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London-headquartered esports organisation Tundra Esports have won the Blast Slam 2, a Dota 2 event that took part in Blast’s studios in Copenhagen.
They defeated Gaimin Gladiators 3-0 in the grand final.
Tundra’s roster consists of dyrachyo, bzm, 33, Saksa, Whitemon and coach MoonMeander.
They have received the $400,000 top prize for winning, with $300,000 as prize money and $100,000 as team earnings.
Of the $1m overall prize pool for the Blast Slam 2, $250,000 is going to teams.
Blast said: “This approach enables a more sustainable prize pool distribution, ensuring all participating teams receive a share. $250,000 will be awarded to teams based on their performance during the Slam events.
“This step will ensure that more investments are made in teams through the split rather than the tournament being solely focused on the prize pool.”
Ten teams took part in the Blast Slam 2 event: Parivision, BetBoom Team, Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Tundra Esports, Gaimin Gladiators, Nigma Galaxy, Xtreme Gaming, Yakult Brothers and Talon Esports.
Tundra dominated Group A with a 3-1 showing, before beating Nigma Galaxy 2-1 in the upper bracket semi-final and Gaimin 3-0 in the final.
The Blast Slam 2 was the second event of the Blast Slam series, with the first taking place late last year. In that, Tundra Esports finished runners-up and BetBoom Team took the victory in the final.
Last year, Tundra also finished third at ESL One Birmingham 2024, as Team Falcons won the UK event.
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.
