Perfect World Shanghai Major talent announced with four NA names

On November 1st, PGL announced the talent list that will be covering the Perfect World Shanghai Major and the RMR qualifiers for China's first Major. Counter-Strike 2's second Major is set to be brought to life by a diverse mix of many of the scene's top commentators and talent, who despite being remote, will be looking to capture the excitement of the final Major ahead of the start of Valve's revamped 2025 Valve Ranking System circuit as teams like Vitality, NAVI, G2, MOUZ, FaZe are in top form to capture the trophy.

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On the desk, Richard Lewis will be back once again after returning to Majors with the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. He is joined by Sam "Tech Girl" Wright as his fellow host alongside an analyst desk consisting of Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg, Janko "YNk" Paunović, Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam, and Dustin "dusT" Mouret, the latter of which is set to make his Major debut.

For interviews, James Banks and Pala "Pala" Gilroy Sen are joined by Chinese interviewer Zhang "Dove" Tiange, who is known for her work in the Dota 2 scene. Finally, the casters list for the event is massive, with Jason "moses" O'Toole, Conner "Scrawny" Girvan, and Conner "Scrawny" Girvan providing some NA representation.

The talent list does have one notable absence, with Anders Blume nowhere to be found for Shanghai, with one of the voices of the game set to miss his first Major since casting DreamHack Winter 2013 eleven years ago.

The full English-language talent list for the Perfect World Shanghai Major and the RMRs is as follows:

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