BLAST Renews and Expands CS.MONEY Partnership for 2021

Tournament organizer BLAST Premier has renewed its partnership agreement with skin trading platform CS.MONEY for the 2021 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitive season, marking the third consecutive year of cooperation for both organizations.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of what BLAST calls an “expanded partnership,” CS. Money will be presented […]

BIG selected as 12th BLAST Premier Member Team – Esports Insider

German esports organisation Berlin International Gaming (BIG) has joined BLAST Premier as a Member Team after winning a ‘competitive bidding process’, according to the tournament organiser.  BIG has become the 12th team in BLAST Premier’s membership programme, replacing 100 Thieves following the organisation’s exit from CS:GO. RELATED: BLAST Premier victors Na’Vi receive limited-edition $3,000 TW […]

BLAST Premier confirms four new partners for Fall Final – Esports Insider

Danish tournament organiser BLAST has announced it has signed four new partners ahead of its BLAST Premier Fall Final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament. Gaming peripherals brand HyperX, electronics retailer Power, services network KPMG, and hardware company OMEN by HP will sponsor the event which begins on December 8th. RELATED: Blast Premier partners with BBC to broadcast on iPlayer The four new partners […]

BLAST puts emphasis on integrity with two new regulations – Esports Insider

The BLAST Premier has strengthened its integrity protocols for online matches after introducing two new regulations to its rulebook. These changes include coaches being required to stream their own POV into a discord channel provided during all the matches. Moreover, coaches will also have to run MOss, an anti-cheat system, during the fixtures to ensure […]

Nach Coaching-Bug – Erster Turnierveranstalter mit neuen Regeln | esports.com

Bei der BLAST Premier Fall 2020 wurden neue Regeln zur Prävention von Coaching-Betrug aufgestellt. Was sich ändert, erfahrt ihr hier! Nachdem die schwerwiegendsten Fälle des Counter-Strike-Coaching-Skandals aufgedeckt wurden, sollen nun Änderungen im Regelwerk der BLAST-Serie vorgenommen werden, um das Turnier vor weiterem Betrug dieser Art zu schützen. Ihr habt den CS:GO Coaching-Skandal nicht mitbekommen? Hier […]

BLAST Lines Up Gillette, Alienware, Twitch as Sponsors for VALORANT Invitational

Tournament operator BLAST has revealed a list of partners for its upcoming Twitch VALORANT Invitational – the next edition of the game’s Ignition Series set of third-party tournaments. As the name suggests, Twitch has signed on as the event’s title partner. Gillette will serve as the sponsor for the tournament’s MVP award, while Alienware has […]

BLAST Bounty Hunt set to feature some of the best broadcast talent

In a little over two weeks the BLAST Bounty Hunt Dota 2 tournament will kick off and as such, the broadcast talent for the upcoming event has been confirmed. BLAST Bounty Hunt is an online event, as with all tournaments that are currently taking place, in which six teams from the European region will fight […]