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.
COGnitive Prime won the first Smite World Championship.
COGnitive sponsored Super Smash Bros. Melee players Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett. COGnitive also signed David "Dacidbro" Broweleit for Guilty Gear Xrd.
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.
On December 12, COGnitive announced that they will be ceasing operations on December 31, 2016, 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.
Fighting game roster
Former ID Name Game(s) Main character(s) Join date Leave date Mew2King Jason Zimmerman Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sheik, Marth, Fox Cloud April 16, 2015 May 17, 2016 Wizzrobe Justin Hallett Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. 64 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Captain Falcon Yoshi Sheik October 20, 2014 December 31, 2016 Dacidbro David Broweleit Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Leo February 19, 2016 December 31, 2016 Kid Viper Jason Srouji Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Johnny July 8, 2016 December 31, 2016
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