This landmark event will occur from January 29 to February 2, 2025, at the Daiwa House PREMIST DOME, a 42,000-seat stadium on the outskirts of Sapporo.

The championship will feature top Apex Legends teams from around the world competing for a share of a US$2 million prize pool.

This significant move highlights the growing global reach of Apex Legends and taps into Japan’s strong fanbase and competitive scene.

The announcement was made during the Split 2 Playoffs in Mannheim, Germany, where the tournament saw peak viewing figures of 371,239, making it the 13th most-watched event in Apex Legends history.

John Nelson, Senior Director of Esports at EA Entertainment, expressed excitement about bringing the championship to Japan, noting the massive community support in the region.

“Apex Legends is an internationally renowned franchise, and it’s incredibly rewarding when we get to show up in the hometowns of our players and fans around the world,” Nelson said.

“The ALGS has a massive community in Japan, and we’ve seen all of the comments asking us to bring the program to the country, which is why we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the marquee event on our competitive calendar at the iconic Daiwa House PREMIST DOME.”

This event in Sapporo promises to be a highlight in the Apex Legends competitive calendar, offering a spectacular setting and high stakes for teams and fans alike.

ALGS IS GOING TO JAPAN! pic.twitter.com/75wxSoWRnb

— Apex Legends Esports (@PlayApexEsports) September 1, 2024

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They also became the first team outside of the usual triumvirate of TSM, DarkZero Esports, or Reignite to do so.

The South Korean trio of Lim “Obly” Jung-hyun, Lee “KaronPe” Min-hyuk, and Han “SangJoon” Sang-jun etched their names into Apex Legends lore with their unwavering consistency and commitment to their team composition, which notably included Wattson, a character long considered out of favour in the pro meta.

The Year 4 #ALGS Split 1 Playoffs Champions are @RC_REJECT

@obly99 | @KaronPe_APL | @SangJoon1117 pic.twitter.com/LZHKEi5YPN

— Apex Legends Esports (@PlayApexEsports) May 6, 2024

Despite Wattson’s defensive nature, they matched FNATIC for the most kills in the final lobby, proving their adaptability and skill.

In a fiercely contested series of matches, it seemed like multiple LAN champions DarkZero would once again snatch the trophy.

However, in the decisive game, a tough rotation for DarkZero led to a cascade of third-party engagements, ultimately giving REJECT the opportunity to dominate the final zone.

Reflecting on their victory, Obly explained their confidence in Wattson, highlighting her ability to defend areas and deter aggressive pushes from teams relying on characters like Bloodhound.

He also noted that recent nerfs to SMGs benefited Wattson and their all-mouse-and-keyboard team.

Despite acknowledging the perceived advantage of controller players, Obly emphasized the importance of team synergy, which ultimately led to their success.

The triumph wasn’t just for REJECT; it marked a victory for all mouse-and-keyboard players, with REJECT being the first all-MnK team to win an ALGS LAN since 2019.

Their win, along with the seventh-place finish of all-MnK team Aurora, showcased the strength of mouse-and-keyboard play in the competitive scene.

REJECT’s win not only shattered expectations but also served as a rallying cry for APAC North teams.

Obly expressed his belief that APAC teams have the potential to succeed but often lack confidence.

Their victory should inspire other teams from the region to believe in their abilities and strive for greatness.

As the season progresses, all eyes are now on the Split 2 Playoffs in August, although the location is yet to be confirmed.

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The hack, which injected cheating software into the gameplay of prominent players such as DarkZero’s Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose and TSM’s Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen, raised questions about the security of Apex Legends and its anti-cheat measures.

Following a period of silence from both Respawn and EA, Respawn has now released a statement reassuring players that steps have been taken to bolster security.

They deployed initial updates aimed at fortifying the game’s defences and ensuring a secure gaming experience, with further measures promised in the future.

This announcement comes as a relief to many players who had expressed apprehension and even uninstalled the game in response to the breach.

The incident also prompted speculation about the vulnerability of Easy Anti-Cheat, the software used by Apex Legends to prevent hacking.

However, Easy Anti-Cheat conducted its investigation and confirmed that no Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability existed within its system.

This suggests that the vulnerability lies within Apex Legends itself, potentially stemming from its modified version of the Source Engine.

Despite these reassurances, questions linger regarding the extent of the breach and its implications for the wider gaming community.

An update from the @PlayApex team: pic.twitter.com/fuwKYmHFVP

— Respawn (@Respawn) March 20, 2024

Respawn’s statement only vaguely references “a few” professional player accounts being hacked, leaving open the possibility that more players were affected.

Additionally, concerns persist about whether the breach originated from the game itself or through targeted actions against individual players’ devices.

In the midst of addressing these security concerns, Respawn also faces other challenges, including recent layoffs as part of EA’s company-wide restructuring.

As they navigate these challenges, players can expect ongoing updates and improvements aimed at maintaining the integrity and enjoyment of their gaming experience.

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Among the individuals are Miron “Effect” Novikov from Alliance, Kiryl “9impulse” Kostsiu and Lev “taskmast33r” Grigoriev of Aurora Gaming.

To fill in for Effect, Mikkel “Mande” Hestbek will step up, while Aurora Gaming will fill the spots of 9impulse and taskmaster with Jose “Uxako” Llosa from Entropiq and Keenan “Tax” Mackey from Myztro Gaming.

Welcome to ALGS: Championship 2023

Due to visa issues, we had to invite substitutes to participate in the Champs. Thanks to @Taxington and @UxakoTTV for help.

Important note: if @9impu1se & @taskmast33r can get a visa before/during ALGS, they will arrive and play. pic.twitter.com/YEIqGTvOlm

— Aurora Apex (@AuroraApex_GG) September 5, 2023

These visa related challenges mark another instance within a series of issues that have plagued the ALGS this year.

Back in May, several players were unable to attend the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs in Stockholm, Sweden, due to similar visa complications.

The frustrations stemming from these visa problems have affected both players and fans alike.

The general manager for the Alliance Apex Legends team Pontus “Chef P.” Bengtsson, released an update on the team and what things will look like at the ALGS Championship via his twitter account.

Short #ALGS update

Mande will start the group stage as our sub

Effect will come if we get VISA news before Friday

A prize cut split is already in agreement between Effect/Mande

The squad is confident no matter who plays, time to bring it home! #LongLiveAlliance pic.twitter.com/Ni08LLZChI

— Alliance | Pontus (@chefPontus) September 4, 2023

Despite these setbacks both Alliance and Aurora Gaming are still eligible to participate at the event.

However they will face a disadvantage because they will have to rely on substitutes who may not be as acquainted with the game or their teammates.

Unfortunately, Fire Beavers will not get to participate at the Championship at all, as none of their players received visas in time, leaving them with no choice but to forfeit their spot at the event.

The ALGS Championship marks the pinnacle of the year ALGS circuit.

This tournament will showcase 40 top notch Apex Legends teams from across the globe vying for a portion of the $2 million prize pool.

The ALGS Championship is scheduled to take place from September 6-10.

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The newly signed team, previously known as “Fire Beavers”, has earned its acclaim notably in the CIS region’s esports scene as a top-ranked outfit.

With Aurora’s backing, they now eye the grand prize in the much-anticipated ALGS Championship.

The team comprises of team captain and IGL Kiryl “9impulse” Kostsiu, Lev “taskmast33r” Grigoriev, Svyatoslav “ojrein” Korochinsky, and coach Nikita “clawz” Marchinsky.

They have cemented an impressive track record on their home front with several first-place finishes, reflecting a promising feat ahead of the championship.

Here is a mysterious story about a wandering beaver who fears nothing and is willing to take risks to achieve the highest results in his business.

Starting today @9Impu1se, @taskmast33r, @ojrein and @clawzzzy will officially represent our organization at Apex Legends… pic.twitter.com/SB43fkRptV

— Aurora (@TheAurora_GG) August 24, 2023

It’s now up to the squad to uphold and image and deliver on the heightened expectations within the esports community as they chart their course for the ALGS competition.

Since its founding in 2020, Aurora eSports has been clear in its mission: to foster remarkable teams and help them reach their potential in the esports sphere.

With this strategic move, cementing a position within the top tier of the CIS esports scene, the future continues to shine promisingly for the organization.

From an outsider’s perspective, this acquisition may signal an intensified betting field in the upcoming ALGS Championship.

The added firepower from Aurora eSports increases the competition pressure, thus making the event more thrilling than ever.

As such, the signing is not merely a win for Aurora and the signed team, but undeniably the esports industry at large.

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The Chinese-owned organisation signed the roster of Endeavour – an EMEA team that competed in the 2021 EMEA Split One Championship, where they finished in sixth place.

After disappointing results at the Apex Legends Global Series 2022 Split 2 Playoffs, 2022 Championship and 2023 Split 1 Playoffs, IG have made the decision to pull out of the Apex Legends professional scene.

IG have since released their roster of Cameron “noiises” Walker, Jake “Jmw” Walters, Martin “Graceful” Wongphrom and substitute Brrynn “brynn” Corbet.

We have carefully considered our position and sustainability in the Apex Legends space and have come to the difficult conclusion to step away from the title. pic.twitter.com/DultEfJSyS

— Invictus Gaming (@invgaming) February 20, 2023

With North American organisations such as Team Liquid, G2 Esports, Cloud9 and Spacestation Gaming also choosing to leave the Apex Legends competitive scene, there seems to be a worrying trend appearing.

Team Liquid were the first of the North American-owned esports organisation to pull the pin, with CEO Steve Arhancet taking aim at the ALGS and its organisers stating that Liquid “strives to only participate in games where the developers support the teams, so the teams can support their players in turn”.

The latest NA outfit to leave the competitive scene is Spacestation Gaming, with CEO Shawn “Unit” Pellerin saying that “without a fair rev share partnership to help with sustainability, it’s hard to justify continuing to invest”.

We are going to miss Apex Legends and watching our team compete, it really is one of the most entertaining esports.

Unfortunately, how the esports market is currently, without a fair rev share partnership to help with sustainability.. it’s hard to justify continuing to invest.

— Unit (@Unit_Shawn) February 13, 2023

Going into the EMEA Split 2, some 10 of the 30 teams that will participate are unsigned rosters.

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This occurrence is quite unusual for the Apex Legends community and the esports community at large. It is typical that players receive all their prize money almost immediately after tournaments. However, this particular matter of concern has sprung up for about four to five-month

This delay of payment caught public interest after the Australian player from Moist Esports, Ben “Wxltzy” Walton, revealed that he was going to compete at the Split One Playoffs LAN event, without being paid his previous winnings in July 2022 at the ALGS Championship LAN.

Esports commentator and co-owner of Full Squad Gaming, Jake Lucky, confirmed on December 28 that the players have finally been paid their winnings, which is suspected to be a result of the spiralling public attention it was garnering.

Yesterday Apex Pro Wxltzy complained about not being paid from the teams last LAN ($18,000 owed by EA/PGL)

Happy to say with the help of some public attention that the lads have been paid within 24 hours of posting

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) December 28, 2022

Reports also suggested that most of the players who were paid first and shortly after the public outcry were the players who had made the complaint to co-event organisers PGL, and those who had taken to their social media pages to disclose the situation.

The Danish in-game leader, Casper “Gnaske” Prstensgaard, from European esports outfit Pioneer, said on Twitter: “Finally got my prize money from the championship. Only took 5 1/2 months Fuck you @pglesports for making me spend hours solving this shit and the endless disrespect I received from your staff.”

“Only when I provided the legal actions I was gonna pursue did you do shit.”

Gnaske said that regardless of finally being paid, they still ran at a loss, as the value of the money has declined from all the months wasted without payment.

“During this time the currency conversation rate dropped heavily which lead me to lose around 2850 USD…”

Reports revealed prior to the Apex Legend event early this year, all participating players were asked to sign a “Prize Winner Declaration and Release” which stated payments of the winnings will be done three months after.

However, with how things later unfolded, it took more than just three months before the players were rewarded for their winnings.

Following this controversy, other players, coaches, and Apex Legends teams such as DarkZero and Cloud9 have also reported not being paid winnings in a much earlier event, the Split Two playoffs, which were in May 2022 in Sweden.

Gnaske urged players who are still affected to make a public outcry and make sure to constantly send them an email in this regard.

“Spam email them, it’s worked for everyone who’s been paid so far,” he said.

Currently, neither of the game organizers, EA nor PGL, have made any public statements reporting what the reason was for the delayed payment and why some other players from an earlier event are still yet to be paid.

This silence, however, has driven speculation that the organisers had no intention of paying and may only be doing so now because it was made public.

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The Split 1 Playoffs have already been scheduled to take place from February 2-5, 2023, at the Copper Box Arena, while the other two LAN events have also been confirmed for the London venue.

“In London we will crown our Champions,” EA tweeted. “Catch the best #ALGS teams in the world compete in the Split 1 Playoffs for a $1M USD prize pool at the Copper Box Arena from Feb 2-5, 2023.”

The Copper Box Arena is known to have hosted a handful of esports tournaments, as well as other sports events in general. The venues have been used for the 2012 Olympic, and DreamHack events for esports titles like Rocket League,? Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

The 2023 AGLS is the third EA-sponsored tournament circuit. It will have a total of the top? 40 Apex Legends teams from all regions competing for the prize pool of $1 million. The teams include:

Group A
100 Thieves (NA)
VZN (EMEA)
GameWard (EMEA)
Aurora (EMEA)
XSET (NA)
Moist Esports (APAC S)
ENTER FORCE.36 (APAC N)
G?DFIRE (SA)
LeaveNoWitness (SA)
PULVEREX (APAC N)

Group B
Alliance (EMEA)
Flora (APAC N)
HEC (NA)
Spacestation Gaming (NA)
FC Destroy (APAC N)
TSM (NA)
NORTHEPTION (APAC N)
NorCal Esports (SA)
DEWA United Esports (APAC S)
Fire Beavers (EMEA)

Group C
Fnatic (APAC N)
Acend (EMEA)
Pioneers (EMEA)
ganbare otousan (APAC N)
GHS Professional (APAC N)
The Guard (NA)
K1CK (SA)
Boogie Boarders (APAC S)
EXO Clan (APAC S)
NRG (NA)

Group D
Luminosity Gaming (NA)
iG International (EMEA)
fun123 (APAC N)
Element 6 (EMEA)
DarkZero (NA)
Chicken Sandwich (APAC S)
Team Singularity (SA)
Vexed Gaming (EMEA)
Crazy Raccoon (APAC N)
Esports Arena (NA)

The AGLS organizers already placed the first-place prize money at $300,000. They also revealed the tournament format, noting that all 40 teams will be divided into four groups with 10 teams each. And each group will play in a six-game series against each other at the group stage of the playoffs. Only 20 teams will make it to the finals.

The last year’s AGLS Split Two Playoffs were held in Stockholm, Sweden. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event did not have a live audience.

Ticket sales for the event have already commenced. Also, further reports on the tournament schedule will most likely be revealed in the early weeks of 2023.

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The most prestigious professional tournament for Apex Legends esports will feature a prize pool of $5 million (￡4.32 million), three international LAN tournaments and several modifications to the competitive setting from the previous year’s season of play.

The forthcoming ALGS will feature competition on two different levels: the ALGS Pro League, which is reserved for fully-fledged professional Apex Legends teams, and the Challenger Circuit, which is reserved for semi-professional clubs.

In addition, there will be a total of three LAN contests held during the event. The first live arena competition of the year, the Split 1 Playoffs, will take place in the early months of 2023 and it will be preceded by the Split 2 Playoffs in the spring of that same year.

The Year 3 Championship, which will be the most significant Apex Legends LAN event of the year, is slated to take place in the summer of 2023.

There is currently no information available regarding the locations of these LAN events.

Even though the basic structure of the ALGS will continue to be two Pro League divisions, followed by playoffs, the format of the circuit is going to undergo some revisions in the near future.

The number of teams in the Pro League in each region has been capped at 30 to guarantee the highest level of play. In the second year of competition, each region featured 40 different teams.

The 30 teams that will compete will be selected as follows: 22 teams will be invited directly, and the remaining eight teams will be chosen based on their performance in a preparatory preseason qualifier.

The teams that have been invited to compete in this year’s event were also disclosed. In the Pro League, renowned esports teams from all over the globe will compete against one another.

Some of these teams include Fnatic, Team Singularity, Detonator, Natus Vincere, 100 Thieves, TSM, Team Liquid, G2 and Alliance.

As a component of the environmental variability meant to foster greater engagement amongst both players and viewers, there are going to be Regional Finals on the final day of every regular season Pro League split.

The top 20 squads out of each region’s Pro League will compete in these games, which will be played in the match point structure that Apex esports aficionados are already used to from major events such as the ALGS Championship.

The winner of the final battle will have their spot locked down for the LAN.

In addition to that, the Challenger Circuit, which is the second-tier tournament, has been modernised. The schedule of the events will determine whether the champions of each Challenger Circuit game will secure an automatic berth to the Split Two Pro League or to the Last Chance Qualifier.

The ALGS has been steadily gaining a significant amount of interest ever since its first season, which began in the year 2020. Esports Charts reports that more than 630,000 viewers watched the conclusion of the ALGS Year 2 competition in June of last year.

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The player was among the three players in TSM that won five tournaments back to back in 2019 and 2020, which carved out the start of professional Apex Legends. One of such tournament is the Preseason Invitational LAN in Krakow, Poland. He was also recently ranked number nine in the list of top-earning players in Apex Legends with an income of $149,210.

Albralelie stayed with the organization as a content creator after departing the TSM competitive roster to compete with Team Liquid and then Cloud9. At the time, the player was branded a “quitter” for his frequent moves, but he later took to social media to explain that his move from TSM was not voluntary. Now the player seems to want to start his own team.

Besides the Apex Legends player’s prowess in gaming, Albralelie also has a knack for crafting plans in the middle of games and vocalizing his ideas.

Despite his leadership traits, the player never assumed a leadership position in his prior teams. There was already an established in-game leader in the three major competitive groups Albralelie had joined previously; hence fans were interested in how he would handle the role of a squad’s sole IGL.

This might be feasible if the player succeeds in creating his own roster; however, a similar opportunity could present itself if he holds the post of co-IGL in another established squad.

Before Albralelie’s announcement, NRG and its player, Aidan “rocker” Grodin, bade farewell to each other. NRG is regarded as one of the best teams in the North American Apex scene currently. The player announced that he was searching for a new team and went on to clarify that the search was not because he was dropped but as a result of a mutual agreement.

He simply tweeted, “I’ll be LFT for ALGS Year 3, No bad blood between me and the C9 boys. They are all great dudes and i’m glad I spent the last year playing with them but its time for me to look into other options. Looking to IGL my own roster/Co-igl an already established roster.”

Next year’s NA Pro League will definitely have some monumental changes due to the number of free agents available right now and the squads that need to replace players on their rosters before the competition kicks off its third year. Regardless of whether Albralelie forms his squad or joins a preexisting team, the player is sure to make an impression later this year in the third year of the Apex Legends Global Series. `

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