G2 Esports has recorded an surprising run at BLAST Open London 2025, taking down Staff Vitality to elevate its first trophy of 2025.
Going down on the OVO Area Wembley, G2 defied odds by making a comeback within the Grand Last after dropping two of the primary three maps, bringing dwelling $150,000 (~£110,933) consequently.
For Staff Vitality, its seek for one other trophy continues because the crew hasn’t received a tier-one occasion for the reason that BLAST Austin Main in June 2025.
Earlier than this weekend’s victory, G2 Esports had recorded a somewhat inconsequential 2025 marketing campaign, usually ending someplace near the highest eight at worldwide tournaments. The one last the crew took half in earlier than BLAST Open London was PGL Bucharest, the place it misplaced 3-0 to Staff Falcons.
What makes the win so candy for G2, other than being their first trophy of the season, is the best way the roster was capable of defeat Staff Vitality. The crew recovered when it was one spherical away from dropping the collection on map 4, forcing time beyond regulation earlier than taking a convincing map decider on Prepare with a 13-6 file.
Outdoors of Counter-Strike, G2 Esports additionally secured the Worlds qualification in League of Legends, making it an ideal weekend for the organisation.
Peak Viewership Drops by 200,000 In comparison with 2024
In response to knowledge from Esports Charts, this 12 months’s BLAST Open Fall noticed a significant lower in peak viewership in comparison with final 12 months’s event, stopping the depend at 701,545. As compared, final 12 months’s BLAST Premier Fall grand last between G2 and NAVI recorded over 900,000 viewers, and even the typical viewership was larger by almost 100,000 folks.
That being stated, the event had extra hours watched as a result of its longer event format, and the extra 40 hours of airtime in comparison with the earlier 12 months had a major impression on the decreased common viewership.
Main Shakeups Coming to the VRS
BLAST Open London could have main repercussions for the VRS. Positioned fifteenth as of September, G2 is anticipated to achieve a couple of locations within the subsequent month’s rankings if performances proceed. It’ll even be attention-grabbing to see if Staff Vitality can acquire again first place in October’s rankings, contemplating Staff Spirit’s failed qualification to the offline LAN occasion.
The subsequent BLAST event would be the BLAST Rivals Fall, going down in Hong Kong on the AsiaWorld-Expo in November. The offline occasion will function 4 invited groups from the VRS International Rankings in October, in addition to 4 wildcard groups from Europe, North and South America and Asia.
