Hero image: The BLAST R6 Osaka Major. Image: Ubisoft
The Swiss phase wraps up on Wednesday, and the top eight teams go to the live stage at ATC Hall from Friday. Sunday brings the grand final and the first look at Year 11 Season 4.
The BLAST R6 Osaka Major moves from closed doors to a crowd this week. Ubisoft’s event guide has the Swiss phase running from 8 to 11 November, with the top eight teams advancing to a direct elimination bracket from 13 to 15 November.
Osaka is two hours behind Sydney, so the shows start before lunch for you. By our conversion of the guide’s local times, Friday’s show starts at 11:15am AEDT and runs to 11:50pm. Saturday runs from 12pm to 7:30pm AEDT, and Sunday from 12pm to 8:30pm.
Plan Sunday around the season reveal. The Steam post says Year 11 Season 4 will be shown during the Osaka Major Grand Final, and the guide sets the panel for 11:30am JST on Sunday 15 November. That’s 1:30pm AEDT. Creative Director Joshua Mills and Game Director Christopher Budgen host it.
Watch the panel live, or at a watch party, on Sunday and you unlock an exclusive Reveal Charm. It is only available on 15 November. Link your Ubisoft and Twitch accounts first and the official streams also earn Twitch Drops. The guide lists 20 esport packs and 8 exclusive items in total, including weapon skins and operator cosmetics.
The English broadcast is on Twitch, YouTube and Steam.
The prize pool is US$600,000, plus points toward the Six Invitational 2027 in São Paulo. The winner takes US$200,000 and second place US$102,000. Every quarter-finalist is guaranteed US$22,000.
This is not an Australian story. We could not confirm an Australian or Oceania team among the 20 teams at the Major. It is here for the Sydney-friendly start times and the season reveal. Oceania’s own Gauntlet finals run from 3 to 6 December.
Ubisoft has already said one change for next season: Ranked map rotations are ending. The rest of the season is shown on Sunday.
Source: Ubisoft – Your guide to the BLAST R6 Osaka November Major (Rainbow Six Esports), Rainbow Six Siege – Year 11 Season 4 Reveal Incoming (Steam)