There’s $1,000,000 on the line as Quake re-announces itself in the esports world. This implies that they’re here to stay and it’s not just a short term burst back into the esports space.Ĭurrently there’s the small matter of the Quake World Championships taking place over in Dallas. The Bethesda release also states that: “Additional esports events for Quake Champions – the latest game in the franchise that helped found the esports scene 20 years ago – will be announced in the future”. The Invitational will see the finest Quake players compete across Duel and Sacrifice for an impressive $350,000 (£272,000) prize.īoth of the aforementioned titles will have open qualifiers as well as a select list of invited professionals. The Denver tournament will host a $75,000 (£58,000) prizez pool, with competitors facing off in Quake Champions’ Duel Mode as well as the four versus four team-based Sacrifice mode.
The two additional tournaments in 2017 have been marked as the DreamHack Denver Quake Championship, between October 20th and 22nd before heading to DreamHack Winter between December 1st and 4th for the Quake Champions Invitational. Bethesda and DreamHack have joined forces to bring further Quake Champions tournaments after the Quake World Championships.
