FUT will attend the event without lauNX, who is out due to health issues. Team coach Coolio will temporarily replace him in the lineup.
Team Spirit captain Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov traveled to Texas to take part in the tournament coverage. He will work on the broadcast live from the BLAST Rivals venue.
Team Spirit moved up to fourth place in the updated HLTV ranking. Falcons dropped to sixth, while the top three remained Vitality, NAVI, and FURIA.
BLAST Rivals will run from April 29 to May 3 in Fort Worth. The opening matches are Vitality vs FUT, Astralis vs G2, NAVI vs FaZe, and FURIA vs GamerLegion.
A CS2 digest: nafany is no longer tied to AMKAL, Russia has the biggest player representation at PGL Astana 2026, and apEX missed the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 all-star lineup.
A CS2 digest: Cache quickly became the standout map after release, Aurora is expected to keep its Turkish lineup, Luminosity and TSM are eyeing 3DMAX, and broky topped the AWP chart at BLAST Rivals.
A CS2 digest: Team Vitality swept NAVI in the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 final, ZywOo became the second player to reach a +10,000 K/D difference, and donk played more Dota 2 pubs than CS2 FACEIT maps in April.
NaVi defeated FaZe to reach the BLAST final, GamerLegion knocked out Astralis, and BOROS was suspended from a Chinese event.
A CS2 digest: IEM Atlanta 2026 opening matchups were revealed, BIG paused its women’s roster, HObbit became a free agent, and FaZe eliminated G2 from BLAST Rivals Spring 2026.
A CS2 digest: Vitality reached the BLAST Rivals semifinal, Devilwalk joined ALGO, FUT is set to bring back lauNX, and HOTU signed kade0.
A CS2 digest: BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 opening results, FUT ending Vitality’s Dust2 streak, and Cache joining CS2.
