PC hardware manufacturer ASUS announced two big new global esports tournaments last week. Turns out both of them have UK-specific open qualifiers.
The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) Masters will include a $250,000 Dota 2 competition and a $250,000 CSGO tournament.
ASUS say the tournament will feature over 20 top pro teams along with aspiring amateur teams.
There will be four continental open qualifiers (Americas, EMEA, APAC and Chine) with 30 national qualifiers underway soon.
The UK open qualifiers don’t have a date yet, but the ASUS website currently states that more details are ‘coming soon’. The winners will take on invited pro teams from EMEA.
“ROG Masters returns this year as a global affair, inviting pro teams and amateur players from over over 30 countries across five continents.”
The Grand Finals will take place in November.
ROG Marketing Director Derek Yu said: “For over a decade ROG has been committed to providing the most innovative hardware to gamers worldwide, and last year we offered the gaming community an opportunity to live their esports dream by launching the first-ever ROG Masters.
“Thanks to extremely positive feedback, ROG Masters returns this year as a global affair, inviting pro teams and amateur players from over over 30 countries across five continents.
“ROG Masters 2017 is a momentous milestone for ROG and esports, and we are excited be part of the driving force for esports at large.”
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
