GameGune has announced the next eight teams attending the tournament in Bilbao later this month. With ALTERNATE dropping out, 15 of 24 teams are now known.

We previously announced the first eight teams and since then GameGune expanded their tournament to a total of 24 teams so more teams could participate in this year's event. Since then, ALTERNATE has decided to drop out, meaning nine more spots are available.

The previously announced teams, excluding ALTERNATE, are fnatic, DELTA, x6tence, Anexis, k1ck, zNation and BTK. Notable teams still missing include the likes of SK, ESC, WinFakt and Moscow Five.

Natus Vincere	(ceh9, Edward, markeloff, starix, Zeus)
ICSU	(dalito, emilio, Jumpy, rape, striker)
ENTiTY	(helius, kalaN, N1GHTMARE, NENO, osama)
JAS	(atLaNtis, natsu, NOtA, Ozstrik3r, SIXER)
nEophyte	(fredi, gcko, johan, jonz, oskar)
Karont3	(chrisJ, fai, LEGIJA, tabseN, sukitRon)
Virtus.pro	(evil, hooch, kucher, LeX, xaoc)
KerchNET	(B1ad3, bondik, craft1k, krutoi, z1)

The remaining nine teams will be announced in the coming weeks. GameGune 2012 will take place on July 26-29 in Bilbao, Spain and HLTV.org will be on-site to provide you with full coverage of the event.

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