GAME has announced its first nationwide UK esports tournament which will take place in its new Belong competitive gaming stores.
The Belong Arena Clash Spring 17 season is a Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tournament with a prize pool of £1,000.
Not only that, but the winning team will secure an all-expenses-paid spot at the Call of Duty World League in Birmingham later this year.
“Belong Arena Clash is the first step for aspiring esports players to test their skill.”
The competition kicks off on March 11th and takes place over five weeks.
Players will be able to enter at five of the following Belong Arenas: Bristol, Gateshead, Hull, Manchester and Portsmouth.
It’s not clear what other tournaments GAME will run in the future, but you can expect them to make full use of their new arenas with other game tournaments.
The initial GAME Call of Duty tournament starts as an Arena Draft, where teams compete with locals to determine their seeding for the full Arena Clash season.
Players will get behind their local Arena ‘Tribes’ and go head-to-head with other regional arenas across the UK.
GAME is charging customers £5 to £8 to rent out its new gaming arenas
GAME first hinted at these Tribe teams late last year; Esports News UK interviewed Multiplay founder Craig “Wizzo” Fletcher about them.
“Belong Arena Clash is the first step for aspiring esports players to test their skill,” GAME said on its new Arena Clash website.
“The Arena Clash is open to anyone, just head down to your local Arena and sign-up to enter the Drafts!”
There’s more info and sign-up details on the official website here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
