Up to now, the 2024 World Cup Esports is leaving many impressions, at least for the League of Legends community. The first is the extremely convincing rise of T1 or a series of strong teams like Gen.G, Bilibili Gaming “beach” early. Next, the bonus value of the tournament. According to the previous information, T1 received $ 400k bonus for the championship. This figure is higher than the MSI championship and is only 45k $ 45k lower than Worlds (the bonus for the 2023 World Championship is 445k USD). However, this may not be accurate anymore.
After winning the EWC 2024, T1 received $ 400k bonus
According to a source from LPL, which is famous for its information revealing the internal information of teams in the region, the EWC 2024 bonus will probably be increased by $ 1 million. If this is true, the total bonus of T1 will probably be increased by about 125k more USD, bringing the total value of Faker's bonus and his teammates to receive about 525k USD and turn EWC 2024 into a tournament with the highest total bonus value of League of Legends village in 2024.
According to LPL sources, the bonus for League of Legends will increase by 1 million USD and divide by 8 teams attending
In fact, in recent years, Saudi Arabia has invested quite strongly in eSports. In particular, Nigma Galaxy – the prestigious corporation of Esports village also belongs to UAE (United Arab Emirates). EWC 2024 is the first major Esports event held in Saudi Arabia and the success of this tournament can promise stronger investment in the future. Moreover, this area possesses a strong financial platform, can completely develop EWC into a large tournament of Riot's system in the future.
Esports in Saudi Arabia has a lot of potential for strong development
If the information about bonuses is real, it can be said that Saudi Arabia is trying to develop EWC in the best way. And of course, in this context, eSports teams are direct beneficiaries. Next is the audience when there may be a professional, highly professional playground developed in the near future.