StarLadder has partnered with gaming peripherals model ZOWIE for the StarLadder Budapest Main 2025 Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) occasion.
Because of the deal, the model will change into the official monitor accomplice of the Valve-sanctioned CS2 event.
ZOWIE will present its XL2586X+ gaming displays for all three phases of the occasion and the playoffs, providing gamers constant efficiency all through the length of the Main. Based on ZOWIE, 88% {of professional} gamers are utilizing its displays in on-line and offline competitions.
Going down from November twenty fourth to December 14th, 2025, the Budapest Main sees the world’s high 32 groups competing for a share of a $1.25m (~£953,937) prize pool and an opportunity to etch their names in Counter-Strike historical past.
The Budapest Main isn’t the primary time ZOWIE and StarLadder have collaborated. The 2 events joined forces in 2019 when the event organiser hosted the Berlin Main.
ZOWIE turns into the second accomplice of the Budapest Main. It joins Esports Charts on its occasion portfolio after the esports information platform turned the official analytics accomplice of the occasion in July 2025.
The peripherals model can also be no stranger to Counter-Strike esports, having supported a number of Tier 1 occasions over the previous decade. Forward of the Main, it joined forces with ESL FACEIT Group because the monitor accomplice of IEM Chengdu 2025, the ultimate Tier 1 event earlier than groups head to Hungary for the Main.
StarLadder Budapest Main 2025 Particulars
The Budapest Main is shaping as much as be one of the crucial aggressive Counter-Strike occasions in historical past, with a number of groups hitting kind earlier than the ultimate occasion of the 12 months.
Forward of the occasion, StarLadder has unveiled the primary Stage 1 matches starting on November twenty fourth, with the likes of FaZe Clan and Fnatic seeking to start the event with a win.
The occasion marks a brand new period for Counter-Strike Majors. The Budapest Main would be the first in historical past to make use of a best-of-five format within the Grand Remaining to find out the winner.
