The world's biggest gaming championship kicks off today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Around 1,500 global esports champions are heading to Boulevard City, competing for eight weeks for a record prize pool of $60m . 'The Esports World Cup is a major moment in esports history,' said Ralf Reichert, chief executive of the Esports World Cup Foundation.
'For this tournament to provide such big prize pools and to deliberately support clubs, that's an important source of funding for these organisations at the time and will be quite important in the ecosystem.' The lavish opening ceremony featured influencers Tyler1 and the UK's Danny Aarons live, as well as pyrotechnics and drone shows over Riyadh.
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