PGL and BLAST to run concurrent events at the start of 2027

The Romanian and Danish tournament organizers are not giving each other any ground.

BLAST will run a Bounty event from January 13-24 of 2027, nearly the same dates as a PGL Event also announced today.

The two tournament organizers are following Valve guidelines that stipulate event announcements to come 24 months in advance, for those taking place in and after 2027.

But, with a packed schedule, it appears a compromise was unable to be found and now the two events will run concurrently.

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The big three organizers of ESL, PGL, and BLAST managed to avoid any direct clashes in 2025 but two PGL events — Astana and Belgrade — end the day before teams will be due to travel to IEM Dallas and Chengdu, putting teams wanting to play both in a difficult position.

For the start of 2027, PGL have taken aim at the partially online BLAST Bounty rather than ESL's prestigious IEM events, as they jostle for space in the open circuit.