The Storm Championship is Coming

With over a million sales under it's belt, Bandai Namco's latest entry in the Naruto Shippuden series has become kind of a big deal. It's about to get a whole lot bigger though as there's a competitive e-sports tournament coming in partnership with ESL. Season one will be coming later in the year, with qualifiers on already. The grand finals will see the world's top 16 players come together to duke it out for a share of the €15,000 prize pool. 

“For the past few years we have been monitoring the growth of the STORM community across Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Australasia but also the growing interest around the competition. Last year we have launched the STORM-LEAGUE, a platform to support those activities… This year we go even further by organizing the first season of the STORM Championship through the STORM-LEAGUE! The first season will have a total cash prize of 15 000€ and starts this week! Get ready for epic battles and see you at the finals in the ESL Studio (Cologne)!” Benoit Scappazzoni, Product Manager for Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe.