FISSURE CEO Nikolay Vesnin said the organizer still owes prize money from its Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 events. In a statement published on Nov. 4, he said payments had been underway since the summer, about half of the CS2 debt had been paid, and first payments to some Dota 2 teams began in October. The figures are FISSURE’s account; the reviewed sources do not provide independent transfer records.[1][3][4][5]
FISSURE’s public disclosure, dated June 23, lists 15 CS2 teams with outstanding prize-money obligations from earlier events. It says the obligations arise solely from prize money awarded at FISSURE tournaments. Neither that list nor the November statement gives a total remaining balance or an amount for each team. The June disclosure is a dated CS2 list, not a current balance sheet, and it does not document the Dota 2 payments described in November.[1][2]
Vesnin said FISSURE plans its next major repayment phase for the first quarter of 2027 and will publicly report actual progress then. He also said new tournament prize pools would be secured before events begin and would not depend on the company’s finances at that time. Both are company statements about planned actions; no payment receipts or evidence of prize-pool escrow accompanied the announcement.[1][3][4]
For clubs, unpaid prize money can complicate cash-flow planning. The next useful evidence will be team-level confirmation of transfers, clarity on which Dota 2 obligations have been covered, and proof that future tournament prize pools are funded before competition starts.
