Luminosity Gaming

The Canadian organisation that housed Brazil's MLG Columbus 2016 champions.

Luminosity Gaming is a North American esports organisation founded in Canada by Steve Maida in 2015 and based in Toronto, whose Brazilian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster won MLG Columbus 2016. It fields teams across Counter-Strike 2, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, Super Smash Bros. and more.

Quick Facts

City

Toronto, Canada

Parent group

Enthusiast Gaming

Founded

2015

Partners

Twitch
Kinguin
Zowie
CyberPowerPC
HyperX
AlphaDraft
GG.Bet
Games Academy

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Background

Luminosity's first CS:GO signing was AWPer ptr on April 30, 2015, but on July 29 it dropped that roster for a Brazilian team of FalleN, fer, steel, boltz and coldzera. The team reached the quarterfinals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, won MLG Columbus 2016 on April 3, 2016, and followed with DreamHack Austin over Tempo Storm and the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals, 3-2 against G2 Esports. The roster left for SK Gaming on July 1, 2016, after finishing second to G2 at the ECS Season 1 Finals.

A second Brazilian lineup, the former WinOut team coached by apoka, was signed on July 30, 2016, and reshuffled that September; Luminosity dropped it on September 12, 2019. On July 1, 2026, the organisation returned to Counter-Strike with its first Counter-Strike 2 roster, signing all but one player from the European team Monte plus the Brazilian lux from Legacy.

Beyond Counter-Strike, Luminosity has signed Super Smash Bros. stars including MkLeo, Tweek and Marss, briefly ran a Rainbow Six Siege team, and won both 2025 splits of League of Legends' North American Challengers League without earning promotion.