Riot Games has announced the Teamfight Tactics: Fates Championship, the latest official tournament for its auto battler title.
Regional qualifiers for the competition have already begun, with the Fates Championship commencing on April 7th. In total, 24 players will compete in a new Swiss-play format for a share of the $250,000 (£180,755) prize pool.
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The Fates Championship’s new three-day Swiss format will continually shift team positions, according to rank, and prevents any team from being eliminated over a single lost match.
On its official website, Riot Games stated: “The Teamfight Tactics competitive community continues to grow and as a result, we are increasing both the amount of opportunities available to players and the prize pool of the event.”
Day one will sort players into three lobbies based on regional performance, with the top 16 players moving on to Day two.
Day two will feature five more rounds of Swiss play, sorting players once again into two lobbies based on their performance on the first day. Only eight players will move on to the final match.
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Day three will have players race to accumulate points. The first player to secure a win after aggregating 18 points will be declared the Teamfight Tactics: Fates Champion.
The prize pool will be divided among all 24 competitors, with first to third place winners receiving $41,500 (£30,013), $26,000 (£18,803), and $18,000 (£13,017), respectively. The lowest prize amount will be $4,000 (£2,893), for those placing between 21-24.
According to Riot, additional information about the event, including qualifying participants, will be released closer to the event.
Esports Insider says: Since hosting its first TFT tournament on Twitch in 2019, Riot has been relatively quiet about its auto battler. There’s a subtle balance between launching new titles and not cannibalising your own existing fan bases. The initial hype for TFT might have worn off, but not completely. The game, created to complete with Dota Auto Chess, still managed to draw over 13 million hours watched on Twitch this December. This new tournament will likely result in another popularity bump on livestreams, but that will be short-lived if Riot doesn’t host more regular competitions.