DreamHack Valencia will crown the first ever Wild Circuit: Game Changers champions from a pool of Europe, Turkey and North Africa’s top women Wild Rift competitors.
This is part of ESL Faceit Group and Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Pro Series, which will host its first multi-title live event at DreamHack Valencia, and UK talent will feature.
From December 9th to 11th 2022, top League of Legends: Wild Rift competitors from Europe and North Africa, and Brawl Stars teams from Europe, Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) will gather at the Valencia Fair in Valencia, Spain, to face off in the Season 2 finals of the Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Challenge.
Women’s Wild Rift players from the UK taking part in the online stages include Mae for Connecting Esports Angels, sub Clomy for the same team, and Ktee, a sub for Formulation Gaming Queens. You can see more teams and players at the Wild Circuit Game Changers tournament at DreamHack Valencia on Liquipedia.
Outside of the finals, WLG also have UK ADC/mid player and team captain Emoxen.
UK org Rix.GG (who have UK player Snitch) are also taking part in the Wild Rift Snapdragon Mobile Challenge finals.
“We’re excited for fans to witness all the thrills and wild plays that mobile esports is known for – whilst ourselves being proud of the strong ties to inclusion and diversity that both Game Changers and the Snapdragon Pro Series are driving.”
Maximilian Wischow, Riot Games
This women’s tournament for the mobile League of Legends game, Wild Rift, is separate to Riot’s plans to introduce a full women’s circuit for League of Legends on PC.
In Brawl Stars, Tribe Gaming EU has multiple UK competitors, while casters Ark and Teddy are also from the UK.
Throughout the weekend, teams will compete across three tournaments:
- Day 1 – Wild Circuit: Game Changers: DreamHack Valencia marks the first championship for the women’s Wild Rift ecosystem, which rallies the best women competitors from Turkey, Europe, and North Africa as they compete for nearly $18,000 in prize money
- Day 2 – League of Legends: Wild Rift EUR & North Africa Finals: Top European and North African talent from the Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Challenge circuit will battle to be crowned the new championship team and claim the lion’s share of the total USD $30,000 prize pool
- Day 3 – Brawl Stars EUR & MENA Finals: Competitors from across the region will convene for the Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Challenge title and share of a USD $38,000 in one of the top rising mobile esports titles
The news follows Gamescom 2022, where UK Brawl Stars players competed in the Snapdragon Pro Series Live Challenge Finals, and the Snapdragon Pro Series Season 2 which featured UK casting talent such as iTzSTU4RT.
It also comes after Riot decided to combine the European/North African and Turkey regions in Wild Rift ‘to increase the level of competitiveness across all regions’.
DreamHack Valencia will also provide competitors with info on how to earn qualifier points for the Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Masters circuit – while competing to add to the points they have been earning throughout the season.
Throughout Season 2, Snapdragon Pro Series competitors will earn on average 20% more points on their Road to Masters than Season 1, making each victory count. A full breakdown of points earned per placement can be found in this Snapdragon Pro Series points allocation chart:
The DreamHack Valencia LAN of course will include other tournaments such as the CSGO ESL Masters Espana, as well as other tournaments in League of Legends, Valorant, Minecraft, Fortnite, Rocket League and more.
“We’re always eager to put the women of the Wild Rift community into the international spotlight – and hosting the finals of the Wild Circuit Game Changers at DreamHack Valencia is a fantastic opportunity to do this,” said Maximilian Wischow, EMEA product lead for organised play and Wild Rift esports at Riot Games.
“We’re excited for fans to witness all the thrills and wild plays that mobile esports is known for – whilst ourselves being proud of the strong ties to inclusion and diversity that both Game Changers and the Snapdragon Pro Series are driving.”
“Scaled across three days and some of the most popular titles, mobile esports competition will be a focal point of DreamHack Valencia and will be one of our most impactful events to date,” added Kevin Rosenblatt, SVP of game ecosystems at ESL Faceit Group.
“Building upon the growth and momentum of the Snapdragon Pro Series, this event will showcase how access to mobile esports provides one of the most diverse pools of competitors in gaming. We’re looking forward to continuing to build upon this program and deliver more opportunities for players to climb the ranks and raise the global profile of mobile esports.”
For more information or to purchase tickets to DreamHack Valencia, visit www.dreamhack.es, and for details on the Snapdragon Pro Series, visit snapdragonproseries.com.
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.
