Retailer GAME has announced its new wave of Belong Arena Clash grassroots esports tournaments.
It’s moving into League of Legends and Overwatch, after its successful first Call of Duty Arena Clash won by Manchester Swarm.
The second Arena Clash season will feature a £3,000 prize pool for Overwatch (£1,800 for the winner and £1,200 for the runner-up) and a £2,500 for LoL (£1,500 and £1,000 for first and second place).
CoD: Infinite Warfare will return with a £1,200 first prize and £800 for the runners-up.
This means there’s £7,500 up for grabs in total. Plus, participants will also be able to win exclusive Tribe jerseys, other merch and the Arena Clash trophy.
Sign ups open on June 16th and close on June 26th. The season starts on July 12th.
The qualifiers are:
- League of Legends – June 28th
- Overwatch – June 29th
- Call of Duty – June 30th
There are ten GAME Tribes taking part, representing their local areas and stores. They are as follows:
- Bristol Smugglers
- Cardiff Saints
- Craigavon Kestrels
- Humber Hunters
- Kingston Harriers
- London Lionhearts
- Manchester Swarm
- Portsmouth Pirates
- Teesside Steelers
- Tyneside Guardians
Players must be over 16 to take part, or over 18 for the CoD tournament.
More info is over at belong.gg
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.
