Quake World Championships starts today, offers $1 million in Prize Money

Bethesda kicks off the Quake World Championships qualifiers today, offers $1,000,000 in prize money for winners of the fast paced arena shooter Quake Champions which is currently in Open Beta.

During the E3 Press event by Bethesda a few weeks back, they announced a tournament for the fast paced arena shooter Quake Champions, which is currently getting praise in open beta. The Quake World Championship kicks off today and will run until the QuakeCon in August. Players from around the globe will be able to battle it out against one another in an attempt to get a chunk of the $1,000,000 prize money which is up for grabs. They will compete in both Duel (Solo 1v1 Matches) and Sacirifice (Team Matches) in a number of rounds to determine who the best Quake Champions player (and team) is!

Later today we'll see the first round kick off over on the Twitch Channel, so we can see who will walk away with some cool prize money.

While registration for the event has ended, you can still play in the Closed Beta for Quake Champions. Just head over to the Official Site and get your key to start playing today.

Quake Champions World Championship Breakdown

Online Qualifiers for Duel Competitors

The top 32 Duelers from each region qualify for Regionals, to be played online.

• Duel Qualifier #1 o EU: June 29, July 2 o NA: June 30, July 2
• Duel Qualifier #2 o EU: July 6, July 9 o NA: July 7, July 9
• Duel Qualifier #3 o EU: July 13, July 17 o NA: July 14, July 16
• Duel Qualifier #4 o EU: July 20, July 23 o NA: July 21, July 23

Online Qualifiers for 4v4 Sacrifice

The top 8 Sacrifice teams from each region qualify for Regionals, to be played online.

• Sacrifice Qualifier #1 o EU: July 1-2 o NA: July 15-16
• Sacrifice Qualifier #2 o EU: July 8-9 o NA: July 22-23

Regional Finals, Duel and Sacrifice

The top 12 Duelers and the top 4 Sacrifice teams from each region qualify for the QuakeCon finals.

• EU Regionals (Leicester, UK): August 5-6
• NA Regionals (Burbank, CA): August 5-6

QuakeCon Finals (Dallas, Texas)

The top 24 Duelers who qualified online and 8 Duelers who qualified at QuakeCon (BYOC) will make up the top 32 players in the world to compete in the QuakeCon Finals.

The top 8 Sacrifice teams in the world will compete in the QuakeCon Finals.

• BYOC Duel Qualifying Tournament: August 24
• Finals: August 24-26

NOTE: All Qualifiers will be played on NA or EU servers. However, other regions can participate in these Qualifiers with higher latency. NA includes the Americas and Australia, and EU Europe, Russia and Asia.

Quake Champions is coming later this year to PC, but you can get involved by signing up for the beta right now to play it while you wait for the release.