BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 LAN finals to run on old patch

Final stage of BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1, which kicks off today, will run on the previous version of Counter-Strike 2, which was used during the online stage of the event. The competition organizers revealed this to HLTV.

Note that in today's patch, the developers launched the new Premier season, updated weapon balance in Counter-Strike 2, made some adjustments to the jump mechanics, improved sounds, and brought back Anubis. The full list of changes can be found in our article.

The BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 LAN finals will play out from January 22nd to 25th at the BLAST studio in Malta. The prize pool of the competition is half a million US dollars. The final will be best-of-five, while all other matches – best-of-three.

Origin: www.hltv.org