PUBG Global Invitational 2018 – Event Review

From July 25 to 29, 2018, the international elite "PUBG" met in Berlin for an exchange of blows. We were there at the Mercedes Benz Arena, watching the Battle Royale show, talking to people in the field and interviewing creators about their plans for the future.

A hundred people equipped with parachutes jump from an airplane and land on an island, there in search of weapons and equipment, and then fight against each other until they reach the plane. only one participant or team remains at the end. With this mentioned "Battle Royale" principle, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", or "PUBG" for short, has become one of the most popular and best-selling multiplayer games on Steam in March 2017. The first successes in the competitive sector have not been slow in coming. For example, at the Gamescom Invitational 2017 in Cologne, 80 sizes "PUBG" fought for prizes of about 340 000 francs. But also at the Intel Extreme Masters in Oakland California in November 2017 and the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice at the end of February 2018, the shooter was able to prove his abilities in electronic sports.

The end of July 2018 was the next The first phase of this evolution was launched and for the first time a tournament with 7-digit high prizes was launched: the Global Invitational – the championship of the world for professionals "PUBG", so to speak. A total of 20 teams from around the world, previously qualified by regional tournaments, were allowed to play.

South America, for example, was represented by Savage ESports – a friendly team made up of two Argentinian and Uruguayan professionals. The Middle East was represented by the Turkish team Oyun Hizmetleri, teams from Southeast Asia from Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand were launched and South Korea, China and Japan each have two teams on field. Meanwhile, Team Liquid, Welcome to South Georgo (WTSG) and the Pittsburgh Knights competed for Europe, while Team Gates, Ghost Gaming and Honey Badgers qualified for the United States. In short: the international flair was guaranteed.