BLAST Slam unveils major format changes to Dota 2 series

Match organiser BLAST has introduced main format modifications to its BLAST Slam Dota 2 esports circuit.

Adjustments vary from the addition of on-line matches to extending match size as BLAST seems to extend the variety of matches being performed.

Beginning with BLAST Slam IV, going down in Singapore from November seventh to ninth, a match will now run throughout two weeks and mix on-line and LAN levels to find out the eventual champion.

Week one will characteristic all 12 groups competing on-line and can run from Tuesday to Sunday. Elsewhere, the match sequence has made modifications to the group stage format, which is able to run from Tuesday to Saturday.

The group stage will see the highest two qualify for the semi-finals of the LAN occasion, whereas the groups that place from third to eighth will earn a spot on the LAN Play-In stage. Groups that end the group stage from ninth to twelfth will compete within the Final-Probability Playoff the place solely two of the three groups will earn a spot on the LAN Play-In.

Week two of the match will happen on LAN and can at all times characteristic a stay viewers no matter location. From Friday to Sunday, the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and Grand Last will happen.

Along with a format change, BLAST has additionally introduced an adjustment to its Dota 2 schedule. Occasions for the rest of 2025 and 2026 are as follows:

For upcoming occasions, two open qualifiers for China, Europe, and Southeast Asia will happen, the finalists from every of the qualifiers will earn a spot on the closed qualifier the place 4 invited groups be part of the groups from the open qualifiers.

The winner of the Chinese language and Southeast Asian qualifiers will earn a spot on the essential occasion, whereas each finalists from Europe will advance.