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Talon Esports, United Esports to Host Aperion Tournament

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James Fudge

2 months ago

Singapore-based game developer Foonie Magus announced that it has partnered with Los Angeles-based United Esports and Hong Kong-based Talon Esports to promote its web3-based MOBA, Apeiron.

Apeiron is a mash-up of multiple genres under the umbrella of being called a MOBA including real-time strategy, auto battlers, and collectible card-based gameplay.

Financial terms of these partnerships were not disclosed.

The partnership will see both Talon Esports and United Esports showcase the game’s player vs. player (PVP) gameplay through a tournament featuring two conferences: Eastern Conference (for Asia) and Western Conference (Americas). The Western Conference (is scheduled for April 4-6, while the Eastern Conference (Americas) will take place April 11-13.

The tournament will feature a “double-elimination bracket format, with matches being best-of-3 and best-of-1,” according to a release. Each player will be able to bring three decks with a different Avatar—but once a deck has won a game, it may not be used again within that set. The tournament will feature a total prize pool of $30K USD, with rewards ranging from $750 to $5K for the top Apeiron players.

The event is invite-only and will feature Web2 and Web3 star players, according to a release, but fans can influence the selection by requesting their “favorite Key Opinion Leaders” be allowed to join.

The participants include ”notable members of the Web2 and Web3 gaming space,” including:

Web2:

(East) League of Legends pro player Tsai “GreenTea” Shang-Ching, master of card games Deathsie.
(West) top TeamFightTactics player RobinSongz, content creator and chess Woman Grandmaster akaNemosko, the most viewed English Hearthstone streamer Rdu.

Web3:

(East): GamingGridX founder Yellow Panther, Axie Infinity player 1437, GGChronicles’ Raiden, SNG Nickeagle, esushima, and CI CardinaL.
(West): Content creator orangie, content creator Brycent, US content creator Rojan, Twitch streamer Ralo, METAT8 Esports founder Elijah Flowers.

Matches will be streamed via the Aperion Discord, according to organizers.

For Talon Esports, this tournament is part of a partnership that both companies announced in late-January.

Editor’s note: This story was edited after publication to add updated information on tournament dates and participants. These changes are not reflected in the audio file.

James Fudge

With a career spanning over two decades in the esports and gaming journalism landscape, James Fudge stands as a seasoned veteran and a pivotal figure in the evolution of esports media. His journey began in 1997 at Game-Wire / Avault, where he curated gaming and community news, laying the groundwork for his expertise in the field. In his more recent roles, James cemented his status as an authority in the esports business sphere as Senior Editor Esports at Sports Business Journal and The Esports Observer between 2018 and 2021.