Saudi Arabia Announces eSports World Cup in Year 2024. (Twitter)
The first version of the eSports World Cup is predicted subsequent summer time, taking the place of the eight-week Gamers8 pageant of eSports tournaments which this 12 months featured a prize pool totalling $45 million.
Saudi Arabia stated on Monday it will organise an eSports World Cup beginning subsequent 12 months, the newest increase to a sector Riyadh hopes will create tens of hundreds of native jobs.
“The eSports World Cup is the natural next step in Saudi Arabia’s journey to become the premier global hub for gaming and eSports,” the Gulf kingdom’s de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, stated in an announcement.
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Prince Mohammed is claimed to be an avid gamer partial to Call of Duty, and Saudi Arabia has invested closely in the sector because the 38-12 months-outdated turned first in line to the throne six years in the past.
Last 12 months, the crown prince introduced a $38 billion funding technique for the dominion’s Savvy Games Group, owned by the deep-pocketed sovereign wealth fund.
The objective is to create 39,000 eSports-related jobs by 2030.
Officials additionally need to make Saudi Arabia “an Eden for game developers” that may produce new titles “promoting Saudi and Arabic culture”, in accordance to the nationwide eSports technique, focusing on 30 globally aggressive video games produced in home studios by 2030.
The first version of the eSports World Cup is predicted subsequent summer time, taking the place of the eight-week Gamers8 pageant of eSports tournaments which this 12 months featured a prize pool totalling $45 million.
Tourism falls off significantly in the course of the summer time in Saudi Arabia when temperatures in the capital Riyadh clear 40 levels Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) each day.
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But the eSports World Cup “will be complemented with a diversified set of activities and events that will draw visitors and tourists to the capital, transforming it into a gaming capital”, Monday’s assertion stated.
Officials haven’t specified which video games will probably be included in the eSports World Cup, saying solely that particulars will probably be made public early subsequent 12 months.
“The tournament will include the most popular games in the world across all genres and have the largest prize pool in eSports history,” the assertion stated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
