These mobile esports titles will ‘storm’ in 2020

2019 was a hugely successful year for mobile esports. With millions of followers at major tournaments like the Free Fire World Series, and ever-increasing prize money, mobile games are slowly establishing themselves in the esports scene.

However, mobile esports still has a long way to go. With many games like PUBG Mobile and Free Fire, 2019 is just the beginning. These games now face a new challenge, when it comes to convincing their players to be more passionate about esports. Meanwhile, they also have to attract new gamers.

As 2020 is just getting started, many mobile games already have big plans for esports. Here are the top 7 mobile esports games worth watching over the next 12 months.

PUBG Mobile

Unlike some games on this list, PUBG Mobile has revealed most of its esports plans for 2020.

PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2019 was a resounding success in terms of engagement and viewership. The Spring Split Global Final was the most watched event of the year, reaching 596,824 viewers and having a concurrent viewership of 221,491.

PMCO will continue in 2020 with PUBG Mobile World League. The total prize pool for this year is predicted to be more than 5 million USD. This will be the mobile esports with the highest payouts (excluding China).

PUBG Mobile’s esports segment in 2020 will bring many opportunities for amateur gamers in the region, along with PMCO and World League for semi-pro and professional players. PUBG Mobile Pro League will launch next year in the US, South Asia and Southeast Asia so fans always have an event to watch throughout the year.

Brawl Stars

Brawl Stars is among the new games entering esports. This MOBA game is developed by Supercell – the famous studio for the mobile esports games Clash Royale and Clash of Clans.

While the game has had community tournaments since its launch last year, the first Supercell-sponsored event – ​​Brawl Stars World Finals 2019 – took place only last November. The event attracted 93,989 viewers at its peak and averaged 28,694 viewers, according to statistics from Esports Charts.

In 2020, Supercell announces the Brawl Stars Championship. It will include monthly online and offline events. Players will accumulate points to qualify for the World Finals, which will take place in the fall of 2020. The total prize pool for the championship is 1 million USD. Fans will be able to contribute an additional $500,000 to the winnings by purchasing special in-game items – which will be announced ahead of World Finals 2020.

Free Fire

The most successful mobile esports game of 2019 in terms of viewership (excluding China) was Free Fire. Garena announced the first international event for the game in early 2019, the Free Fire World Cup. The tournament took place in April 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand with a record number of viewers. The award has averaged over 600,000 viewers and over 1 million viewers at its peak.

Building on the success of the World Cup, Free Fire World Series 2019 including regional leagues around the world. Taking place in Brazil last November, the tournament broke the record of the Free Fire World Cup. The award reached more than 2 million viewers and had an average number of 1.2 million.

While Garena has yet to announce an esports plan for 2020, the passion of the Free Fire community shows that the game’s esports segment is sure to go further.

Call of Duty: Mobile

Call of Duty: Mobile has only been out for a few months, but it’s already one of the biggest mobile games on the market. The game has 170 million downloads since its launch.

It may be too early to talk about the game’s esports side, but the number of community tournaments going on shows that esports is what fans want to see from CoD: Mobile.

Garena, the game publisher in Southeast Asia, has realized this and continuously organizes tournaments. Clan Invasion Tournament was held in Singapore and Malaysia. Call of Duty: Mobile Mission One is also held in Thailand by Garena and has a prize money of 6,600 USD.

WSOE’s Call of Duty: Mobile Creator Challenge is the biggest tournament for gamers in the US. The tournament features celebrities, streamers, and players from the region. The prize had a $30,000 prize pool and peaked at over 12,000 viewers.

Activision has yet to announce tournaments for other regions. However, with the competition from the FPS game and the enthusiasm from the community, it is only a matter of sooner or later.

Clash Royale

Clash Royale is aiming for a great 2020 with Clash Royale League. While fans of the game are waiting for official information for 2020, we can believe that the tournament will take place similar to 2019.

Clash Royale League is held in Asia, China, and the West, with the participation of famous organizations such as Fnatic and Team Liquid. Clash Royale World Finals 2019 was held in December with a total prize money of 400,000 USD.

World Finals 2019 had a peak viewership drop of more than 63% compared to 2018. Continuous viewership also decreased by 64%. Part of the drop in this number may be due to Supercell not giving away free items when watching the livestream at CRL World Finals 2019. In 2018, players received gold, crates, and gems when watching the livestream, helping to increase viewership. up a lot.

The game has a loyal player base and a stable esports system with many top esports organizations participating. Therefore, 2020 promises to be a successful year for Clash Royale.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) is the next notable mobile esports game. The game has hosted many tournaments over the past two years in Southeast Asia, a region where the game is extremely popular. However, in 2019, developer Moonton expressed his desire to expand the game to new regions.

The M1 World Championship has a $250,000 bonus. In addition to the seats in Southeast Asian countries, the prize is also divided among the US, Brazil, Russia and Turkey. M2 World Championship will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

This move comes after MLBB’s main rival, Arena of Valor, eliminated countries including the US from the Arena of Valor International Championship 2019 – Arena of Valor’s flagship international tournament.

Expansion into new regions will be a difficult challenge for developers when they have to compete with Riot Games’ League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot Games’ title is about to be released in 2020. And yet, MLBB has to face other games like NetEase’s Marvel Super War, a game that allows players to fight with superheroes in the Marvel universe.

Even so, Moonton is up for the challenge with the launch of MLBB 2.0. MLBB 2.0 increases game loading speed, polished interface and brand new map, with ambition to become one of the best mobile MOBA games on the market.

League of Legends: Wild Rift

The last game on this list is League of Legends: Wild Rift (League of Legends: Wild Rift). The game has not been released yet, but Riot promises the game will be available in 2020. Many leaked sources have shown that the gameplay of the game is similar to the PC version.

It may still be too early to predict the esports part of the game, but there’s a good chance that Riot Games will pursue it to the end.

In a recent interview, Hideo Hikida, a producer at Riot Games, shared with Mais Esports that Riot is happy that the community loves the game and is willing to please fans. That means if the community wants to see esports tournaments, Riot will give it to them, he adds.

For now, fans have to wait until the game officially launches before the tournaments are announced.

According to Dot Esports