Saudi Arabia Prince Hosts A $10 Million Charity Gaming Tournament For PUBG Mobile And Other Games To Fight Coronavirus

The Saudi Arabia prince, Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Sultan, who is also the chairman of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports, announced Gamers Without Border, a $10 million charity tournament for the most popular games in the world including Call of Duty, Fortnite, PUBG MOBILE, FIFA 20, Apex Legends, Clash Royale, Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, and Rocket League.

The tournament is held with the purpose to unite gamers from all around the world to fight the coronavirus outbreak. It will last for 7 weeks, starting from April 24 to June 7. Each week features an amount of $2 million prize pool for the winners.

Players and teams who win will get to choose among the top international charities to donate the prize money and help people on the front-line who are fighting the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Not only pro gamers but the audience who watch the stream of the tournament can also make their own contributions by donating to charities through the website of the tournament www.gamerswithoutborders.com. Even the sponsorship revenue during the tournament will be all donated to charities as well. The stream will start 7 days from now.

Anyone can join this tournament, but they will have to go through global community tournaments first to be able to compete with pro players/teams and grab a part of the $10 million prize pool. There will be different kinds of format for players to choose from including Play-as-you-go, Marathons, and Games of the Week.

All the matches will be streamed in 8 different languages, including Arabic, English, and Mandarin. ESL will support the technical aspect of the tournament.

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