Produced | People's Esports
The author | The Center for New Media
Editors| Ma Xiao and Kevin
【Industry News】
The World Champions Cup prize pool for Glory of Kings reaches $10 million
King of Glory released a new plan for 2022 King of Glory Global E-sports:
The 2022 AWC Glory World Championship Will be held in October, with 16 teams from around the globe taking on a $10 million total prize pool.
Professional competitions in all divisions around the world have been fully upgraded and launched in January: professional leagues such as RPL, AOG, GCS, ASL and other professional leagues will continue to be held in 2022, and professional leagues from other regions will also be added.
The 2022 AIC International Will be adjusted to June, doubling the prize pool to $2 million, and after the end of AIC, the leagues enter their second season, continuing to compete for AWC qualification.
At the same time, the International Edition of King of Glory will continue to carry out university competitions and urban competitions, and will soon add new coverage of Europe, North America, South America, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
The S8 championship squad is all out of the team
iG Esports Club announced the expiration of the contracts of playing wild player Gao Zhenning (ID: Ning) and supporting player Wang Liuyi (ID: Baolan). Previously, it had announced the departure news of the singles player Song Yijin (ID: Rookie) and the singles player Jiang Chengjin (ID: TheShy), and the S8 championship lineup had all left the team.
Uzi officially announced his comeback
BLG Esports Club Announces 2022 LPL Lineup, Uzi Comes Back!
Order: Breathe (Chen Chen)
Hit the Wild: Wei Wei (Wei Bohan)
Medium Single: FoFo (Zhu Junlan)
ADC: Doggo (Qiu Ziquan), Uzi (Jane Pride)
Assistant: Crisp (Liu Qingsong)
VALORANT announces plans for a new esports competition
Riot Games has announced plans for the 2022 VALORANT esports event. Among them, the VCT Challenge was changed from three stages of the 2021 season to two stages, the first stage of the competition is February and March, and the second stage is May and June. After each stage of the VCT Challenge, the VCT Masters will be held, and the 2022 VCT Masters will have two, which will be held one month after the end of the VCT Challenge, in April and July.
In addition, VALORANT will also host regional league VRLs in europe, the Middle East and Africa, VRL is similar to the national leagues of the League of Legends European division, belonging to the nature of regional leagues, each VRL has a regular season and playoffs, after the end of the first phase of the VCT, the winning team of VRL is eligible to participate in the new VCT promotion and relegation tournament.
Mu Hitomi will make an all-female esports invitational tournament
Game developer Hitomi Mu and esports media company ONE Esports have announced that the two sides will co-produce Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI), an all-female competition. According to public sources, the competition will have as many as 10 Southeast Asian teams led by women. The event will take place from January 27 to 30 and includes a total prize of $15,000.
The remaining seats at CDL will be taken by OXG
North American esports companies Oxygen Esports (OXG) and Boston Uprising have announced a merger that will result in a 12th Call of Duty league franchise. This will fill the vacant space after the merger of OpTic Gaming and Envy Gaming, and Oxygen Esports' franchise team will be based in Boston. Information about the team's name and brand has not been revealed.
Oxygen Esports will partner with the New England Patriots' Kraft Group (owner of boston Uprising) to operate its franchises for the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League.
【Business News】
G2 Esports has extended its partnership with Lenovo Legion. Lenovo will continue to be the desktop and laptop vendor for G2 and support its female VALORANT team, G2 Gozen.
【Event News】
In the PUBG 2021 World Championships, NewHappy Esports Club won the championship!
In the BLAST World Finals, NAVI let one chase two win the championship over Gambit!
In the 2021 League of Legends Mobile Game Pro Qualifier Impact Track, KBG E-sports Club won the championship, becoming the sixth team to qualify as a club in the League of Legends Mobile Game Pro League!
In the 2021 CFHD Champions Cup, AG Esports Club won the tournament, congratulations!
In the 2021 KPL Autumn Losers Group Final, Guangzhou TTG defeated the strong opponent 4-2 and successfully obtained the ticket to the finals.