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Let the hype begin – the League of Legends World Championship is officially underway with the play-ins stage in Berlin, and Riot Games has revealed the Summoner’s Cup Trophy Carrier, Worlds 24 song and more.
Custom Mercedes-Benz electric G-Class to take the Summoner’s Cup from Berlin via Paris to London
Mercedes-Benz has celebrated the start of the League of Legends 2024 World Championships in Europe and has presented this year’s trophy carrier.
As the official automotive partner of all global League of Legends Esports events, Mercedes-Benz will accompany Worlds 2024 from Berlin via Paris to the Final in London.
The new trophy carrier of the Summoner’s Cup is the new electric G-Class. It will transport the trophy to the Worlds 2024 Final in November taking place in London.
The trophy carrier is a unique vehicle, equipped by the in-house Manufaktur customisation programme, boasting unique personalisation options as well as exclusive paint finishes and interior parts.
The G‑Class features a Worlds logo stitched on the head cushions, and it has a uniquely manufactured trunk module to safely transport the Summoner’s Cup.
Besides presenting the trophy carrier, Mercedes-Benz is providing exclusive championship rings, which have been designed in cooperation with League of Legends publisher Riot Games, for the Worlds winning team.
Furthermore, with the start of the tournament, Mercedes-Benz is launching Mercedes-Benz is launching its new campaign reflecting the Worlds 2024 motto: ‘Make Them Believe.’
In addition to the partnership with League of Legends publisher Riot Games, Mercedes-Benz Korea is sponsor of the team ‘T1’, led by superstar Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok. The Korean team T1 was crowned Worlds 2023 World Champion in Seoul last year and will look to defend their title in 2024.
Chris Greeley, Global Head of LoL Esports at Riot Games, said: “We are thrilled that Mercedes-Benz is presenting an electric G-Class as the Trophy Carrier at Worlds 24. With the personalised highlights, it perfectly reflects our values and the ones of the League of Legends community: an innovative spirit, forward-driven mindset and passion for precision.”
Bettina Fetzer, Vice President Communications & Marketing, Mercedes-Benz AG, added: “As a long-standing partner of League of Legends Worlds, we are particularly excited to welcome one of the world’s biggest esports events in Berlin, Paris and London. Together with Riot, we are looking forward to creating unique and memorable moments for the community and to making the world believe in the outstanding performance of all athletes participating.”
EMEA off to a winning start as MDK defeat Vikings in game one of Worlds 2024
LEC team Mad Lions Koi (MDK) swept aside Vietnamese side Vikings 2-0 in game one of the play-ins at Worlds 2024 in Berlin today.
ADC Supa and jungler Elyoya were on fire, with 7/0/9 and 7/2/9 KDAs in game one, and 13/2/6 and 7/1/14 KDAs in game two, respectively.
MDK will now face either PSG or Pain Gaming on September 27th. Win that, and they’ll join fellow EU sides G2 and Fnatic in the swiss stage.
Worlds 2024 will be held in three European capitals from today (September 25th 2024) to November 2nd.
The tournament will start with the Play-ins and Swiss stage in Berlin, followed by the Knockout in Paris. London will host the Final of League of Legends Worlds 2024.
And at the Mercedes-Benz dealership Salzufer, Berlin, fans can join an exclusive Worlds 2024 viewing experience on finals day.
We’ll be back with an interview with Elyoya soon.
Worlds 2024 song ‘Heavy is the Crown’ by Linkin Park releases
It’s official: nu-metal pioneers Linkin Park are the official band behind this year’s Worlds anthem, titled ‘Heavy is the Crown’.
The animated music video has dropped below.
The song will also be on Linkin Park’s upcoming album, ‘From Zero’, which drops on November 15th 2024. It also comes after the band announced Emily Armstrong as their new singer earlier this month, replacing Chester Bennington who passed away in 2017.
“This is a call for greatness to all of the would-be rulers ready to claim the crown for themselves,” read a blurb in the song’s YouTube description.
‘Heavy is the Crown’ has been written by Linkin Park and Mike Elizondo, produced by Mike Shinoda and co-produced by Colin Brittain and Brad Delson, with additional production by Mike Elizondo. It was mixed by Rich Costey and mastered by Emerson Mancini.
The music video was created in partnership with Eddy and made at Brunch Studio.
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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.
