FISSURE have announced FISSURE Playground 4, a 16-team Tier 1 Counter-Strike 2 LAN scheduled for August 18–30, 2027. The event will feature a total pool of $1,250,000, with 15 teams invited directly through the Global VRS and one additional team qualifying through an online closed qualifier.
Georgia is listed as the visa region for the tournament, although FISSURE have not yet announced a specific city or venue.
15 teams will receive direct VRS invites
The majority of the field will be determined directly through Valve Regional Standings.
FISSURE will invite 15 teams from the Global VRS to the Main Event, starting from the world No. 1 position with no additional regional filters or wildcard invitations.
The invitations will be based on the first available monthly VRS publication in July 2027. The July ranking will also be used for tournament seeding.
Eight teams from the European VRS will separately receive invitations to an online closed qualifier, with only the winner advancing to the LAN.
There will be no open qualifier.
🚀 Introducing our fourth LAN tournament – FISSURE PLAYGROUND 4 CS!
📆 August 18-30, 2027
🌟 16 of the world’s top teams
💵 Prize pool: $1 250 000*We also announce the date for another one of our CS tournaments: August 17–28, 2028. https://t.co/7qbLFVaiOy
— FISSURE_ENG (@fissure_eng) October 17, 2026
$1,250,000 split between prizes and team payments
The advertised $1,250,000 is divided across several categories.
- $450,000 — prize money
- $550,000 — club rewards
- $250,000 — VRS participation bonuses
The champion will receive $165,000 in prize money and an additional $135,000 club reward, bringing the combined payout to $300,000 before any applicable VRS participation bonus.
Teams ranked inside the Global VRS top eight can also receive separate participation payments. The world No. 1 will receive $60,000, No. 2 gets $50,000, teams ranked third and fourth receive $40,000 each, fifth and sixth receive $20,000 each, and seventh and eighth receive $10,000 each.
FISSURE also lock in 2028 tournament dates
Alongside the Playground 4 announcement, FISSURE confirmed another Counter-Strike tournament for August 17–28, 2028.
No additional information about the 2028 event, including its location, prize pool or qualification system, has been announced yet.
FISSURE Playground 4 will become the fourth event in the Playground Counter-Strike series and is scheduled to run from August 18–30, 2027.
