Infinity Esports, the Apex Legends team that will start competing in the United States.
American video game publisher Electronic arts announced on Monday its biggest esports competition ever: the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Year 2 Championship, which will award $ 2 million in prizes. Among the best teams in the world will be Infinity Esports, the team made up of Argentine players who will represent Latin America.
The PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, will host the public face-to-face for the first time from July 7 to 10 in an international competition of Apex Legends, the free video game that emerged in early 2019 to compete with Fortnite in the genre. Battle Royale.
Earlier this month, the Split 2 playoffs in Stockholm, Sweden broke all spectator records set by EA’s previous esports events. This face-to-face event was the first of its kind to begin in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This instance of ALGS comes as Apex Legends continues to gain momentum and reach more fans than ever.
The Split 2 playoff final on May 1st generated an audience per minute (AMA) of over 539,000 watch parties and official broadcast channels.
On the other hand, Apex Legends has recently celebrated important milestones, including the highly anticipated release of Apex Legends Mobile and Season 13 Saviors on consoles and PC.
“Bringing ALGS into the PNC Arena is a huge milestone for the Apex Legends brand and indicative of the continued growth of the title in the competitive scene,” said John Nelson, Senior Director and Commissioner of Apex Legends Esports at EA. “The ALGS Championship is a true celebration for fans and we look forward to bringing the first live experience to our community of players and Raleigh residents.”
The PNC Arena will host 40 top Apex Legends teams from five regions as they compete for the $ 2 million prize pool and coveted ALGS championship title.
For the first time, the community will be able to come together to cheer on their favorite teams in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 700,000-square-foot space will host thousands of fans from around the world in the largest Apex Legends competition to date.
The PNC Arena in North Carolina usually hosts mainly sports events and recitals. Photo: @PNCArena.
“We are very excited to be working with Electronic Arts to present the first Apex Legends Global Series championship to a live audience,” said Don Waddell, president of PNC Arena and the Carolina Hurricanes.
He added: “We are proud to present a variety of sports and entertainment at the PNC Arena and look forward to hosting our first major esports competition. This event will allow us to further showcase Raleigh and the PNC Arena on a global platform.” .
In conjunction with the competition in the arena, the ALGS championship will deliver a interactive entertainment experience for the digital audience. A combination of cutting-edge technology in its transmission, including multiple views, Twitch drops, exclusive content and much more, which will improve the way fans enjoy the event online.
Infinity Esports: the Latin American candidate
Apex Legends has its own esports tournament in the United States.
The trio made up of Argentine Sebastian “Ricoysuavecito” Kosmach, Lucas “xPonny” Alvarez and Colombian Kevin “Denpride” Sanchez, while Hugo “MaestroJefe” Bavastro tactically and strategically directs them, has earned the right to participate in the event as the only non – Brazilian team that has reached the necessary points unlike Singularity, Elevate and Oddik.
“In all these days that we have been training here at Boot Camp, we study our mistakes, what we can do and how we can develop our strategy. It has given us a great experience and we already know at least how to face and how to develop our game”, Colombian Kevin “DenPride” Sanchez told the Clarín newspaper.
And he added: “Surely we will start from less to more, that in addition to the end we are a team from Latin America and this complicates things a little more, because we lack a little more respect on the scene, but we he didn’t know how to drive.
The organization led by three Argentine partners Diego Foresi (CEO), Damián Szafirsztein (commercial director) and Nicolás Lescano (communication and marketing director) prepared for this tournament during trials with teams from Asia, North America and Europe, in which have achieved good results.
“Speaking of strategy and everything, we already know what we’re going to play, we already know how to develop our games in the tournament. I think it’s a great advance and it’s a good opportunity for us to do a lot better,” he added. DenPride.
For his part Sebastian “Ricoysuavecito” Kosmach said on the preparation: “Recently we have had good performances in training. We continue to work on our mistakes because we are not perfect and we make many mistakes in the game, but we continue to work on it and always as a team, lo we live with positivity and joy.
Infinity esports will start competing on Thursday, from 2pm in Argentina, in the group area. The 8th and 9th will be played in brackets, first for the winners and second for those who started with a defeat.
In case of overcoming the previous instances, the Latin American team will face the finals on Sunday 10 against the 10 best of the group, where the first team to reach 50 points and get one more point will keep the ALGS championship.
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Source: Clarin
