Twenty teams from eight regions all over the world are set to compete in the Summoner’s Rift, as Riot Games’ annual League of Legends World Championship begins in Berlin, Germany.
Europe is set to host this year’s Worlds, with the Play-In Stage and Swiss Stage to be held at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin, the Knockout Stage at the Adidas Arena in Paris, and the Finals at The O2 in the UK.
This year’s prize pool of $2,225,000,plus a portion of the total revenue from the designated event-exclusive sales, shall be split among the 20 teams participating in the tournament.
League players and esports enthusiasts can watch all the action unfold at the LoL Esports official website, Riot Games official streaming channels (Youtube, Twitch), as well as the official Tagalog virtual co-streams on Twitch to be hosted by content creators Maggiekarp of Bleed Esports and Blaire of Oasis Gaming.
Last year, spectators almost filled the entire New Frontier Theater in Quezon City for the Worlds 2023 Finals watch party hosted by Riot Games. Aside from the live broadcast of the Finals event in Seoul, the event featured a celebrity showmatch.
As of the date of this writing, reports are yet to surface on whether the event is to happen or not this year.
Heavy is the Crown
Following Emily Armstrong’s addition to the band as the main vocalist and the band’s release of their latest single The Emptiness Machine, Linkin Park is also featured in this year’s Worlds as the official artist for the Worlds’ anthem titled ‘Heavy is the Crown’.
After much anticipation, the song’s music video premiered last night by Riot Games on its official Youtube channel. With that, Linkin Park is the 11th artist to sing the Worlds anthem, alongside big names such as Imagine Dragons, Zedd, Chrissy Costanza and NewJeans who was last year’s artist.
In the face of mixed reactions from fans and critics alike, the band is currently on their world tour, with some of their shows reportedly being sold-out. The band even premiered the song earlier this week, during their Hamburg show.
The revamped American rockband is expected to perform the song on November 2 at the Finals’ show in The O2, and then release their new album ‘From Zero’ on November 15.
