Astrum League Warface Grand Final Held in Moscow
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Team UnionDequator secured back-to-back championship titles, reinforcing their position at the top of the Warface competitive scene. The team took home ₽5 million in prize money along with the Astrum League trophy.
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From March 13 to 15, the Astrum League Grand Final — the premier annual esports event for the tactical shooter Warface — took place in Moscow at the Gorky Film Studio. The tournament brought together eight of the game’s top teams competing for a ₽10 million prize pool. Team UnionDequator emerged victorious, successfully defending their championship title for the second year in a row.
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“We delivered a high-impact esports event that will resonate with players and fans alike. Esports continues to prove itself as a mature industry with enormous potential. We are seeing strong momentum in audience engagement and are already working on new initiatives to further grow the community,” said Denis Kryukov, Head of Media Projects and Esports at Astrum Entertainment.
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The Astrum League Warface Final took place from March 13 to 15, supported by partners Rostelecom Games, BLOODY, Citilink, Acer, VK Play, and Oklick. Across three days of competition, fans witnessed high-intensity matches featuring leading teams such as WII, MajorTeam, UnionDequator, KozyrnyeTuzy, BezPontov, 8BIT.TEAM, and others. The event was streamed on YouTube, Twitch, VK Video, and in Warface’s official VK community, generating 7.3 million total views and reaching a peak concurrent audience of 27 500 viewers.
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Following an online-only opening day, the final stages welcomed hundreds of fans on-site. They experienced exciting live matches, meet-and-greets with pro players, interactive brand zones, giveaways, and fan activities.
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The tournament format featured a double-elimination group stage followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket. Teams competed for a ₽10 million prize pool. All participants received an exclusive Astrum League Final Participant patch, while the champions took home ₽5 million, the winner’s trophy, and the Astrum League Final Champion badge.
Astrum Entertainment is one of the biggest Russian developers and publishers of PC and mobile games. The company's portfolio includes more than 20 games, including such hits as Warface, Perfect World, Allods Online, Atomic Heart, and the mobile hit Hoby Tales. Astrum Entertainment works with products of various genres: MMORPG, shooters, strategies, match-3 mobile projects, and others. The company's team includes pioneers of Russian game development.
Warface is a popular tactical first-person shooter featuring more than 7 permanent game modes, 23 story missions, over 50 maps, more than 300 weapon models, and a PvE story campaign that can be completed solo or together with friends. In 2013, Warface was included in the Guinness World Records for “Most players online simultaneously on a single online shooter server.” Warface also regularly hosts esports tournaments with monetary prize pools.
PJSC Rostelecom is Russia’s largest integrated provider of digital services and solutions, present in all market segments and serving millions of households, as well as government and private organizations. The company holds leading positions in high-speed internet services (first place with 13.4 million clients connected via fiber-optic lines), mobile communications (among Russia’s top three mobile operators with 49 million subscribers), and pay-TV (first place with 11.8 million households).
Today, Rostelecom is actively developing its gaming segment. In November 2025, the company launched the Rostelecom Games brand, which combined the first gaming marketplace and launcher. Currently, the gaming storefront features more than 5000 games.