ESL Faceit Group have introduced that they’ve partnered with Activision to deliver Name of Obligation: Cellular to their Cellular Masters esports collection.
Established final yr, the Snapdragon Professional Collection is a collaboration between ESL Faceit Group (EFG), and Qualcomm. The bulletins comes alongside the addition of Garena: Hearth to the Cellular Masters catalogue and Moonton’s Cellular Legends: Bang Bang internet hosting their very own stand-alone stadium occasion, the primary for EFG. Along with this, the Snapdragon Professional Collection can even be increasing to Latin America. All culminating with a reported prize pool of $2.5m.
With the brand new titles, EFG can even be bringing on a brand new vice chairman of sport programs for cellular, Sam Braithwaite, having beforehand served as Activision Blizzard’s international director of esports for Hearthstone and World of Warcraft amongst others. He commented, “12 months 2 of the Snapdragon Professional Collection goals to boost the bar for competitors and accessibility and construct upon the success and momentum of the primary yr of this system.
“Alongside Qualcomm Applied sciences and Samsung, we’re persevering with to broaden alternatives for cellular avid gamers by providing extra video games and extra methods to compete than ever earlier than.”
International heavyweight
Whereas neither Snapdragon or EFG are names alien to the esports scene, this newest partnership signifies that the championship is rising quickly. At a time when esports are going through severe reality-checks from sponsors and audiences alike, cellular esports have defied many of those developments as a result of their accessibility and recognition in areas equivalent to Asia the place viewership is extraordinarily excessive.
The choice to broaden the Snapdragon Professional Collection to Latin America additionally speaks volumes of the significance this market now holds when it comes to the curiosity from worldwide firms as regards to gaming. Main occasions equivalent to Aquiris becoming a member of the Epic Video games household to turn into Epic Video games Brasil have been an rising indicator of the eye gaming is getting in LatAm.
Total, because the Snapdragon Professional Collection comes into yr 2, boasting their partnership with Samsung and now with much more gaming heavyweights may it’s that cellular esports are the way in which of the longer term?
