ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced that the brand has become the official gear partner for the remainder of the BLAST Premier 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament series. With this partnership, ROG will be providing high-performance monitors for use by players across all match and practice sessions. The three final events on this year’s BLAST Premier calendar are as follows.
- BLAST Premier Bounty S2 – Malta (Studio), August 5–17
- BLAST Premier Open S2 – London (Arena), August 2–September 7
- BLAST Premier Rivals S2 – Hong Kong (Arena), November 12–16
As the official monitor for BLAST Premier, the ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace will be used onstage starting with the BLAST Bounty S2 event in Malta, in August 2025. The XG248QSG features the world’s fastest TN panel, boasting an ultrafast 610Hz refresh rate for supersmooth visuals.
The ROG commitment to esports is evident in its peripherals, including the new ROG Harpe II Ace that has a shape co-designed with pro players, and the ROG Falchion Ace HFX magnetic keyboard ― a rising favorite among CS2 champions. The monitors featured during BLAST are part of the ROG Ace Esports Collection, a lineup that delivers precision, speed, and reliability that esports demands.
“Counter-Strike is a game defined by precision, speed, and reliability ― all things that ROG is renowned for in the gaming space,” said Leo Matlock, Chief Business Officer at BLAST. “We’re proud to welcome ROG into the BLAST Premier family and excited to see their hardware power the top tier of competition for the remainder of 2025. Whether it’s at their demo booths, in practice rooms or under the lights on stage, ROG will take pride of place, levelling up both fan and player experiences.”
Kris Huang, General Manager of the ASUS Gaming & Workspace Gear business unit, voiced enthusiastic support for the partnership “We’re excited to join forces with BLAST Esports in 2025 to support the world’s top esports talent,” said Huang, “Our mission is to deliver the most advanced solutions that empower players to achieve peak performance and provide fans with unforgettable gaming experiences. Together, we look forward to setting new standards in competitive gaming.”
ROG will be fully integrated into the BLAST Premier calendar through a comprehensive broadcast and event integration package. This includes visibility via sponsor bars and u-bracket ad placements, along with the creation of bespoke content pieces throughout the season. ROG will also take over the ‘Mic’d Up’ broadcast segments, spotlighting critical team communications live. Additionally, ROG will have branded booths onsite at both the London Open and Hong Kong Rivals arena events, giving fans a chance to experience cutting-edge ROG gear, firsthand.
ROG products will carry the following designations.
- Official Monitor of BLAST Premier
- Official PC of BLAST Premier
- Official Laptop of BLAST Premier
- Official Peripheral of BLAST Premier
ROG will debut as BLAST’s official monitor, PC, laptop, and peripheral partner at BLAST Premier Bounty S2, the first LAN event in its new Malta studio. BLAST Premier Bounty features 32 of Counter-Strike’s best teams competing for a US$500,000 prize pool. The unique prize structure is based on seeding and individual match results and will keep teams on their toes as they strive to secure their full bounty. Eight quarter-finalists will compete in a LAN setting from the BLAST studio from August 14–17.
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About ROG
Republic of Gamers (ROG) is an ASUS sub-brand dedicated to creating the world’s best gaming hardware and software. Formed in 2006, ROG offers a complete line of innovative products known for performance and quality, including motherboards, graphics cards, system components, laptops, desktops, monitors, smartphones, audio equipment, routers, peripherals and accessories. ROG participates in and sponsors major international gaming events. ROG gear has been used to set hundreds of overclocking records and it continues to be the preferred choice of gamers and enthusiasts around the world. To become one of those who dare, learn more about ROG at http://rog.asus.com.
About BLAST Premier
BLAST is a global competitive entertainment company with a mission to bring mega entertainment to the world, taking esports, gaming and other new competitive formats to the next level.
BLAST is famous for pioneering the esports category through stunning high production quality, big creative ideas and game changing fan-first moments. Bringing together the biggest teams and brightest superstars to fight it out for glory and big-money-multi-million-dollar prize pools in the world’s biggest arenas from London and Singapore to Austin and Rio.
BLAST has offices in Copenhagen (HQ), London, Berlin and soon to be Mumbai and New York City. The company is currently working with world-leading game publishers Epic Games, Valve, KRAFTON and Ubisoft to produce, market and deliver esports for popular titles Rocket League, Fortnite, Rainbow Six, PUBG, Dota2 and Counter-Strike 2.
