Team e-sport is back on the field: GIANTS Software launches the fourth season of the Farming Simulator League. Trelleborg, the winning team of the third season, returns along with other teams eager to unseat the reigning champions. The first official tournament will begin on the weekend of May 14 and 15, while the monthly online qualifiers will conclude with the World Championship in November 2022. The tournament will be live-streamed on Giants Software’s Facebook and Twitch channels, teams from all over. the world will be able to participate and compete for the prize of 100,000 euros.
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All qualifying tournaments in Season 4 are organized monthly as online events and are live streamed through the official GIANTS Software channels. The winning teams get their share of the € 100,000 prize pool at each tournament, with the highest stakes at stake during the November World Championship, which could potentially become a face-to-face event as well.
“We are constantly expanding the Farming Simulator universe and all related aspects, including this very popular e-sport part,” comments Christian Ammann, CEO of GIANTS Software. “Thanks to our Season 4 partners who share the same vision, to offer such a unique playground with family-friendly competition.”
GIANTS Software will seek to participate in other events in presence in the gaming or agricultural business with separate and independent tournaments and additional prize pools.
Season 4 Partners and Teams
Official partners of the fourth season of FSL will be Nitrado and Noblechairs, as well-known players of the gaming and e-sports scene, as well as Profi and DLG, both popular in the agricultural sector. GIANTS Software welcomes their involvement and their contribution to realize this new step in the e-sport universe of Farming Simulator. Other partners will be announced shortly.
In season four, all participants compete equally in knockout rounds in each tournament, as there are no other seeded teams. However, well-known agricultural producers (such as Valtra, Lindner) will sponsor a team that will participate in this unique virtual farming experience.
Reworked Free E-sports mode available
Publisher and Developer GIANTS Software has improved multiplayer gameplay for Season 4 with improved harvest speed and a few other improvements. Teamwork will still be an integral part of the competition as three players will have to coordinate their machinery efficiently. After strategically selecting machinery at the start, teams will need to harvest wheat, produce bales and quickly deliver them to their barn to score points.
The free downloadable Tournament Client is based on Farming Simulator 19 PC version and invites all Farming Simulator fans and esports enthusiasts to register to compete. A training mode for new users is also included.