ALGS Year 6 roadmap: format, prize pool and LAN locations revealed

The Apex Legends International Sequence (ALGS) has revealed the complete roadmap for the sixth version of the battle royale title’s esports circuit.

ALGS 12 months 6 options three LAN occasions going down the world over, together with $7m (~£5.2m) in prize cash up for grabs all through the season.

ALGS 12 months 6 begins with 4 weekends of on-line open qualifiers, often known as the ALGS On-line Open. Working all through February and March, the winners of every regional qualifier will safe direct qualification to Professional League Cut up 1 beginning on April 4th.

The Cut up 1 Playoffs will happen from July seventh to eleventh as a part of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Groups from the world over will compete for its $2m (~£1.4m) prize pool and Championship Factors that decide which groups earn a spot on the season-ending ALGS Championship.

Cut up 2 Playoffs head to the Orleans Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October twenty ninth to November 1st, with one other $2m on the road and the ultimate likelihood for groups to earn Championship Factors. The last-chance qualifier returns for 12 months 6, giving Challenger Circuit and Professional League groups one final shot to qualify for the ALGS Championship, which returns to Sapporo, Japan, for a 3rd consecutive 12 months.

“This roadmap clearly displays that we’re investing within the long-term way forward for the ALGS,” mentioned Monica Dinsmore, Head of Esports at EA. “By increasing competitors, rising prizing, and displaying up in key areas all over the world, we’re constructing an ecosystem that brings gamers and followers nearer collectively.”

Alongside revealing the prize swimming pools and occasion areas, the ALGS will introduce a switch window, aiming to supply additional stability for followers and esports organisations competing.

Every cut up includes a single window that opens after Match Day 6. The ALGS states that the transfer goals to ‘promote higher roster stability and supply followers with clearer, extra constant group identities.’

Along with the switch window, the ALGS has added a minimal match requirement for gamers to earn eligibility to attain Championship Factors. Gamers should compete in 12 Professional League matches for his or her factors to depend in direction of the entire for a group.

Exterior of the Professional League, the Challenger Circuit returns to supply aspiring gamers an opportunity to earn a spot within the highest tier of Apex Legends esports. Winners from on-line Cut up 1 occasions earn a direct spot within the Professional League Qualifier for Cut up 2. After the Cut up 1 Professional League, prime Challengers Circuit groups will compete towards the underside eight Professional League sides within the Professional League Qualifier.