Certainly, there’s no better way to beat the summer heat than a live esports event broadcasted to the entire world. Indeed, bearing this in mind, there are a tonne of events taking place from know until the end of September. Accordingly, we’ve done some research – take a look at our top 5 esports events summer 2022!
Before progressing, do note that this is an opinionated list considering multiple factors. Anyways, let’s get started!
#5 – BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022
- Dates: 19th to 28th August
- Venue: Offline (Location TBA)
- Organizer: BLAST
- Prize: $200,000
Starting our list is none other than a premier CS:GO event. Specifically, the Tier 1 esports is known to have a small break in August for players and organizers.
Accordingly, the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 will be an epic comeback for competitive CS:GO after this break. This could involve testing new roster changes, arising new winners for the season and upsets left and right.
Also, BLAST continues to host incredible events for competitive CS:GO – this one looks to be different with the best teams in the world competing for qualification into the subsequent Fall Finals event in November.
Check out the event page here on esportsguide!
#4 – CDL Championship Weekend 2022 – Esports Events Summer 2022
- Dates: 4th to 7th August
- Venue: Galen Center, LA California
- Organizer: Activision Blizzard
- Prize: $2,550,000
While the previous event kicks off the action from a break, the CDL Championship Weekend 2022 is the essential post-season event for competitive Call of Duty.
Indeed, the top 8 franchised teams from the Call of Duty League will be qualifying based on season points and hoping to cement themselves in the history books. As the peak of a competitive season, Champs is recognized for its viewership, moments and competitive intensity. All of this is celebrated by the huge prize pool which teams are playing for.
Furthermore, the winners earn rings and write themselves permanently as the best team of the entire season – in this case, CoD Vanguard.
Stay up to date with Call of Duty here on esportsguide!
#3 – RLCS 2021-22 World Championship
- Dates: 4th to 14th August
- Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth
- Organizer: Psyonix
- Prize: $2,085,000
Continuing with this train of thought, the RLCS 2021-22 World Championship is a similar kind of event. However, planning to be a little more epic and narrative, thanks to a longer format, the event ranks higher for us.
In particular, the very best international teams for competitive Rocket League will fight to be named the best – a huge total of 24 teams will be competing offline for the $2,000,000 prize pool.
Considering the international appeal of competitive Rocket League, we’re expecting huge viewership, an epic return to the offline stage with an awesome crowd and surreal plays – the only way to end a season of effort!
Check out the tournament page here on esportsguide!
#2 – VALORANT Champions 2022 – Esports Events Summer 2022
- Dates: 2nd to 18th September
- Venue: Istanbul
- Organizer: Riot Games
- Prize: TBA
While Rocket League remains a growing prospect, competitive VALORANT continues to cement itself and climb to a Tier 1 status.
Under the watchful eye of Riot Games, the second year of competitive VALORANT has brought with it an impressive amount of growth, community interaction and hence, we’re super excited for VALORANT Champions 2022.
Inviting the very best teams from across the entire world, VALORANT Champions this year looks to improve over last year, which was already an incredible event, in order to end Year 2.
Doing so, Riot Games has once again opted for a long format which really helps drive up the hype and makes the event incredible viewable thanks to matches being spread out properly.
Check out the tournament page on esportsguide here.
#1 – PUBG Mobile World Invitational 2022
- Dates: 11th to 13th August
- Venue: Riyadh Boulevard, Saudi Arabia
- Organizer: KRAFTON/Tencent Games/ESL/Gamers8
- Prize: $2,000,000
Topping our list is perhaps a surprising event. Not necessarily the top event of the season, this event is a celebration of competitive PUBG Mobile and mobile esports.
Heading into each PUBG Mobile event, we need to respect the support the esport gets from across the world, especially regions such as South East Asia and Indonesia. So much so, last year the event pushed over 1,000,000 peak viewers and hence, we can’t wait to see how this event looks to push the boundaries for mobile esports.
Also, the incredible prize pool of $2,000,000 also looks to crank things up a notch to a level we’ve never seen before.
Stay up to date with competitive PUBG Mobile here on esportsguide!
Other Events
To conclude, here are some honorable mentions taking place this summer:
- Six Berlin Major 2022 – R6S
- PGL Arlington Major – Dota 2
- FIFAe Nations Cup 2022
- Halo Championship Series 2022: Orlando Major
- OWL Summer Showdown
- LoL Summer Playoffs
We’ll be sure to provide viewership details for the top events this summer and even afterwards! As a note, remember that the likes of Worlds (LoL) and The International 2022 (Dota 2) kick off in October.
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