Vainglory’s spring championships to take place at London’s O2

Vainglory’s spring season championships will take place at London’s O2 venue. Teams from North America and Europe will compete in the first unified championships for Vainglory, which is Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) esport game.

The event will take place in London from May 19 to May 21. The best six teams from North America and Europe’s best six will battle it out in front of a live audience to determine which region can claim the championship.


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Fnatic, whose brand new Vainglory team is in the midst of its first season, will host the event as London’s official Vainglory team. The top six teams in the overall Vainglory 8 points standings will qualify.

Early-bird tickets are available now for £10/$12.50, as well as VIP Packages for £69.99/$87.50, which include access to all three days of competition. Fans can purchase tickets at the early-bird rate now for a limited time on Eventbrite.

For fans unable to attend the event, the action will be streamed live on Vainglory’s Twitch.tv, Facebook, and YouTube channels. Vainglory is available for free on the Amazon Appstore, the App Store, and Google Play.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. 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.