The Clash Royale League world finals are headed to Japan.

Clash Royale League World Finals head to Tokyo on December 1

Mobile game giant Supercell said the Clash Royale League World Finals will take place on December 1 in Tokyo, where the Finnish company will give away the lion’s share of its $1 million prize pool.

The Helsinki-based Supercell hopes that mobile game esports will take off as awareness of the competitive play around Clash Royale grows. It’s a real-time multiplayer online battle arena style game, and it is a big contributor to Supercell’s annual $2 billion in revenue, and it’s a major player in a mobile gaming market that research firm Newzoo projects could crest $70 billion this year. And it’s hoping esports can help it remain a top earner.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.