The 2024 Esports World Cup (EWC) is heating up in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, as both players and enthusiasts are excited for the hotly anticipated finals of three games.
Running from July 3 to August 25, the multi-game tournament features 23 events across 22 video game titles. It attracts top gamers from around the world to Riyadh, all competing for a prize pool of 60 million U.S. dollars.
There are three events every week, each for a different game, with the finals held at the end of the week. In week six of the competition, which began on Aug 8 and concluded on Aug 11, teams were all out on efforts in three popular video games, namely "Fortnite", "Street Fighter 6", and "Teamfight Tactics".
Founded by a group of passionate gamers and visionaries, Al Ula Esports was one of the players of the Fortnite competition.
"We follow a professional mode of training. We train, develop and learn something new every day. We train for six to seven hours on a daily basis. In addition to training, players must be talented and have certain technical abilities. We have four Saudi players including player Hero (nickname), Adapter (nickname), Mansour and Fahad," said the coach of the team Meshal Howyeshil.
Esports World Cup in Riyadh heats up with three anticipated finals
