PUBG Corp. announces the lucrative eSports tournament “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Global Invitational” which will take place from July 25th to 29th in Berlin. The top 20 teams from around the world will battle for a prize pool of a whopping 2 million dollars. But is PUBG really ready to take the big stage of eSports games?
PUC Corp. has long had an eye on the eSports scene. Already at Gamescom 2017, the company hosted its own tournament with a prize pool of $200,000. With the new tournament, the prize money will be multiplied by ten.
According to CEO Changhan Kim, the tournament in Berlin is a milestone that aims to demonstrate PUBG’s capabilities as an eSport.
20 Teams from Around the World
The new tournament is set to be the largest Battle Royale tournament to date, with a prize pool of 2 million dollars. It’s an amount that even long-time eSports veteran CS:GO can’t boast about.
- What? PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Global Invitational
- When? July 25th to 29th, 2018
- Where? Berlin
- What’s it about? 2 million US dollars (about 1.64 million euros) and of course glory
Who can participate? A total of 20 teams are expected to take part in the tournament. The distribution across regions is supposed to look as follows:
The selection of teams will be determined by regional qualifier tournaments that will take place in early July in Europe, the USA, and Asia. The gameplay of the PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will consist of 4-man teams competing in first- and third-person modes.
The TPP matches will take place on July 25th and 26th, and the FPP matches on July 28th and 29th.
Is PUBG Ready?
It is clear that PUBG Corp. is pumping a lot of money into this project, yet fans of the game seem to be concerned.
Both on Reddit and in the Steam Community, complaints about bugs, cheaters, the server tick rate, and the generally poor state of the game are piling up under the announcement.
Where do the concerns come from?
- Exploits and Glitches: During the PUBG Invitational tournament in Katowice, player Ian “Bahawaka” Crowe and his team lost the prize money of $12,000 as a penalty for allegedly unintentionally exploiting a glitch during the match.
- Generally buggy state of PUBG: Reddit user TLKv3 foresees difficulties in the tournament. He says: In a perfect world, the Tournament would run on a new patch, crammed with bug fixes, revamped vehicle system, and improved blue zone. But in reality, the event will run on a patch that is causing two teams to die because their Dacia suddenly flies into the air and explodes.
- Difficult to read for viewers: Additionally, 20 teams with 4 players each is a large number for a tournament, and some fans are concerned that the gameplay of the tournament will be extremely unclear and unfriendly for viewers if not executed properly.
In any case, the game’s creator, Brendan Greene, is aware of these issues. It remains to be seen how and whether PUBG Corp. will address these problems before the Berlin tournament starts in July.
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