Niclas 'Pengu' Mouritzen has announced his retirement from competitive Rainbow Six Siege after five years competing at the highest level in the esport. The former PENTA Sports and G2 Esports player has had an award-studded career, winning the Six Invitational with both teams in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Pengu announced his departure from the scene with a video on the G2 Esports channel as well as talking about his decision on his own Twitch stream. He says that he was planning to step down after last year's European League finals but changed his plans after it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Dane went on to win actually win that tournament with G2 earlier this year.
He also says he is gutted he won't be bowing out on a third Six Invitational victory. Pengu played in the charity Rainbow Six Memevitational tournament that replaced the Six Invitational this year, unfortunately losing in the semi-finals but helping raise over $10,000 for Direct Relief for COVID-19.
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