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Apex Legends esports will have $5M prize pool and return to live events

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Apex Legends official esports league is getting a $5 million prize pool and a return to live physical events (if conditions allow) for the coming year. EA and Respawn Entertainment‘s battle royale’s competitive slate will feature a mix off of online and physical events, crossplay competition, and pro/amateur battles.

The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) kicked off in June with a showcase of 170 of the best Apex Legends squads from around the world. The esports events are the tip of the spear for EA and Respawn’s efforts to grow the already large audience for Apex Legends. Earlier this year, the Apex Legends battle royale game crossed more than 100 million players.

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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.