Evil Geniuses
American esports organization based in Seattle
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| 2025 | Evil Geniuses signed Jacob 'icy' Lange from G2 Esports and Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker to their roster. |
| 2024 | After placing 9th in Stage 2 and failing to qualify for international tournaments, Evil Geniuses parted ways with jawgemo and Apoth. |
| January 26 2024 | Evil Geniuses revealed a new roster consisting of jawgemo, Apoth, Derrek, supamen, and NaturE, with potter as head coach and pho as assistant coach. |
| January 12 2024 | Evil Geniuses announced their departure from Counter-Strike. |
| 2023 | After a challenging start with a 1-4 record, Evil Geniuses underwent a roster change, moving BcJ to reserve and bringing Demon1 to the starting roster. |
| 2023 | Evil Geniuses narrowly secured a spot in the Americas League playoffs and qualified for Masters Tokyo and Valorant Champions. |
| 2023 | Evil Geniuses' Valorant team won the Valorant Champions tournament. |
| 2023 | At Masters Tokyo, Evil Geniuses achieved an impressive second-place finish, losing 0-3 to Fnatic in the Grand Finals after defeating LOUD and Paper Rex. |
| November 20 2023 | Announced departure from League of Legends, confirming they would not compete in the 2024 LCS season. |
| May 23 2023 | Evil Geniuses partnered with crypto casino Thunderpick. |
| 2022 | Evil Geniuses won their first LCS Championship, defeating 100 Thieves 3-0 in the Grand Finals. |
| 2022 | Placed 11th-14th at the World Championship with a 1/5 group stage record. |
| 2022 | Finished 3-4th at the Mid-Season Invitational, losing 3-0 to Royal Never Give Up. |
| September 21 2022 | Evil Geniuses were selected as a partner to compete in the Valorant Champions Tour Americas League, with a starting roster of jawgemo, C0M, Ethan, Boostio, and BcJ, coached by potter. |
| October 5 2021 | Evil Geniuses announced the signing of the 'German Amigos' Rocket League team, including Leonardo 'Catalysm' Crist Ramos, Ivan 'ivn' Sabri, Riccardo 'Rizex45' Mazzotta, and coach Kuno 'Mumen' Hildebrandt. |
| October 3 2021 | Evil Geniuses signed Damian 'Tox' Schäfer as a player and John 'Virge' Willis as coach for their Rocket League team. |
| September 2021 | Evil Geniuses announced their return to the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS). |
| September 30 2021 | Rizex45 and coach Mumen were released from the Evil Geniuses Rocket League roster. |
| March 30 2021 | Evil Geniuses partnered with American apparel company POINT3. |
| January 27 2021 | Evil Geniuses entered the Valorant competitive scene with their first roster, which included players Temperature, aleksandar, Osias, clawdia, and Potter. |
| June 2020 | Evil Geniuses released their Fortnite Battle Royale team, concluding their involvement in the competitive Fortnite scene. |
| April 15 2020 | Evil Geniuses released their entire Rainbow Six Siege roster. |
| November 2019 | Evil Geniuses signed multiple players including Dennis 'Svenskeren' Johnsen, Tristan 'Zeyzal' Stidam, Colin 'Kumo' Zhao, Bae 'Bang' Jun-sik, Daniele 'Jiizuke' di Mauro, and hired Heo 'Irean' Yeong-chol as Head Coach. |
| November 2019 | Geoometrics left to join TSM and was replaced by Gotcha. Tristan 'Ranger' Pehrson joined as a coach. |
| November 2019 | At StarSeries i-League CS:GO Season 8 in Belek, Turkey, Evil Geniuses defeated multiple teams including 5Power Gaming, Heroic, Furia, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Renegades, and Fnatic. In the grand final, they made a remarkable comeback from a 9-0 deficit to win the tournament, with Ethan named MVP of the event. |
| October 2019 | At DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019, Evil Geniuses placed last in the tournament. |
| September 2019 | Evil Geniuses announced their re-entry into League of Legends by acquiring the LCS slot previously held by Echo Fox. |
| September 26 2019 | Evil Geniuses returned to Counter-Strike by signing the NRG Esports roster and won their first big event, ESL One New York 2019. |
| August 2019 | Evil Geniuses performed poorly at the Six Major Raleigh 2019, falling in the group stages. |
| May 2019 | Evil Geniuses was acquired by PEAK6, a Chicago-based investment company. |
| January 2019 | Evil Geniuses acquired a professional Fortnite Battle Royale competitive team, expanding their esports roster into the popular battle royale game. |
| 2018 | Evil Geniuses' Call of Duty: WWII team won the Call of Duty Championship. |
| 2018 | At The International 2018 in Vancouver, EG went 13-3 in the group stage, defeated Team Secret 2-0, but ultimately placed third after losing to PSG.LGD, earning over US$2.6 million in prize money. |
| December 2018 | Evil Geniuses disbanded their PUBG team after experiencing multiple roster changes throughout the year. |
| October 12 2018 | Aaron 'Gotcha' Chung joined as the team's coach and could fill in as a player when needed. |
| September 20 2018 | Brandon 'BC' retired from playing, with Ammar 'Necrox' returning to a player role. |
| September 3 2018 | Emilio 'Geoometrics' Leynez Cuevas was acquired by the team, and Peter Chao became the team manager. |
| August 30 2018 | Jordan 'BKN' Soojian was released from the team after placing second to G2 Esports in the Six Major Paris 2018. |
| June 2018 | Shannon Larkin was added as the Dota team's manager, in time for Dota Summit 9, which they would win. |
| May 2018 | EG acquired former OG players s4 and Fly, releasing Fear and Misery from their contracts. |
| February 2018 | Evil Geniuses placed second to PENTA Sports in the Six Invitational 2018, the Rainbow Six Siege world championship. |
| 2017 | Peter 'ppd' Dager stepped down as CEO, replaced by Philip Aram. |
| 2017 | Clinton 'Fear' Loomis came out of his coaching role to rejoin the team as an active player. |
| December 2017 | Evil Geniuses released UNiVeRsE and head coach SVG, and picked up Rasmus 'Misery' Filipsen and Sam 'Bulba' Sosale as replacements. |
| November 2017 | Evil Geniuses acquired the Continuum Rainbow Six Siege roster, including players Troy 'Canadian' Jaroslawski, Nathan 'nvK' Valenti, Austin 'Yung' Trexler, Brandon 'BC' Carr, Ammar 'Necrox' Albanna, and Jordan 'BKN' Soojian as coach. |
| October 2017 | Evil Geniuses acquired a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) competitive team, expanding their esports roster. |
| August 2017 | Ludwig 'zai' Wåhlberg departed Evil Geniuses after their elimination at The International 2017. |
| July 2017 | Evil Geniuses announced the release of their Overwatch team, which had only been formed two months earlier. |
| 2016 | EG placed third at The International 2016. |
| December 12 2016 | Evil Geniuses became a player-owned organization, with American Dota 2 player Peter 'ppd' Dager named CEO. |
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