Not every tournament is a flashy affair with stadiums and screaming crowds. The vast majority of online gaming tourneys are smaller scale, with small cash prizes for those lucky and/or skilled enough to make it to the final round.
PlayStation's Open Series is exactly the sort of small-time tournament that aspiring pro-gamers can cut their teeth on. Open Series tournaments are officially sanctioned by PlayStation, take place in over 70 countries, and span 17 games including Mortal Kombat 11, Call of Duty: Warzone, and FIFA 21.
With over 16,000 tournaments under its belt, PlayStation knows how to inject a little friendly competition into your game sessions.
And now, PlayStation Tournaments; Open Series is expanding to include Apex Legends and Rainbow Six Siege, two giant online shooters that are both cemented in the esports community.
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Like all other Open Series tournaments, both Apex Legends and Rainbow Six Siege will have three-to-four weeks of open qualifiers before hosting a monthly final. For Apex Legends, it'll require teams of three, while Rainbow Six Siege teams will require five players to join a tournament.
Best of all, the Open Series tournaments aren’t just for bragging rights. There are real cash prizes for winners of either the open qualifiers or the monthly finals, and even if you don’t win, there are exclusive rewards for placing at the top and even monthly participation rewards too.
Winning in the Apex Legends open qualifiers will net your team $100 while winning the monthly finals will get your team $400 for first place, $300 for a second, and $200 for third. Rainbow Six Siege winners will have an easier time splitting their winnings across five players with an open qualifier top prize of $250 and a first-place monthly finals prize of $500.
Sign your team up today for your chance to win. Apex Legends Open Series begins September 1, while Rainbow Six Siege's Open Series gets started September 2.
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