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Esports platform G-Loot <\/strong>has teamed up with game developer Riot Games <\/strong>to launch an official off-season VALORANT esports tournament. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The inaugural G-Loot VALORANT Clash<\/strong> will take place from October 19th-27th and features a $50,000 (~\u00a346,625) prize pool.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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- G-Loot secures $56M in funding round<\/a><\/li>\n
- G-Loot announces $50,000 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS tournament<\/a><\/li>\n
- VALORANT Champions 2022 becomes the game’s most-viewed esports event<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \n
The tournament will feature qualifiers and a grand final that is set to take place in Stockholm, Sweden from October 25th-27th. In addition to the qualifying teams, VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA partner teams will receive invitations.
G-Loot is no stranger to hosting tournaments. In February, the platform hosted the G-Loot Series 5 PUBG: Battlegrounds <\/a>tournament. Moreover, in recent years, the company has collaborated with the likes of Tencent and Electronic Arts. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \nBack in 2020, G-Loot secured $56m (~\u00a352.2m) in funding<\/a>. The financing was primarily used to continue its expansion across platforms and into new markets.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nAccording to announcements by both G-Loot and Riot Games, The Clash is part of a wider series of VALORANT off-season tournaments taking place. This could potentially see Riot Games collaborate with a number of tournament organisers to operate VALORANT events outside of its offerings.
Prior to the VALORANT off-season, Riot Games also revealed that its VALORANT Champions 2022 event was the title’s most-viewed esports event in its history.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n \nSimon Sund\u00e9n<\/strong>, Vice President and Head of Esports at G-Loot<\/strong>, spoke on the deal: \u201cWe are extremely proud to have entered a partnership with Riot Games for the VCTOFF\/\/Season.
“Part of what makes G-Loot special is that we want to open esports up to a wider audience. Our hope is that G-Loot VALORANT Clash will soon see even more new teams playing. We\u2019ve seen a lot of players starting their journey on G-Loot to eventually become pros. We look forward to seeing underdog stories in this tournament as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image credit: G-Loot, Riot Games Esports platform G-Loot has teamed up with game developer Riot Games to launch an official off-season VALORANT esports tournament. The inaugural G-Loot VALORANT Clash will take place from October 19th-27th and features a $50,000 (~\u00a346,625) prize pool. The tournament will feature qualifiers and a grand final that is set to … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":128111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,239,55,106,237,8713,8701,8723],"tags":[9955,6519,273,8734],"class_list":["post-128110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial","category-europe","category-esports-titles","category-latest-news","category-news-by-region","category-partnerships-sponsorships","category-shooters","category-valorant","tag-esports-partnership","tag-g-loot","tag-riot-games","tag-valorant"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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