Apex Legends<\/em> may have been released just a few days ago, but that isn’t stopping Respawn Entertainment and Twitch from teaming up to host the game’s first official big-money tournament.<\/p>
The Twitch Rivals Apex Legends<\/em> Challenge was announced yesterday on a Twitch blog<\/a>. It will be a two-part competition on Feb. 12 and 19, featuring 48 Twitch streamers and a $200,000 prize pool. <\/p>
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These streamers will be broken down into 16 three-player teams fighting for points. Five points will be awarded for winning a match, while players will earn one point for each kill. The event will be streamed from the TwitchRivals<\/a> account, as well as each participants’ individual stream.<\/p>