{"id":18769,"date":"2025-07-15T05:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=18769"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:09:47","slug":"team-aryan-player-hitler-forced-to-change-controversial-name-to-compete-in-ewc-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-07-15\/team-aryan-player-hitler-forced-to-change-controversial-name-to-compete-in-ewc-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Aryan Player \u2018Hitler\u2019 Forced to Change Controversial Name to Compete in EWC 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Team Aryan Player \u2018Hitler\u2019 Forced to Change Controversial Name to Compete in EWC 2025<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/team-arian-bgmi-pro-series.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Team Aryan Player \u2018Hitler\u2019 Forced to Change Controversial Name to Compete in EWC 2025\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/team-arian-bgmi-pro-series.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/team-arian-bgmi-pro-series.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/team-arian-bgmi-pro-series.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/team-arian-bgmi-pro-series.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Team Aryans x TMG \u2013 champions of BMPS 2025. 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goes by the name \u201cHitler\u201d is being forced to change his name.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Not doing so will make him ineligible to participate in EWC 2025.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>There are no updates from the team or the player regarding the situation.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Team Aryan player Hitler has been prohibited from using the controversial name by Esports World Cup (EWC) organizers. The player is now forced to change his name to be able to compete in the tournament, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkesport.com\/news\/team-aryan-x-tmg-player-prohibited-from-using-hitler-in-game-name-in-pmwc-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TalkEsports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team was able to secure a spot in the <strong>PUBG Mobile<\/strong> World Cup (PMWC) 2025, happening at EWC 2025, after winning the Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series 2025, where it faced teams such as NoNx Esports and Los Hermanos Esports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Hitler from Team Aryan for qualifying to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EWC2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#EWC2025<\/a> <br><br>(What the fuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jsIElu4Rti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jsIElu4Rti<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mnmzzz &#8211; Jeff \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@MnmzzzCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MnmzzzCS\/status\/1944789892334076330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PMWC 2025 is <strong>PUBG Mobile<\/strong>\u2019s mid-season international event. Teams from all across the world will fly into Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and compete for a prize pool of $3 million. The event\u2019s group stage starts on July 25, the survival stage on July 29 and the grand final on Aug. 1. PWMC 2025 will end on Aug. 3, where the champion of the tournament will be crowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no news regarding Hitler\u2019s new name, but there should be a statement coming out within the next few days, considering that the event is happening a week and a half from the writing of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PUBG Mobile<\/strong> is the mobile version of what is considered the game that popularized the battle royale genre, <strong>PUBG: Battlegrounds<\/strong>. It was released in 2018 but was banned in India in 2020. 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