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Leaders
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Leaders
Saudi Arabia Leads Charge in Esports with EWC_Extra Channel Launch
In a groundbreaking move for the global esports community, the Esports World Cup Foundation has launched the EWC_Extra channel on both X and Instagram. This launch underscores Saudi Arabia's pivotal role in advancing Esports worldwide. With a focus on live competition coverage, capturing the most thrilling moments, and delivering the latest news from the world's largest tournament, Saudi Arabia continues to set new standards in the Esports arena. Expanding Coverage and Engagement The EWC_Extra channel offers real-time content from 25 tournaments within the Esports World Cup 2025. It aims to reveal surprising moments from the competitions, showcase top player performances, highlight content creators' posts, and provide behind-the-scenes insights, pre-match activities, and more to the audience and Esports enthusiasts. This channel, alongside the main Esports World Cup channel, forms a dual-content system that ensures comprehensive coverage of the tournament events. While the main channel focuses on human interest stories and cultural content involving players, teams, fans, and talents, EWC_Extra focuses on the tournament's events, providing fast, direct, and specialized Esports coverage. As the number of games and events increases and competitions intensify, the demand for instant content about the Esports World Cup 2025 is skyrocketing. In just the first week of the tournament, viewership increased by 167%, while video views surged by 267%. Fan engagement continues to rise across all channels, especially with live broadcasts reaching over 140 countries and offering more than 7000 hours of coverage. This growth is further bolstered by the support of global stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Magnus Carlsen, contributing to Saudi Arabia's vision of offering a new concept in competitive gaming experiences within the gaming and Esports sector. Celebrating Champions and Rising Stars The first two weeks of the Esports World Cup 2025 witnessed intense competitions, resulting in the crowning of eight champions across various games. Team Gen.G continued its winning streak to claim the League of Legends title. Heretics secured a sweeping victory in VALORANT, while VK took home the Apex Legends championship. Redline maintained its dominance in Rennsport, and GO1 achieved a surprising win over the previously dominant Xiao Hai in the Fatal Fury tournament. Team Spirit lost only one match on its way to the Dota 2 title. Team Vitality maintained an unbeaten record to claim the ML:BB women's championship. EVOS Esports achieved a decisive victory in Free Fire, with the brilliant 15-year-old player Rasyah earning the accolade of best player in the tournament. The Esports World Cup 2025 continues until 24 August, featuring over 2000 players representing 200 clubs. They will compete in 25 tournaments across 24 games for massive prizes totaling over $70 million. Saudi Arabia's commitment to Esports is evident in its efforts to provide a platform that not only celebrates competitive gaming but also engages and excites fans worldwide. Short link : Post Views: 8
Arab News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Esports World Cup launches new social media channel
RIYADH: As the 2025 Esports World Cup continues in Riyadh, the Esports World Cup Foundation has launched EWC_Extra, a dedicated social channel on X and Instagram focused on real-time coverage, community reactions and key moments from inside the arena. Built for the community across EWC's 25 tournaments, EWC_Extra features play-by-play content from tournament upsets and Most Valued Player performances to memes, creator posts and behind-the-scenes access. In tandem with the main EWC channel, it forms a two-part content ecosystem to reflect the scale of the world's biggest esports event. While the main channel delivers human stories and cultural context, EWC_Extra stays focused on the tournament action itself. Running until Aug. 24, Esports World Cup 2025 brings together 2,000 players and 200 clubs competing in 25 tournaments across 24 games for a record-breaking prize pool of $70+ million prize pool. Backed by football legend Cristiano Ronaldo and chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, it is being broadcast in 140 countries. Two weeks in, eight champions have been crowned so far. Gen.G continued their winning streak to take the League of Legends title, Heretics won VALORANT in a dramatic reverse sweep, VK claimed Apex Legends with a final-game victory, and Redline defended their Rennsport title. GO1 delivered a shock win over favorite Xiao Hai in Fatal Fury, while Team Spirit dropped just one game on their way to the Dota 2 crown. Team Vitality were unbeaten to take the MLBB Women's Invitational and EVOS Esports triumphed in Free Fire, with 15-year-old wonderkid Rasyah securing the tournament's MVP award.
Campaign ME
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Campaign ME
Esports World Cup launches game-first social channel: EWC_Extra
The Esports World Cup Foundation has launched EWC_Extra, a dedicated social channel on X and Instagram to focus on real-time coverage, community reactions and key moments from inside the arena. Built for the most passionate community across EWC's 25 tournaments, EWC_Extra is the home of play-by-play content – from tournament upsets and MVP performances to memes, creator posts and behind-the-scenes access, capturing the competition match by match. EWC_Extra joins the EWC's main channel to form a two-part content ecosystem that reflects the scale of the world's biggest esports event. While the main channel delivers human stories and cultural context, including players, teams, fans, talent and entertainment, EWC_Extra stays focused on the tournament action itself: fast, direct and esports-first. Running through August 24, Esports World Cup 2025 brings together 2,000 players and 200 Clubs to compete in 25 tournaments across 24 games, for a record-breaking $70+ million prize pool. Backed by global icons Cristiano Ronaldo and Magnus Carlsen, and broadcast in 140 countries with over 7,000 hours of live content, EWC 2025 is redefining how competitive gaming is produced and experienced. Two weeks into the Esports World Cup 2025, eight Champions have been crowned and the stage has seen major upsets and dominant runs. Gen.G continued their historic streak to take the League of Legends title, Heretics won VALORANT in a dramatic reverse sweep, VK claimed Apex Legends with a final-game victory, and Redline defended their Rennsport title. GO1 delivered a shock win over favourite Xiao Hai in Fatal Fury, while Team Spirit dropped just one game on their way to the Dota 2 crown. Team Vitality went unbeaten to take the MLBB Women's Invitational. EVOS Esports triumphed in Free Fire, with 15-year-old wonderkid Rasyah securing the tournament MVP award. With more games, venues and storytelling than ever before, demand for real-time content has never been higher. In the first week alone, impressions have grown 167 per cent, video views are up 267 per cent, and fan engagement continues to rise across all channels.
