BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 will be held from June 2 to June 22, 2025.
Location: Moody Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Teams: 32 teams (the first time in history to expand to 32).
Total prize pool: $1,250,000.
Organizers: Valve and BLAST.
This Major is the third in CS2 history and the 22nd Major Championship in the Counter-Strike series. The tournament will use a triple Swiss group stage followed by a single-elimination playoff featuring eight teams. Participating teams include directly invited teams and those who advanced through regional qualifiers. The initial matchups for both group stages and playoffs will be seeded using the Buchholz Score.
May 23: In-game update introduced new content related to the Austin Major.
The Major introduces new Texas-themed sticker capsules in two categories:
Team Sticker Capsule: Includes team logo stickers of all participating teams.
Player Autograph Capsule: Includes signature stickers of all participating players.
Standard: Brown paper background, resembling branded logos or signatures
Holo: Unique holographic effect with a cleaner background.
Gold: Black base with gold borders and patterns, the rarest tier.
Inspired by Texas cowboy culture, the sticker designs incorporate elements like belt buckles and wanted posters, making them highly collectible.
New Viewer Pass is also available
Price: Around $10
Includes:
Upgradeable commemorative coin.
Unlimited team graffiti usage
Souvenir tokens earned via Pick'Em Challenges to redeem for souvenir packages containing time-limited skins.
Pick'Em Challenges allow players to predict match results. Correct predictions upgrade the commemorative coin and reward souvenir tokens, which can be exchanged for souvenir packages.
But that’s not all!
CSGO has partnered with Games Workshop to release four Warhammer 40,000-themed sticker capsules to celebrate Warhammer Skull 2025:
Themed after the Warhammer 40,000 stickers, the in-game is now live:
Space Marines Capsule
Chaos Marines Capsule
Imperium of Man Capsule
Xenos Capsule
All stickers and related items will be available on Haloskins starting June 2!
