pse" McMullin, George "KingGeorge" Kassa, Spencer "Slashug" Oliver, Austin "Yung" Trexler, and Tristan "Ranger" Perhson.

[34] At the Six Major 2019, Rogue placed ninth to twelfth after defeating Cyclops Athlete Gaming while losing to Team Secret twice in the group stage.

In August 2022 Rogue won against Faze Clan in the Six Major Berlin grand final, earning the EU region its first international Trophy since 2019.