A new $500,000 Apex Legends event by EA and Respawn

The event will be held in September in Poland.

EA and Respawn have announced the first official Apex Legends tournament, hosted by them. The event will be called Apex Legends Preseason Invitational.

The championship will take place September 13–15 in Krakow, Poland. 80 teams from all over the world will compete, the prize fund of the tournament will be $ 500,000.

All participants will begin the fight within the Double Elimination bracket. The team will move into the next round based on their performance over rounds and total points. This format will be used to determine the 20 teams that will eventually compete for the championship title.

More detailed information is yet to come, as the developers say.