BLAST says its first ever Apex Legends tournament is "not a gimmick"
Esports tournament organiser BLAST is making its way into the growing world of Apex Legends esports. Weeks after the first ALGS season wrapped up, BLAST has announced BLAST Titans, a 40-team battle royale tournament for Apex Legends which will be broadcast live on Twitch in July and August this year.
BLAST is known for its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitions, but has recently entered the Fortnite and Valorant esports scenes, too. BLAST Titans will be a European tournament with a €40,000 (around $45,000) prize pool, and 40 teams will take part in the first weekend's double elimination bracket.
The first 20 teams are the "top 20 European teams on recent form," which BLAST has calculated based off ALGS rankings, and includes 18 of the teams from the EMEA ALGS Championship Final plus K1CK and Flight of Fancy. Les Cites De France and T-Rex miss out, as does Kungarna - the former Nessy roster which surprised everyone when it failed to make it out of the group stages.
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