Update (May 15th): The Siege Manchester Major broadcast talent line-up have been revealed, and UK org Into the Breach have shown off a limited edition jersey for the event.
Siege Manchester Major broadcast talent
Talent includes host Iain Chambers (UK) and desk hosts Giniro (Morocco) and Milosh (Lebannon).
Analysts are Alphama (France), Fresh (UK), Jesse Chick (Canada) and LaXIng (USA).
There are five UK casters: AceOfPyrite, Demo, Dezachu, Fluke and XRTROIKA. Then others include Devmarta (Australia), Interro (Canada), Lynnx (USA) and Pengu (Denmark).
Into the Breach shows off limited edition jersey for R6 Manchester Major
The UK esports organisation are letting fans support the home country team at the Major with a special limited edition jersey.
Original article (May 2nd):
The Blast R6 Siege Manchester Major teams have been finalised, with G2 Esports taking the final spot out of the 20 teams.
It’s mixed news for UK Rainbow Six fans, as while it’s great to see UK esports organisation Into the Breach qualify for the event, other UK-based orgs Wolves and Fnatic missed out, as did Ireland’s Wylde.
From the Europe League, three teams qualified: Team BDS in first place, Into the Breach in second and Team Secret in third.
ITB said: “Manchester, meet your future UK roster champions. We’re coming for that trophy. Destiny beckons.”
Then, from the Europe Last Chance Qualifier, G2 beat Ence 2-0 in the final to progress.
Others in the Last Chance Qualifier, including Wolves, Fnatic, Ence, Virtus Pro, The Forgotten Days, Wylde and Make Your Destiny, all missed out.
Fnatic said: “End of the road for this leg at R6 EUL, as we fail to get it moving in the LCQ bracket. Good luck to all the teams in Manchester. In the meantime – we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
In terms of UK esports player talent at the Siege Manchester Major, there’s a mix, as expected. Into the Breach have a UK Siege core, with Creedz, oscr, Azzr and Kendrew, plus Swedish player NoaUrz.
BDS have Yuzus, DarkZero has Nafe, M80 have CTZN and nudl, and G2 still have veteran player Doki.
Siege Manchester Major teams: Full list
- Team BDS (Europe)
- Into the Breach (Europe)
- Team Secret (Europe)
- G2 Esports (Europe)
- Beastcoast (NA)
- M80 (NA)
- DarkZero Esports (NA)
- Spacestation Gaming (NA)
- Faze Clan (Brazil)
- E1Sports (Brazil)
- Furia (Brazil)
- Team Liquid (Brazil)
- Scarz (Japan)
- CAG Osaka (Japan)
- PSG Talon (South Korea)
- FearX (South Korea)
- Bliss (Oceania)
- Team Cruelty (LATAM)
- Bleed Esports (Asia League)
- Geekay Esports (MENA League)
The Blast R6 Major in Manchester will take place in Manchester’s BEC Arena from May 16th to May 26th 2024. Fans can watch the action live in-person for the final weekend from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th.
A $750,000 prize pool will be up for grabs as 20 teams compete across the two weeks.
Ticket prices cost £33 for Friday May 24th, £38.50 for Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26th, or £84.40 for a weekend ticket. A premium Weekend BR6 – Gold Ticket & Merch Bundle is also available for £166.50.
The news comes as the capacity for the Manchester Major has been increased, with a limited quantity of new tickets recently added:
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
