PNC Arena in Raleigh capped a four-day esports weekend Sunday with the championship of Apex Legends Global Series Year 2. “Apex Legends” is a first-person shooter game produced by EA.
The Australian team DarkZero took home the win Sunday night.
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“If you like competition and you like watching people who are the best at what they do, this is non-stop excitement,” said Joe Lynch, head of content programming for Electronic Arts, said.
120 players of ‘Apex Legends’
The weekend competition was made up of 40 teams of three players each.
“We have players from all over the world that have been playing in events and tournaments for the last year, qualifying to get to this event,” Lynch said.
The tournament narrows down the 40 teams to 20 teams for the championship on Sunday, according to Lynch.
$2 million in prizes
Here is how EA plans to distribute the $2 million among the teams:
- 1st place: $500,000
- 2nd place: $300,000
- 3rd place: $200,000
- 4th place: $160,000
- 5th place: $120,000
- 6th place: $90,000
- 7th place: $72,000
- 8th place: $60,000
- 9th place: $48,000
- 10th place: $36,000
- 11th-15th places: $24,000
- 16th-20th places: $18,000
- 21st-25th places: $12,000
- 26th-30th places: $10,200
- 31st-40th places: $9,000
- Apex Predator (top individual player): $3,000