ASUS Renew Partnership With BLAST Premier For Globe-Trotting 2026 Season

Global competitive entertainment company BLAST has today announced a renewal in their partnership with ASUS, one of the world’s technology leaders. Following a productive 2025 partnership, ASUS will now serve as the Official Monitor, PC, Laptop, Keyboard and Mouse Partner for the full 2026 season of BLAST Premier, a global Counter-Strike 2 tournament series.

This partnership will span six events, three continents and five countries across 2026 starting this week in Malta for BLAST Premier Bounty S1. The events are as follows:

• BLAST Bounty S1 – Malta: 13th January – 25th January.

• BLAST Open S1 – Rotterdam, Netherlands: 18th March – 29th March

• BLAST Rivals S1 – Fort Worth, Texas, USA: 29th April – 3rd May

• BLAST Bounty S2 – Malta: 21st July – 2nd August

• BLAST Open S2 – Europe: 26th August – 6th September

• BLAST Rivals S2 – Hong Kong: 11th November – 15th November

As part of the agreement, ASUS will provide its high-performance monitors, PCs, laptops, keyboards and mice to be used in broadcast across all Premier events in 2026.

The ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace will continue to be used on stage, following successful integration across the final three events in 2025. The monitor features a 24.1-inch FHD Super TN panel with a 610Hz refresh rate and Extreme Low Motion Blur 2 (ELMB 2) technology for crystal-clear motion. It ensures near-zero latency with 0.8ms input lag.

The ‘Powered by ASUS’ BLAST Premier Esports Station is designed for peak tournament performance. These PCs feature the ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 5090 graphics card, ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard, and the AMD Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D processor.

Kevin Nguyen, Director of Partnerships at BLAST, said: “2025 was an incredibly successful first BLAST Premier season in this new era of Counter-Strike and we’re proud to be going into 2026 re-signing with an industry leader in ASUS. ASUS products not only elevated our competition standards, but also created unique experiences for attending fans at our events. We’re excited to be expanding our partnership with ASUS in 2026 as BLAST Premier wows fans around the world and in new locations such as Rotterdam in March and Fort Worth in May.”

“For two decades, ROG’s mission has been to innovate products that offer exceptional experiences. As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’re bringing that legacy to the competitive scene like never before,” said Kris Huang, General Manager of the ASUS Gaming & Workspace Gear business unit. “With this partnership, we’ve built a seamless ecosystem between our ultrafast displays and precision gear. It’s all designed so that gamers can achieve their true potential together in play. This is For Those Who Dare to demand perfection and we are here to deliver it.”

The season starts at BLAST Premier Bounty, running all the way until BLAST Premier Rivals, which closes out the season in Hong Kong, ASUS will be fully integrated into BLAST broadcasts maximising brand exposure. This includes physical product placement of ASUS monitors, PC’s, laptops and their keyboard and mouse range. ASUS will also be integrated into digital and physical branding, in-broadcast advertising and bespoke branded content aired on broadcast.

Additionally, ASUS also receive their own broadcast segment, focussing on highlight replay’s, with exclusive camera angles showcasing ASUS technology being used in real-time. ASUS will also connect with fans in-person, activating on-site with branded booths at all Premier Arena events, starting in Rotterdam, BLAST’s first Netherlands event.

BLAST conducted surveys with attendees in 2025 to understand the power of the BLAST x ASUS partnership, with data showing more than one third of attending fans already use ASUS products and 76% of interacting fans engage with ASUS products following the event. This is a brand people in the CS scene love and use, and showcases how prominent the brand is within the BLAST and the power of on-the-ground advertising at esports events.

ROG products will also carry the designations:

• “Official Monitor of BLAST Premier”

• “Official PC of BLAST Premier”

• “Official Laptop of BLAST Premier”

• “Official Mouse & Keyboard of BLAST Premier”

ASUS Products debuted at the launch of the CS season at BLAST Bounty in Malta in January, putting the ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace monitors to the test at Counter-Strike’s first Tier-1 event of the year. Fans now look ahead to the BLAST Open in Rotterdam where ASUS products will once again elevate competition as well as offering fans opportunities at their on-site booth in March.