The Esports World Cup Basis has introduced that RTS sport StarCraft II (SC2) will be a part of the 2025 lineup of this 12 months’s Esports World Cup (EWC).
This marks the return of the sport title to the EWC after it was featured final 12 months and at Gamers8 competition, the esports competition’s predecessor.
The StarCraft II event will happen between August fifteenth and August 18th, over the last two weeks of the EWC. Each the event format and complete prize pool have but to be introduced.
Final 12 months, the StarCraft II Esports World Cup event featured 16 gamers competing in a gaggle stage and knockout stage, with the winner taking $400,000 (~£310,148) of the $1.05m (~£814,139) prize pool. Final 12 months, it was Crew Liquid’s participant Clément ‘Clem‘ Desplanches who received the event, with Finnish and BASILISK participant Joona ‘Serral‘ Sotala because the runner up.
With SC2 confirmed, the EWC will characteristic a complete of 25 occasions throughout 24 video games, three extra in comparison with the earlier 12 months. The three additions from this 12 months are Chess, VALORANT, and CrossFire, the latter following a three-year partnership with sport developer Smilegate.
Organised by the Esports World Cup Basis, the EWC is a multi-title esports occasion that’s a part of Saudi Arabia’s Nationwide Gaming and Esports Technique because it goals to grow to be a strategic hub for gaming and esports.
The launch of the event, alongside Saudi Arabia’s funding within the esports area, has come underneath hearth from the group for so-called ‘esportswashing’, a time period re-adapted to the trade to explain the nation’s alleged try and distract from its human rights information surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and ladies’s rights.
Earlier this month, the event organiser introduced the 40 groups collaborating within the Esports World Cup Basis Companion Program, giving organisations ‘six-figure funding’ to develop its current fan base forward of the 2025 Esports World Cup and promote sustainability throughout the trade.
