Well done, Valve, you actually abided by your own rules for once.

Well, not really, but we’re feeling generous today.

The rules we’re talking about are the ones regarding announcing tournaments, something Valve doesn’t do for the Majors they sponsor, because they can do whatever they like, apparently.

Anyway, thanks to HLTV, we now know the locations for both of the 2027 Majors. The first will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and be hosted by FIReSPORTS (which isn’t concerning at all), and the second will be another Perfect World Major in Shanghai.

Two rough timezones for European viewers, it does feel strange to have both Majors in a year outside of the EU, and potentially something that won’t happen again in the future. It’s also odd to see FIReSPORTS given a Major, considering their biggest tournament last year was a $100k four-team, South American LAN. Y’know, the one that took place in a subway station.

There’s no way that Major will have any problems, right?

The end of the report from HLTV also said that ESL and BLAST have been awarded Majors for 2028, but that the locations weren’t currently known.

At least we know those two will be well run.

Poll

With the announcement that both of 2027’s Majors will take place outside of the EU, we ask you this:

In the latest edition, we asked you: Which team will disappoint the most this year? Here’s what you had to say:

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇩🇪 G2 (6%)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇺🇦 NAVI (18%)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 🇺🇸 FaZe (23%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇸🇦 Falcons (29%)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 🐭 MOUZ (23%)