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TOKYO, Japan - Dec 28, 2020 - A contender emerges victorious! Kuran is crowned the winner of the
TEPPEN
World Championship 2020. To close out the year, GungHo Online Entertainment (GOE) also announced the next Hero coming to
TEPPEN - the Demon Queen, Oichi from the
Sengoku BASARA series - and various updates planned for 2021.
As a reward for his achievement, kuran from Japan took home 3M Yen (~$29K USD) of the 5M Yen (~$48K USD) prize pool, along with the opportunity to redesign an existing card to create a custom secret card. Second through fourth place winners and their prizes are listed below:
(Graphic: Business Wire)
Players will compete to win from a prize pool of roughly $48,000. Prizes include:
1st Place: 3M Yen (~$29K USD) and the opportunity to redesign an existing card to create a custom Secret card
2nd Place: 1M Yen (~$9.6K USD)
3rd Place: 600K Yen (~$5.7K USD)
4th Place: 200K Yen ($~1.9K USD)
5th-8th Place: 50K Yen (~$480 USD)
All participants: All player names will be published in-game in the
TEPPEN app
The Online Region CUP (ORC) was held in October to determine the top 3 players in ORC from each region (Japan, America, Europe, and Asia Pacific). The top 20 players in Ranked Matches, with the highest Tour Points totals from January to September, were selected to participate, as well, for the 32 total finalists.
3 months ago
32 finalists compete for a chance to win from a 5M Yen prize pool
TEPPEN players from around the world will duke it out for the title of World Champion. Sponsored by ZONe Energy, MSI, and Meiji, the competition will take place on December 26 at 23:00 PT / December 27 at 7:00 UTC and can be watched on the official
Players will compete to win from a prize pool of roughly $48,000. Prizes include:
1st Place: 3M Yen (~$29K USD) and the opportunity to redesign an existing card to create a custom Secret card
2nd Place: 1M Yen (~$9.6K USD)
3rd Place: 600K Yen (~$5.7K USD)