HEROIC disqualified from BLAST Open London 2025

European team HEROIC will not participate in the upcoming BLAST Open London 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament, which kicks off later this month. The vacant position in the tournament went to fnatic. The official announcement from the organizers states:

The change is due to Heroic not being able to field 3 of the 5 players from the initial VRS invite to the event.

Earlier it became known that 22-year-old Turkish esports athlete Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç will return to the active HEROIC Counter-Strike 2 roster. Koç will replace Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich, who will depart the squad after competing at Esports World Cup 2025. The latter, according to rumors, will join Team Spirit.

BLAST Open London 2025 will be held from August 27 to September 7, 2025 with the participation of 16 rosters. The first part of the competition will play out in a GSL format online. The top six teams will advance to the playoffs, which will take place in London. The event's prize pool will amount to $400,000. The full team list looks as follows:

 Vitality
 MOUZ
 Team Spirit
 FaZe
 FURIA
 NAVI
 GamerLegion
 G2
 Legacy
 Virtus.pro
 FlyQuest
 M80
 ECSTATIC
 Liquid
 Imperial
 fnatic

Origin: x.com