{"id":21391,"date":"2025-08-13T06:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=21391"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:55:25","slug":"nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team"},"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\">Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team<\/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\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team\" 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\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.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\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.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\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.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\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Justin Wong. Source: Stephanie Lindgren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__audio\">\t\t<span class=\"bg\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-audio\">\n\t\t<div class=\"audio green-audio-player\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"play-pause-btn\" id=\"playPause\">\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"name-and-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-audio\">Listen to this article<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"total-time\">1:22<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"progress-pin\" data-method=\"rewind\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#F2F2F1\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.667 0v2.747c3.853 1.146 6.666 4.72 6.666 8.946 0 4.227-2.813 7.787-6.666 8.934v2.76C20 22.173 24 17.4 24 11.693 24 5.987 20 1.213 14.667 0zM18 11.693c0-2.36-1.333-4.386-3.333-5.373v10.707c2-.947 3.333-2.987 3.333-5.334zm-18-4v8h5.333L12 22.36V1.027L5.333 7.693H0z\" id=\"speaker\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-controls hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"volume-pin\" data-method=\"changeVolume\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Cedric Pabriga' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18da2be6f67987c3bb23b7f5b05cc9a5bc71f9cf08608fc0bdbe47e2a7da5acb?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\tBy\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCedric Pabriga\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t            <ul class=\"spgn__article__author__data js-article-data\" data-timestamp=\"1755066347\">\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator js-local-date\"><time itemProp=\"datePublished\"\n                datetime=\"2025-08-13T06:25:47+00:00\">August 13, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator --lowercase js-local-time\">6:25 am<\/li>\n                <li>3&nbsp;min read<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"hero-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"hero-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points__title\"><h2>Key points<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<ol class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Justin Wong, a nine-time Evo champion, has signed with Basilisk Esports.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>According to the team, he will build Basilisk\u2019s fighting game team.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Basilisk Esports describes itself as a \u201cscience-driven esports org.\u201d<\/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>On Aug. 13, 2025, Basilisk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BASILISK_gg\/status\/1955365855761490390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> that they have signed one of the best fighting game players of all time, Justin Wong. The team said that he will be leading the \u201cefforts to discover, build, and captain Science\u2019s FGC Team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Wong will be competing. He might contribute as a supporting staff member in charge of scouting fighting game players that Basilisk might sign in the future.<\/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\">9 Time Evo Champ, GOAT across multiple titles, and pillar of the Fighting Game Community.<br><br>Justin Wong will be leading our efforts to discover, build, and captain Science\u2019s FGC Team.<br><br>Welcome to BASILISK, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWonggg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@JWonggg<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sTenmOt7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9sTenmOt7d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BASILISK (@BASILISK_gg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BASILISK_gg\/status\/1955365855761490390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Basilisk\u2019s website, the organization describes itself as a \u201cscience-driven esports org.\u201d Most of the games in which the esports team is active are more into the cerebral part of the spectrum. Games such as <strong class=\"game\">StarCraft II<\/strong>, <strong class=\"game\">Chess<\/strong> and <strong class=\"game\">Kerbal Space Program<\/strong> are three of the titles the team has mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding fighting games into this lineup is not that far-fetched, as Wong mentioned that there\u2019s a little bit of math and memorization included due to frame data being a vital part of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, the esports team bagged a huge win at the Esports World Cup 2025 when Joona \u201cSerral\u201d Sotala won the <strong class=\"game\">StarCraft II<\/strong> tournament at the event and took home $200,000. The win also earned the organization 1,000 club points, putting it in 12th place in the club point leaderboard at the time of writing.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share\" data-testid=\"social-share\">\n\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__toggle active spgn__social_share__link --open-button\" aria-label=\"Share Article\" data-testid=\"social-share-toggle\">\n\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share options<\/span>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__overlay\" data-testid=\"social-share-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__icons\" data-testid=\"social-share-icons\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-08-13%2Fnine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team%2F&#038;text=Nine-Time+Evo+Champion+Justin+Wong+Signs+With+Basilisk+Esports+Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on X<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-telegram\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-08-13%2Fnine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team%2F&#038;text=Nine-Time+Evo+Champion+Justin+Wong+Signs+With+Basilisk+Esports+Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Telegram<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-08-13%2Fnine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team%2F&#038;title=Nine-Time+Evo+Champion+Justin+Wong+Signs+With+Basilisk+Esports+Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Reddit<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Nine-Time+Evo+Champion+Justin+Wong+Signs+With+Basilisk+Esports+Team%20https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-08-13%2Fnine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on WhatsApp<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-08-13%2Fnine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__link --copy js-copy-link\" data-testid=\"social-share-copy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-spgn-article-content-sidebar-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Cedric Pabriga' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18da2be6f67987c3bb23b7f5b05cc9a5bc71f9cf08608fc0bdbe47e2a7da5acb?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCedric Pabriga\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__intro\">\n\t\t\t<p>Loves fighting games, RPGs, and a lot more that wouldn&#8217;t be able to fit in this small box.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":21393,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"time_to_read":"3","thumbnail_color":"","pinnedToFront":"-1","pinnedToFrontHero":"-1","footnotes":""},"games":[],"hardware":[],"esports":[81],"mobile-games":[],"related-games":[2583,2591],"class_list":["post-21391","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","esports-esports-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team - Gaming News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gaming News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cedric Pabriga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7\"},\"headline\":\"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T06:25:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\",\"name\":\"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team - Gaming News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T06:25:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854,\"caption\":\"Justin Wong. Source: Stephanie Lindgren\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Gaming.News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"width\":238,\"height\":24,\"caption\":\"Gaming News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7\",\"name\":\"Cedric Pabriga\",\"description\":\"Cedric Pabriga is a games journalist whose favorite areas of coverage include role-playing games and fighting games. He spends a lot of time online, but if he isn\u2019t, he's usually lost at a random place or listening to music.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team - Gaming News","description":"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team","og_description":"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.","og_url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/","og_site_name":"Gaming News","article_modified_time":"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":854,"url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/"},"author":{"name":"Cedric Pabriga","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7"},"headline":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team","datePublished":"2025-08-13T06:25:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/"},"wordCount":233,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/","name":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team - Gaming News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-13T06:25:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-13T10:55:25+00:00","description":"Abiding strictly by what Basilisk posted, this signing does not necessarily mean that Justin Wong will be back to competing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Justin-Wong-Evo-2024.jpg","width":1280,"height":854,"caption":"Justin Wong. Source: Stephanie Lindgren"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-13\/nine-time-evo-champion-justin-wong-signed-by-basilisk-esports-team\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nine-Time Evo Champion Justin Wong Signs With Basilisk Esports Team"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","name":"Gaming News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gaming.News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization","name":"Gaming News","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","width":238,"height":24,"caption":"Gaming News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7","name":"Cedric Pabriga","description":"Cedric Pabriga is a games journalist whose favorite areas of coverage include role-playing games and fighting games. He spends a lot of time online, but if he isn\u2019t, he's usually lost at a random place or listening to music.","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21428,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21391\/revisions\/21428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/games?post=21391"},{"taxonomy":"hardware","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hardware?post=21391"},{"taxonomy":"esports","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/esports?post=21391"},{"taxonomy":"mobile-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mobile-games?post=21391"},{"taxonomy":"related-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-games?post=21391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}