What’s the most exciting activity you can think of? That’s right, it’s farming, and now there’s an esports league for it.
Earlier today, Farming Simulator developer Giants Software unveiled its new official esports league. A total of 10 teams – the cream of the crop – will compete for the title of “the Farming Simulator champion” over a series of tournaments across Europe, with the season’s total prize pool adding up to a weighty €250,000 (£217,640). Talk about fields of gold.
So, how on earth does a farming esports competition work? Last year Giants Software planted the seeds by staging a Farming Simulator championship to “test the waters” before launching the new full-scale esports league. The favoured game mode for season one was hay bale stacking, which looks exactly what it sounds like.
Source: Eurogamer Farming Simulator sprouts esports league with €250k harvest