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Six Invitational: The premier annual Rainbow Six Siege tournament hosted by the game's developer Ubisoft Entertainment. Worldwide 2017–present SMITE World Championship: The flagship tournament for SMITE, a third-person MOBA developed by Hi-Rez Studios. The tournament (currently) involves 14 teams from 6 regions and US$1 million in prize money.
Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.
An American organization, [2] DarkZero Esports was founded in 2018 by Zachary Matula. [3] A private equity investor, Matula previously worked as a trader. [4] Matula was the CEO of DarkZero until September 2021, when Don Kim filled the role; Kim previously served as the CEO of TSM (then known as Team SoloMid), another American esports organization. [4]
The Six Invitational 2020, in February 2020, had the highest prize pool in all of Rainbow Six with $3,000,000 split among 16 teams, with the victors, Spacestation Gaming from North America, taking home the lion's share of $1,000,000. [93] The Six Invitational 2020 also announce enormous changes to both the game itself and the competitive scene.
The SSG Rainbow Six: Siege team continued their winning streak on February 17, winning the Six Invitational in Montreal, making them World Champions and earning $1 million. [31] The championship was the first time in over three years that a North American team won a major tournament in the league. [ 32 ]
Ninjas in Pyjamas started to compete on Valorant in April 2020 by re-signing their former Paladins 2019 world champions roster. [15] However, that first roster did not last long, and in July 2020 the organization announced a completely revamped roster made of former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pros CREA, Fearoth, luckeRRR and Rhyme as well ...
Team Liquid also has Rainbow Six Siege, Free Fire and female Valorant teams in Brazil, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang rosters in Indonesia and the Philippines and chess grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen representing the organization.
Operation Black Ice, the inaugural season of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, was released on 2 February 2016. The Operation introduced a new map, a frozen yacht in Canada. It also introduced two Canadian Operators from the "Special Operations Force" Joint Task Force 2, Frost and Buck.