Cyber Battle for 2,680,000 Rubles: August 22-24 in Moscow will host the LAN final of the Point Blank tournament
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From August 22-24, the gaming platform Fogame will once again bring together the strongest teams from Russia in Moscow for the decisive battle for the title of champion of the Point Blank League 2025.

This year, the prize pool of the tournament will be 2,680,000 rubles. The competitors will clash at the MIREA Cyber Sports Center — the Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA).

On August 22, the matches will be available only through online streaming. On the remaining days, Point Blank fans and supporters will be able to attend the arena in person after pre-registration and be part of the epic season finale.

Audiences can look forward to giveaways of in-game rewards and merchandise, as well as additional activities during the tournament.

Contenders for Victory

This year, six teams are participating in the tournament final. Among them are well-known squads that have represented the Russian server in international competitions and newcomers.

AoeXe has been actively competing in Point Blank since 2010. In 2013 and 2014, the team won the World Championship (Point Blank International Championship). AoeXe became the champions of the Point Blank League 2024.

Andrey Ilyichev, captain of AoeXe: “The season has been productive: we managed to both win and lose. Despite a reduction in the number of seasons, we have managed to gain good form. We are already preparing for the LAN final — calmly, without unnecessary tension. There have been changes in the team's composition this season: at the beginning of the year, Kirill ‘K1ryaa’ Fedorov joined us and integrated well.”

The team NCsky are also “veterans” of esports. In 2011, the team participated in the Point Blank Cyber Series 2011 — the first tournament organized by the official publisher of the game in Russia. In the final, NCsky lost to AoeXe (competing under the name RoX.KiS). At the Point Blank League 2025, the team is preparing to make another statement.

Pavel Samoylov, player of NCsky: “To be honest, it’s a bit sad — we hoped that Bogdan ‘Qusion’ Pazilov would win all the finals for us, but it didn’t happen. Well, seriously — we played in the qualifiers as best as we could, the roster remained the same. There will be more chances to prove ourselves.”

The team who cares? are no less famous esports athletes. They represented the Russian server at the Point Blank International Championship in 2023 and 2025. Together with AoeXe, they secured the top spots in the total Arena Points over two seasons and automatically advanced to the quarter-finals of the LAN final PBL 2025.

Andrey Kalugin, captain of whocares?: “The season PBL 2025 has been ambiguous for us. After PBIC, the roster changed significantly: new players Daniil ‘Wake’ Grishankin and Maxim ‘Evostation’ Vazhnev joined us, and during the off-season, Arsen ‘Face’ Gavrilov returned to esports after a break. We won the first league of the season but faced difficulties in the PBL finals: there were technical issues that affected the result. Now we are gearing up for the LAN with a cool head and determined spirit — we want to prove that we can do more.”

The teams DarkHorse and A3boots already faced each other at the end of last year in the final of the QuickFire tournament for Point Blank at the ‘RED EXPO’ forum. Luck smiled on A3boots then. This time, the teams will again determine who the best player on the arena is.

Sergey Moskovsky, captain of A3boots: “The season started difficult: Wake and Evostation left the team, we had to urgently reconstruct the roster. Now the team is back in shape, there’s stability and confidence. We are seriously focused on the final. We have a coach working with us, assisting with analytics, discipline, and mental preparation. Three newcomers have quickly adapted to the team. We see potential in such a team.”

Nikita Korsakov, DarkHorse team: “The season has been challenging but definitely memorable. We faced many problems — we didn’t just solve them but learned to live with them. Yet, we made it to the finals, although it seemed that nothing could help us. That’s the strength of the team. We are going to the LAN final with a fighting spirit. We are not just in the top-6 — we are here to win. The preparation for the final is unusual: we have incorporated more rest. The integration of the newcomers went smoothly — the new captain quickly established rapport with the team, adding more tactics in preparation for the final. Now we hold briefings, which was not done before.”

Debutants of the Point Blank League 2025 — the team eXcuse. The guys clinched victory in the tiebreaker matches against the more experienced team FlyToMoon, winning three out of five maps.

Point Blank is a first-person tactical online shooter developed by the South Korean studio Zepetto. In Russia, the game is officially available on the platform 4game. The game has been recognized as an esports discipline since 2010. With the support of ‘Fogame’, Russian teams in Point Blank continue to participate in international competitions.

‘Fogame’ is an international platform with popular online games. The platform has released over twenty games, including popular MMORPGs Lineage 2, Aion, Blade & Soul, Ragnarok Online Prime, Black Desert, the online shooter Point Blank, and others.