PUBG Cell turns into newest Esports Nations Cup title

The Esports World Cup Basis has revealed PUBG Cell as the most recent title becoming a member of the inaugural line-up for the Esports Nations Cup.

The multi-national occasion happening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sees 32 nationwide groups dropping into the motion for an opportunity to be topped champion.

Revealed on February twenty fifth, the cell battle royale title turns into the 14th recreation named as a part of the event happening from November 2nd to twenty ninth. The PUBG Cell event takes place throughout the opening week from November third to eighth.

The opening stage of the event sees the 32 groups competing in a round-robin Group Stage with 4 teams of eight battling for an opportunity to advance to the subsequent stage. The highest 4 groups from every group advance to a 16-team Grand Ultimate, which options the Smash Level rule to find out the winner.

Much like different battle royale titles, the Smash Level format requires groups to fulfill a selected factors threshold earlier than being eligible to carry the trophy. The primary crew to fulfill the brink and rating a victory is asserted the champion.

PUBG Cell isn’t the one event on the Esports Nations Cup utilizing the Smash Level format. PUBG: Battlegrounds, happening in week two of the occasion, additionally requires groups to hit a specified factors whole earlier than scoring a Winner Winner, Rooster Dinner to carry the trophy.

Along with sharing particulars on the format, the Esports World Cup Basis has introduced how groups can guide a spot in the primary occasion. 16 groups obtain direct invites to compete, with 12 receiving invitations primarily based on their Nationwide Group Rating. The event organiser will distribute the 4 remaining invitations.

The Nationwide Group Rating awards factors to groups competing in high-profile PUBG Cell tournaments. The factors are shared equally amongst gamers, with the Nationwide Rating accumulating the factors of the highest 4 gamers submitted on a nationwide roster.

Regional qualifiers and wildcard slots decide the remaining 16 groups. Regional qualifiers happen from July tenth to twelfth, with a double-elimination bracket deciding which nations advance to the primary occasion.

Two qualification slots can be found for North and Central America, Western Europe, MENA, EECA, Central and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. For South America and East and South Asia, one slot is up for grabs.

PUBG Cell joins an intensive line-up of titles spanning a variety of genres on the Esports Nations Cup. All through 2026, the Esports World Cup Basis has introduced the likes of Apex Legends, Cell Legends: Bang Bang, and VALORANT as different titles for the occasion.

Regardless of the Esports Nations Cup that includes a rotating host metropolis mannequin, the occasion’s debut in Saudi Arabia and the governmental help of its organiser, the Esports World Cup Basis, is predicted to boost issues from the business. That is significantly surrounding the Kingdom’s human rights file and group sentiments relating to sportswashing.