Riot Games in talks with BLAST, ESL, and PGL to assist with VCT tournaments

Riot Games are in active negotiations with tournament operators BLAST, ESL, and PGL regarding the organization of joint VALORANT events within the VCT 2027 circuit. This was reported by insider Ari.

Riot are interested in having each tournament operator assist with organizing several events per year on an individual basis. At the same time, the company does not plan to hand over entire VCT regions to third-party organizers.

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Sources: Riot is in active discussions with tournament organisers BLAST, PGL, and ESL to help organise future 2027 VCT events.

It's expected that each TO will help organise a few events a year on a case by case basis, and Riot would not hand over the keys to a whole region pic.twitter.com/uOGisW8zGR

— Ari (@AriVLRNT) April 14, 2026

BLAST, ESL, and PGL are currently best known for hosting tournaments in Dota 2 and CS2.

Reminder: Inner Circle have unveiled their Dota 2 roster.