ESE Entertainment - CEO, Konrad Wasiela.
CEO, Konrad Wasiela.
Source: ESE Entertainment.
  • ESE Entertainment’s (ESE) K1CK esports team has qualified for the US$1 million Apex Legends Championship
  • The winner in K1CK’s EMEA group will take home $102,000
  • Apex Legends is a free-to-play hero battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts
  • ESE is a Europe-based entertainment and technology company focused on gaming, particularly on esports
  • ESE Entertainment (ESE) is up by 8 per cent and is currently trading at $1.62 per share

ESE Entertainment’s (ESE) K1CK esports team has qualified for the US$1 million Apex Legends Championship.

The winner in K1CK’s EMEA group will take home $102,000.

Apex Legends is a free-to-play hero battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.

Teams begin the championship in the group stage where they will be divided into groups of up to 10 teams.

A round robin schedule will see each group compete against each other group before total points determine which 20 teams advance into their respective region’s championship finals.

The finals will use the match point format to award the $1 million among the teams. 

A total of 40 teams will compete in each of the North America and EMEA Championships.

A total of 30 teams will compete in each of the APAC North, APAC South and South America Championships. 

Konrad Wasiela, CEO of ESE, commented,

“Qualifying to compete on a global level in tier 1 tournaments with significant prize pools, such as the Apex Legends Global Series, is exactly what we had planned for K1CK. The team continues to execute and put us in a position to succeed. The entire ESE family will be rooting for the K1CK team come tournament time.”

ESE is a Europe-based entertainment and technology company focused on gaming, particularly on esports.

ESE Entertainment (ESE) is up by 8 per cent and is currently trading at $1.62 per share as of 12:37 pm ET.

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