The Twitch Rivals PUBG EMEA Showdown will get underway on Friday December 9th 2022 from 5pm GMT, with a mix of streamers doing battle.
To celebrate the launch of Vikendi Reborn map in PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton Inc has announced the Twitch Rivals: PUBG EMEA Showdown – an online competition featuring 64 Twitch streamers from across EMEA.
Teams will compete in four high-stakes matches for a share of the $100,000 prize pool.
Eight key streamers have been chosen as team captains. These include:
- DanucD (CEE)
- GaGOD (UK)
- KayzahR (DACH)
- LittleBigWhale (FR)
- Mithrain (TR)
- Moonryde (IT)
- WackyJacky101 (Nordics)
- xxxthefocusxxx (SP)
These captains will draft rosters from a pool of available players to compete. There will be three matches contested by eight-person squads, and one match with a 32v32 platoon showdown.
The streamers will be fighting it out over four matches, each with unique game settings, its own prize pool and champion.
The event will be broadcast on the Twitch Rivals channel, and the community can also tune in on the channels of the eight captains who will all be streaming their matches.
There will also be exclusive event Twitch Drops. Fans are required to link their Krafton ID to their Twitch accounts here to claim the following items:
- Angry Chicken T-shirt
- Back 2 Lobby Spray
- Twitch Rivals Spray
- Twitch Rivals Bomber Jacket
PUBG has some solid esports talent. Earlier this year, Team UK won the PUBG Nations Cup 2022, with vard named tournament MVP.
Begüm Gürses, brand experience manager at Krafton Inc said:
“After the success of the Twitch Rivals: PUBG Turkey Showdown, we’re very happy to be able to bring our entire EMEA community together in this new event. I hope all of you will be able to join the stream to get cool items and cheer on your favorite streamers.”
Begüm Gürses, Krafton Inc
Robin Allemand, head of Twitch Rivals, commented: “Twitch Rivals competitors compete for the chance to enter Twitch history, earn bragging rights, prizes and, most of all, have fun. Twitch Rivals for PUBG: Battlegrounds will see some of Twitch’s most renowned streamers fragging out and taking names, hosted by fan-favorite casters who will break the action down for you every step of the way. “
Tune in at 5pm GMT on Friday December 9th 2022 at twitch.tv/twitchrivals to watch
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.
