Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) is happy to announce the return of the Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas – the biggest eTennis match on the planet – for 2023. Again for its sixth yr, the match will as soon as once more be held on the world’s hottest cell tennis recreation, Tennis Conflict, from Wildlife Studios, following a change to the cell esports format in 2022. The cell recreation has greater than 120m downloads and final yr, greater than 238,000 individuals from 207 territories internationally participated within the eTennis match organised by FFT.
“We’re thrilled to announce the main points of our 2023 competitors alongside FFT. Persevering with our final yr’s profitable partnership, now we have created an much more thrilling and fascinating expertise for our gamers,” Dotan Arad, Basic Supervisor of Tennis Conflict. “By being a part of the Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas, we’re dedicated to offering our gamers with the perfect content material and experiences, providing them the possibility to compete at Roland-Garros, a dream come true for any tennis fan worldwide.”
This yr’s occasion will see eight finalists compete within the Grand Remaining at Roland-Garros itself on Friday, Might 26 with qualifiers enjoying for a share of the €5K prize pool. Seven of the eight locations on the remaining can be awarded to gamers coming from completely different qualifying occasions. In the meantime, the eighth qualifying place can be awarded to the winner of the 2023 Australian Open Tennis Conflict digital match, William Foster who additionally received the 2022 Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas occasion.
A full breakdown on how the eight finalist spots will been decided is as follows:
- 1 slot for the 2023 Australian Open Tennis Conflict winner William Foster
- 4 slots for the three open qualifiers, Open Qualifier #1 (winner) February 23 to 27, Open Qualifier #2 (winner) March 23 to 27 & Open Qualifier #3 (winner and runner-up) April 20 to 24
- 1 slot for the Ladies in Video games closed qualifier
- 1 slot for the Handigamers closed qualifier
- 1 slot for the “Twitch Neighborhood Conflict” closed qualifier
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In 2023, Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas will prolong its collaboration with Ladies in Video games – a world charity making gaming a greater place for ladies – and introduce a brand new collaboration with Handigamers – a French charity serving to individuals with decreased mobility to play video video games. Each of those organisations will host closed qualifying occasions that can see the winners participate in a one-month distant coaching program facilitated by French esport organisation, Workforce MCES, forward of the Grand Remaining.
Forward of the Grand Remaining, all eight finalists will even obtain the chance to attend an esports workshop courtesy of FFT, guaranteeing each participant is ready to present their finest efficiency on matchday itself. FFT is dedicated to creating gaming accessible to everybody and is proud to be one of many few organisations endorsing greater illustration in all phases of its aggressive surroundings.
In 2023, FFT will as soon as once more welcome again BNP Paribas because the presenting companion and Renault because the official companion of the occasion for the sixth and second years in succession respectively. Their continued help has helped to raise eTennis as a sport and contributed to a rise of high degree eTennis tournaments happening internationally.
“We’re completely delighted to be internet hosting one other version of Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas for the sixth successive yr and might’t wait to see how the competitors unfolds over the following few months” mentioned Aymeric Labaste, Head of Roland-Garros Worldwide Growth “Final yr, we noticed exponential progress on account of our change to a cell esport match utilizing Tennis Conflict by Wildlife Studios, and the introduction of our new match format. By our continued enlargement, we’re hoping to additional construct on the success of earlier years and cement our standing as the most important eTennis occasion on the planet.”
Any members of the general public all for signing up without spending a dime to one of many Open Qualifier occasions can achieve this through their smartphone or pill system through the Tennis Conflict app, giving many gamers internationally the chance to compete within the occasion.
About Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas
Created in 2018, Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas is the world’s greatest and most inclusive eTennis match. The competitors contains six separate qualifying occasions, together with 3 open qualifiers and three closed ones held in partnership with Ladies in Video games, Handigamers and Twitch group. The Grand Remaining options eight opponents and takes place at Roland-Garros on Friday, Might 26. In 2023, the competitors can be performed on the main video cell recreation Tennis Conflict, developed by Wildlife Studios. With this new format, Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas is positioned to extend curiosity and participation in eTennis globally.
About Wildlife Studios
Wildlife is among the world’s largest cell gaming corporations. In over ten years, it has launched greater than 60 video games, together with hits corresponding to Sniper 3D, Zooba, Tennis Conflict, Warfare Machines and Colorfy. Based by brothers Victor and Arthur Lazarte, the corporate’s video games have been downloaded greater than 3 billion instances throughout the planet.
Wildlife has over 1100 staff in 5 international locations all over the world, and plenty of positions accessible – particularly in recreation design, engineering and progress.