COGnitive Gaming

COGnitive Gaming
DivisionsSmite, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros., Guilty Gear Xrd Heroes of the Storm
FoundedJuly 22, 2013
FoldedDecember 31, 2016
LocationCalifornia

COGnitive Gaming was a professional esports team based in the United States. They had teams in Smite, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Heroes of the Storm.[1]

COGnitive Prime won the first Smite World Championship.[2]

COGnitive sponsored Super Smash Bros. Melee players Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett.[3] COGnitive also signed David "Dacidbro" Broweleit for Guilty Gear Xrd.[4]

COG's League team competed in the League of Legends Challenger Series North America, the second highest level of LoL play after the League of Legends Championship Series North America.

Glaurung and Hospital left the HotS team on December 24, 2015.[5]

On December 12, COGnitive announced that they will be ceasing operations on December 31, 2016,[6] shortly after Super Smash Bros. Melee player, Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett confirmed to ESPN via Daniel "Tafokints" Lee that he would not be renewing his contract with the team.[7]

  1. ^ "Zamphira discusses his First Lan Experience and Playing with COG". GameSpot.
  2. ^ "StackPath". esports-news.co.uk. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  3. ^ Barker, Ian J. (Apr 17, 2015). "Mew2King joins Cognitive Gaming". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Round 3 : Heaven or Hell, Let's ROCK!!! - Articles - Cognitive Gaming". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  5. ^ Mueller, Saira (2015-12-24). "Glaurung and Hospital leave COGnitive Gaming's Heroes team". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  6. ^ Erfanian, Sasha. "COGnitive Gaming to close its doors on Dec. 31". The Score eSports. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  7. ^ Lee, Daniel (12 December 2016). "Wizzrobe will not re-sign with COGnitive Gaming in 2017". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

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