Cristiano Ronaldo Named Global Ambassador of the Esports World Cup 2025

Appointment of global sports icon reinforces the Esports World Cup as the premier stage for elite competition and the rise of esports as a global sport.

Esports World Cup Foundation and Amazon Announce Strategic Collaboration to Bring Esports Entertainment to Mainstream Audiences

By integrating the Esports World Cup with Amazon’s Twitch, Prime Video, Wondery, and Alexa, the collaboration will create new ways for fans to watch, interact with, and celebrate competitive gaming on a global stage

Esports World Cup: Level Up is coming to Prime Video on June 6th

A five-part documentary is shining a light on how the Esports World Cup provided an opportunity for the esports community to rise up like never before. Esports World Cup: Level Up is coming to Prime Video on June 6th, allowing mainstream audiences to experience the heart, talent, intensity, and sweatiness of esports and its community like never before.

Emmy-Winning Director R.J. Cutler's Docuseries Esports World Cup: Level Up Premieres June 6 on Prime Video

Groundbreaking Five-Part Series Chronicles the Inaugural Esports World Cup and the Intense Competition for a Record-Breaking $60 Million Prize Pool, Offering a High-Stakes, Character-Driven Look Inside the Future of Esports

Honor of Kings rejoins EWC for 2025

The wildly popular mobile MOBA title Honor of Kings is back for another year at EWC 2025. Last year KPL Dream Team made its way to the top of the HoK world, with the all-star team pulling off the victory without dropping a single map.

Fatal Fury: City Of Wolves joins the EWC 2025 Game Lineup

Fatal Fury: City of Wolves is the latest FGC title to join the Esports World Cup for 2025, and will remain on the roster through 2027! The title is developed by SNK Corporation, and despite the series being one of the OG’s in fighting game history, City Of Wolves is the first game to be added to the franchise in 26 years!

TEKKEN 8 is back for Round 2 at the Esports World Cup

TEKKEN 8 is back for seconds at the Esports World Cup in 2025. TEKKEN 8 at the Esports World Cup will bring together 32 of the finest players to ever pick up a fight stick for a spectacular showdown with a massive prize pool on the line.

PUBG: MOBILE Is Back and Ready To Go at EWC 2025

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile is back for the Esports World Cup in 2025! The game remains one of the most popular competitive titles available on mobile devices, and you are about to see why as the top PUBG MOBILE teams go toe-to-toe for the title and the prize pool!

EWC Adds Esports Staple CROSSFIRE the 2025 Lineup

From S.W.A.T. crime fighters to Navy Seal marines to Hidden Dragon undercover agents, mercenaries from all corners of the world are ready to prove what made them worthy of joining these elite forces — even if it means taking out each other.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at EWC: The OG Battle Royale Is Back

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds and its many attendant Chicken Dinners are making their way back to the Esports World Cup in 2025!

Rennsport is racing its way back to EWC 2025

Rennsport is returning to Riyadh for a third year in a row, joining the EWC 2025 its premiere racing esport event. Last year’s event saw Team Redline take the Team Championship and Team Redline member Kevin Siggy take home the Driver’s Championship. Now, a fresh battery of teams will look to conquer the R1 grid and unseat the reigning champs on Team Redline!

Free Fire returns to Riyadh for EWC 2025

After breaking Free Fire viewership records in 2024, the battle royale is back and looking to top last year’s hype and excitement in 2025! Will Team Falcons install a second key in the EWC Free Fire trophy, or will a new challenger rise up and take their throne?

Teamfight Tactics will return to the EWC lineup for 2025

Riot’s signature autochess battler, Teamfight Tactics, is returning to Riyadh for the Esports World Cup in 2025.

The StarCraft ll Legend Continues at EWC 2025

StarCraft ll is one of the greatest esports of all time and it will once again be featured at the Esports World Cup in 2025! Many esports have risen and fallen, but against the tides of time and the raging storms of this highly competitive industry — StarCraft ll remains.

Warzone is dropping into EWC 2025

After an electrifying outing in 2024, Warzone is redeploying into Riyadh to join EWC 2025! Last year featured an innovative format that took place on Rebirth Island.

Chess Is Coming To EWC 2025

Chess, the mother of all strategy games, is officially coming to the Esports World Cup in 2025.