Swagg and FaZe Launch FaZe Warzone Pro Team, Host 2026 Tryouts

FaZe Esports has rolled out a dedicated Warzone push under the label "FaZe Warzone" and publicly tied the effort to streamer Kris "Swagg" Lamberson, with FaZe's social post reading, "Teaming with @Swagg for a new look. Introducing FaZe Warzone. #FaZeUp." Swagg followed with a YouTube reveal titled "Meet My New FaZe Warzone Pro Team!" posted March 3, 2026, branding the effort as "FaZe x Nuke Squad is Back.." and listing three pro players as "Thomas," "Vonbot," and "Prospect" in his video description.

The recruitment for that roster began with a FaZe x Nuke Squad Warzone Showcase tryout scheduled for January 29 at 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST, which featured 150-player trio lobbies on the Haven’s Hollow map in a private custom battle royale format. SCCG's event listing noted the tryout carried a $1,000 prize pool and promised winners a chance to represent FaZe at the 2026 Esports World Cup and in the Resurgence Series; sign-ups were handled via Google Form and required entrants to be 18+, stream with face cam on their main platform, and be eligible for EWC/Resurgence Series competition, with submission not guaranteeing entry.

Swagg positioned the roster reveal and tryouts as part of a larger pro circuit opportunity, writing in his YouTube description that the push ties into "over $1,000,000 in prize money for pro tournaments including 2026 esports world cup warzone and more!" He added, "We hope to bring back a few championships for our communities this year! We appreciate your support and promise to try our hardest for y'all." The Resurgence Series window that Swagg cited runs February to July 2026 and carries $1.2m, approximately £888,630, across three LAN events, while the Esports World Cup will feature Warzone among 24 titles on its slate.

Swagg's channel metrics underline the outreach scale behind the announcement: the March 3 video showed 18,175 views in the upload snippet, 579 likes, 64 comments, and the channel lists 3,250,000 subscribers. Swagg's recent event history includes a 2025 LAN at TwitchCon San Diego with a $25,000 prize pool, and a cod-esports fandom entry records a 31st-place finish for a FaZe Clan entry at the World Series of Warzone 2025 Global Final on 2025-10-01.

The roster entries published by Swagg are single-name handles only; no full legal names, nationalities, or prior results for Thomas, Vonbot, and Prospect appear in the public description. Swagg supplies business contact emails in the video description for press and bookings at swaggxblyt@gmail.com and teamswagg@unitedtalent.com. If FaZe Warzone follows the timeline Swagg and the Resurgence organizers have set, the new FaZe-branded squad will be funneled into Resurgence LANs running Feb–July 2026 and the Esports World Cup pathway laid out during the January tryouts.