A $75,000 Rocket League tournament was announced

Developers of the eSports discipline, the company Psyonix together with X Games has announced a tournament, which prize pool will amount $75,000.

The championship will be run on July 13-16 and will be a part of the event X Fest. The tournament is called Summer X Games. X Fest is famous, first of all, for such extreme sports events as a skateboarding, BMX and a motocross. Also, X Fest hosts competitions in such eSports disciplines as Call Of Duty and CS:GO.

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The comment of Psyonix esports operation manager Josh Watson:

«The X Games and ESPN have done a great job of bringing attention to non-traditional sports over the years. Adding esports and Rocket League to that lineup is something we at Psyonix are very excited about. We can’t wait to bring this competition to a whole new audience.»

Organizers will inform about the list of participants, the distribution of the prize pool and other details later.