Battle Royale to commence at Gamers8: The Land of Heroes as world’s best gather with $3 million prize pool at stake in PUBG MOBILE World Invitational

Gamers8: The Land of Heroes, the biggest esports and gaming festival worldwide, welcomes the world’s best PUBG MOBILE teams to Riyadh for six days of intense battle royale competition at the $3 million PUBG MOBILE World Invitational (PMWI) tournament. 

The six-day tournament, organized by the Saudi Esports Federation and PUBG MOBILE, gets underway on Tuesday July 11 with a three-day PMWI Allstars stage at Boulevard Riyadh City. Eighteen teams are battling it out for a $1 million purse and six coveted places in the main tournament, which runs from Friday July 14 to Sunday July 16 with an additional $2 million prize purse.

Defending 2022 PUBG MOBILE World Invitational champions Vampire Esports from Thailand will be in action on the Allstars Stage alongside host country favorites R8 Esports. Sixteen other teams – from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Iraq, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, China, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, Serbia, South Korea and Japan – have been either invited, or voted in by the global gaming community, and join the sides from Thailand and Saudi Arabia. 

The six best performers from the PMWI Allstars stage will join the Twisted Minds team from the Saudi eLeague for the main PUBG MOBILE World Invitational, along with the top teams representing China (invited), Japan (invited), Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey, Mongolia and the Middle East. A battle for the $500,000 first prize and an additional regional slot for the league stage of PMGC 2023 is at stake. 

Faisal bin Homran, Director of Esports at the Saudi Esports Federation, said: “Gamers8: The Land of Heroes is delighted to host some of the world’s best teams for the PUBG MOBILE World Invitational tournament at Boulevard Riyadh City. The quality of teams on show is another example of the elite level esports that we are bringing to Riyadh, and further establishing Saudi Arabia as a gaming hub.

“The 2023 edition of Gamers8: The Land of Heroes is evidence of our country’s rapid evolution in the gaming space, and we are proud that Gamers8 is a festival and a destination that attracts elite esports champions and teams."

Gamers8: The Land of Heroes recap

Gamers8: The Land of Heroes has a prize pool of $45 million – triple that of Gamers8 last year. The biggest gaming and esports festival worldwide features elite gaming titles alongside live concerts from top global, regional, and local artists, as well as numerous fun-filled activities and attractions for all the family.

The festival concludes with the Next World Forum, a gaming and esports forum held at the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Center on August 30-31, that brings together sector leaders and experts from around the world.

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