In recent years, the mobile segment has been gaining popularity in many different areas. This also applies to the video game market.
Increased interest in smartphone games such as Valorant Vulkan has led to the birth of mobile eSports and its rapid development. This can be traced by the list of games and tournaments that we observe every day.
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Cybersports now on your phone: the biggest tournaments
Esports events are on the rise and attract thousands of viewers live or on screen. We took a look at five of the world’s biggest eSports events.
PUBG Mobile
The mobile version of the first Battle Royale game was released in 2018. As in the original, it is won by the team whose characters are the last to survive until the end of the match.
In many ways, its success is due to the high-quality adaptation for mobile devices, which is not so easy for games created for PC. PUBG Mobile Pro League is also popular, and the league competitions began in 2020.
The PUBG Mobile Club Open tournament series, which was founded in 2019, also plays an important role. In 2020, it was held in 14 regions.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
A MOBA game from Moonton, released in 2016. As in other similar games, it features two enemy teams trying to destroy the enemy base while protecting their own.
Last year, the M2 World Championship was held, the prize fund of which was $300 thousand.
The International
The International is the highest paid esports event in the world. In total, $25.5 million in prize money was distributed among Dota 2 players in 2018.
Of these, only the winning OG team received $11.2 million, and the last two places were also able to enjoy $63,580.
Although the tournament is organized by the game developer Valve itself, most of the prize pool comes from the fans. Their in-game purchases make up the bulk of the prize pool. In 2018, the organizers themselves paid only 1.6 million.
League of Legends World Championship
Game developer Riot Games organizes not only a league for its MOBA game LoL, but also a world championship.
The World Championship captures players and spectators around the world. For example, 24 teams from all over the world participated in the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. By this time, the event was held on three continents.
The number of mobile viewers is also constantly growing, as well as the prize money. Thus, eSports gathers entire virtual football stadiums.
The most popular games for tournaments
There are a large number of games on the market now. But only some of these games are generally suitable as tournament formats. The rating of the top 10 most popular computer games besides King of Glory betting includes:
- League of Legends;
- Dota 2;
- CS: GO;
- Overwatch;
- StarCraft 2;
- FIFA;
- Halo 5;
- Heroes of the Storm;
- Call of Duty: World War II;
- Hearthstone.