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Apex Legends is boosting its ALGS Championship prize pool with bundle salesThe pool could rise to $3 million, but the skins aren’t cheap
The pool could rise to $3 million, but the skins aren’t cheap
For my pocket money placed into Panini’s pockets, I got a completed World Cup ‘94 sticker book. For buying one of four new bundles of items forApex Legends, you’ll now help fund the ALGS Championship prize pool up to $3 million.
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This is the first time that Apex Legends has adopted this kind of funding model for its esports tournament, and its following in the footsteps ofDota 2’s The International. EA will guarantee a prize pool of $1 million, and there’s a cap of $3 million on how high it can grow.
Mechameleon Bundle
Boared To Death Bundle
Wild Speed Bundle
Silverback Bundle
For each bundle bought, EA will add $5 to the prize pool. You can also buy all of the above combined in the Animal Kingdom Bundle, for which EA will add $20 to the pool. The bundles will be available to purchase from today until June 1st.
$5 going towards the prize pool isn’t a huge amount considering one of the above bundles will cost you 2500 Apex Coins. You can buy Apex Coins from the in-game store, with 2000 costing £16 and 4000 costing £32. There’sno option to buy 3000 or precisely 2500 Apex Coins.
The ALGS Championship prize pool is growing! We’re increasing the base USD $1M prize pool up to $3M based on purchases of bundles for the Apex Legends Global Series, available starting today!🏆 :https://t.co/9ssoc6X5fMpic.twitter.com/WL1BNww3r1— Apex Legends (@PlayApex)May 18, 2021
The ALGS Championship prize pool is growing! We’re increasing the base USD $1M prize pool up to $3M based on purchases of bundles for the Apex Legends Global Series, available starting today!🏆 :https://t.co/9ssoc6X5fMpic.twitter.com/WL1BNww3r1
I’m tempted to criticise it for those prices, but as always with microtransactions, looking at the responses to the tweet above will reveal a pretty even split between people saying it’s crazy expensive and people going “omg, im gonna get ittttt.” Who am I, with my six duplicates ofFranco Baresi, to judge?
Apex Legends season 9 launched a couple of weeks ago, introducing a new jetpacking character called Valkyrie and a 3v3 Arena mode. If you’re looking for some tips on the latter, check out Ollie’sApex Legends Arena guide.
