The next year, we created the first battle
royale esports league and became the second esport to ever air on broadcast television.
Beginning May 24th, 320 teams from the United States, Canada and Mexico will compete to be one of the three teams that will represent the North American region at the battle
royale esports event.
The battle royale genre has taken off thanks to game like Fortnite and PLAYERUNKNOWN»S Battlegrounds, and now that H1Z1 has laid the groundwork for battle
royale esports with the H1 Pro League there's no doubt the other games will follow suit.
Week 1 of the H1Z1 Pro League was an exciting affair, as 15 of the best H1Z1 teams in the world battled it out in two matches to determine who would stand at the top of the leaderboard to begin the inaugural season of the first battle
royale esports league.
This weekend marks the kick off of the very first professional battle
royale esports league with the H1Z1 Pro League Tournament in Las Vegas.
Not exact matches
We have all watched the dramatic rise of the battle
royale genre and excited to see the growth of those games as
esports.
H1Z1's King of the Kill mode, itself a known force in the battle
royale genre, recently leapt into the murky
esports water with a huge $ 300,000 tournament that's seen several teams invest in teams for the tournament.
In order to maintain its market leading position, NetEase has introduced a world championship
esports event for its mobile battle
royale games with teams from Asia, Europe and America competing.
The company says it will leverage its battle
royale and MOBA games to grow its
esports presence globally.
The
eSports scene for battle
royale is getting huge, so there's going to be a lot of opportunity for people with discipline who work hard and work well as a team.
Rumors suggest that the upcoming title will be
eSports - ready and might include a battle
royale multiplayer mode.
Helping to usher in the beginning of the revolutionary
esports league was actress Michelle Rodriguez, as she brought the same passion and intensity that her characters in the Fast and and the Furious and Doom film franchises possess to help kick off the intense action that was at the center of the 75 world class battle
royale players competing all at the same time.
Esports continues to be one of the strongest drivers of growth, with battle
royale the hottest new genre on both PC and mobile platforms.
NetEase confirmed they would invest RMB 1 billion ($ 160m) setting up an
esports gaming ecosystem for its battle
royale and MOBA games.
H1Z1 Pro League brings you the most adrenaline filled battle
royale spectacle to
esports, premiering April 21 from Caesars Entertainment Studios in Las Vegas and live on Facebook.
While a main goal of the H1Z1 Pro League is to provide content that is easy to understand and follow for viewers who may not know anything at all about the world of
esports or the battle
royale genre, the league is committed to creating and distrubuting content for the passionate and hard core fans who want to view every possible detail of the matches taking place.