KRAFTON Reveals Extra PUBG Continental Collection 5 Particulars

South Korean video game holding company KRAFTON has revealed additional details regarding the upcoming PUBG Continental Series 5 (PCS5).

The event, scheduled to begin in September, will consist of 4 regional tournaments throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Asia-Pacific. In complete, sixteen groups from every area will compete for a share of its $250,000 (£180,821) prize pool that has been allotted to every region.

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The corporate has revealed that PUBG’s crowd-funded prize pool initiative will return for PCS5. Utilising the ‘Pick’ Em Challenge’, followers will be able to earn in-sport rewards by predicting appropriate outcomes. To take part, fans will need voting coupons to vote on the outcomes. These can be obtained by purchasing thematic PCS5 objects or by watching the occasion.

KRAFTON has announced that 30 per cent of the revenue generated by means of the sale of PCS5 items will be added to the event’s overall prize pool.

Previous to the official event, each area will host its own set of qualifiers in order to compete in the PCS5 Grand Finals. In the announcement, KRAFTON defined how groups competing within the Americas can qualify for the finals.

This includes separate NA and LATAM open qualifiers and group levels. The highest eight teams from every sub-region open qualifier will compete towards the highest 16 teams from every sub-region’s ESL PUBG Masters: Section 2 Group Stage. In complete, the six greatest groups from each group will qualify for the PCS5 Grand Finals.

Teams that placed seventh - 14th will be able to qualify once more through a last probability qualifier, where the highest 4 groups will go to the grand finals. The open qualifiers kick off at this time (August eleventh) and conclude on August 18th.

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For the European section, qualifiers for EU West, EU East and MEA have already been revealed.

In addition, seven European teams, reminiscent of Fnatic, NAVI, Team Liquid, and FAZE Clan, have been invited to take part within the grand finals.

Esports Insider says: The return of the gang-funded prize pool is nice to see. The undertaking not solely will increase the quantity that groups will compete for, nevertheless it gages the overall curiosity of the fan base throughout the tournament.