The 2023 edition of Gamers8, one of the biggest esports and gaming festivals, is coming with a record prize pool of more than $30 million. This year’s gaming festival promises to be even better and bigger. It will be an 8 week long gaming festival beginning on July 6.
Entitled Gamers8: The Land of Heroes for 2023, the gaming festival will host several entertaining events, such as esports competitions, live music performances, community gaming, and other activities.
The full details of this summer’s elite competitions and entertainment calendar will be released soon. If you are interested, stay tuned.
Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan, Chairman of the Saudi Esports Federation, said,” Gamers8: The Land of Heroes is going to be the destination this summer, and we are delighted to welcome the elite of the esports world to Riyadh.”
Last year’s Gamers8 saw 1.4 million visitors and around 132 million people watched the elite competitions. It held esports competitions of five top titles, including Rocket League, Dota 2 Riyadh Masters, Fortnite, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and PUBG Mobile. 392 professional players and 113 international professional teams participated in esports tournaments hosted in gamers8 2022.
The Gamers8 festival is organized by Saudi Esports Federation, the regulating body in charge of nurturing elite gaming athletes in Saudi Arabia.