Is it possible to say that this co-operation between Tencent and PUBG Corp. Will turn out to a big improvement of mobile eSport?
Together, two of the biggest game companies and developers, Tencent and PUBG Corp. are doing their best to offer their fans a brand new event of the game - a tournament called PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds - for mobile users of the famous PUBG. This event, also called the PUBG Mobile Star Challenge, is a world-wide tournament where many groups of players from all over the world representing different regions will be brought together. There are six regions participating in the tournament in total, which are Europe, North America, South America, Korea and Japan, Asia, and China.
Before becoming the official representatives of their regions, the teams will have to fight each other in the regional finals first. The first one of those will take place from September 29 to 30, in Kiev. Team members are also required to be professional players or celebrities
The chosen teams from the six regions mentioned above will then compete with one another in the grand final, which is going to be held in Dubai later this year with the prize pool up to $600,000.
The company is having a five-year-plan for this very game to develop PUBG esports, including creating pro leagues for each region and revenue sharing for four major regions. Therefore, this announcement could possibly be one of the first steps of the plan.
Next year, PUBG Corp. intends to organize professional leagues in NA, EU, Korea, and Asia - the biggest regions. After that, based on how well the leagues work in those regions, the company will consider expanding them to other smaller countries and also continents.
This can also help other game developers of the similar game type in the mobile version in their developing progress.