Participants are competing across 21 games in 22 different contests, and it has brought together 30 eSports organizations from Europe, North America, Asia, South America and the Middle East. The prize money for the biggest event in the eSports industry is being split between a number of categories including the Club Championship, individual Game Championship, Qualifiers and MVP Awards.
Players are competing on games such as Counter-Strike 2, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Fortnite and Street Fighter 6.
Dota 2 – The Riyadh Masters
The largest prize pool, $5 million, is available through the Riyadh Masters and it requires players to compete on Dota 2. It is an action multiplayer online battle arena game that features two teams of five. Each team can choose from more than 120 avatars and they compete to destroy each other’s Ancient.
The tournament at the eSports World Cup will feature 28 teams and three stages over a two-week period. The Group Stage is currently taking place and the tournament will run until Sunday, 28 July.
It is a favorite of eSports players with the Dota Pro Circuit and The International tournaments offering prize pools of more than $40 million. The Riyadh Masters playoffs are currently taking place and the Grand Final is scheduled for Sunday, 21 July.
PUBG Mobile – Competing for $3 Million
PUBG Mobile is a free-to-play battle royale game that was developed by LightSpeed & Quantum Studio and PUBG Studios. It was released in 2018 and since then, the mobile adaptation of PUBG: Battlegrounds has been downloaded more than 1.3 billion times.
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