PUBG's Global Invitational proved that battle royale esports are here to stay

We’re in the middle of a heatwave. Outside, the streets of Berlin are parched from the sun, the haze making the roads look like a distant dream viewed through a window. I’ve spent the past two days in a toasty arena watching PUBG. It’s a different kind of heat in here - ignited by one of the biggest games on the planet bringing thousands of fans together to cheer on a high-stakes competition for the first time. 

The battle royale’s first Global Invitational kicked off at the Mercedes Benz Arena, on July 25, and while the game is still taking its first, tentative steps into the world of esports, it’s starting to show promise. 

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The day before the tournament started, PUBG Corp announced a five-year roadmap for esports, which it hopes will cement its position in this new venture. The pros weren’t informed of this decision until after the press conference, but for the teams here without the backing of an organisation, the news came as a pleasant surprise. 

There’s a running joke among the PUBG community - one repeated by PlayerUnknown himself - that the game is not esports ready, but it appears PUBG Corp was out to prove people wrong with its first Global Invitational. Thousands of people came to view the first four games of the third-person perspective (TPP) tournament, and while they didn’t fill out the entire stadium, you wouldn’t have guessed otherwise. 

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