The team registration of the 3rd Dadu Southeast Art and Technology Festival - "E-Sports Cup" Tournament is now open.

This competition has the theme "Many a little makes a mickle, embarking on new competitions" and features Tencent's game "Honor of Kings" as the competitive game.

The event is hosted by the Publicity and Culture Department of the Beijing E-Town Working Committee and organized by Shang E-Town (Beijing) Technology and Culture Group and JD Gaming Esports (Beijing) Cultural Communication Co.

Poster of the esports tournament [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The esports tournament has introduced many innovations to the competition track and participation modes. 

It not only offers both an enterprise track and a public track, accommodating nearly a thousand participating teams, but also includes both online preliminary competitions and offline finals to enrich the competition format and streamline the process. 

The tournament plans to complete the online matches and playoffs in early November and host the offline finals in late November at the Beijing Smart Esports Event Center.

In this esports tournament, both the enterprise track and public track offer corresponding prizes.

For the enterprise track, the champion prize amounts to 50,000 yuan ($6,834.15), the runner-up prize is 30,000 yuan, the third place prize is 10,000 yuan, and the fourth place prize is 5,000 yuan. Players ranking from fifth to eighth place will also receive corresponding awards.

For the public track, the champion prize is 10,000 yuan, the runner-up prize is 6,000 yuan, and the third place prize is 2,000 yuan.

In addition, during the offline finals, the organizers will host interactive activities and give away limited edition merchandise to lucky spectators.

This year, esports has officially become a competitive event in the Hangzhou Asian Games, driving the "esports+" model to become a new urban development trend.

To promote the high-quality development of the regional gaming industry and the construction of industry brands, Beijing E-Town has issued policies for the gaming industry, covering nine areas, namely, the establishment of new businesses, innovation and research and development, content production, talent development, financial services, public service platform construction, industry coordination, esports venue construction, esports clubs, and esports events.