Free Fire joins the line-up for 2025\'s Esports World Cup as hugely popular event set to return

The Esports World Cup is back in 2025, and this year features a significant addition: the return of Free Fire! Team Falcons, victors of the 2024 competition, will undoubtedly be aiming for another win.

The 2024 Esports World Cup proved highly successful, leading to the swift planning of its 2025 successor. Garena's Free Fire will be a key part of this year's event. Remember Team Falcon's triumph in the 2024 Free Fire Champions event? Their victory earned them a coveted spot in the Free Fire World Series Global Finals in Rio de Janeiro.

Free Fire will join Honor of Kings in Riyadh for the Esports World Cup, a Gamers8 spin-off. Saudi Arabia's substantial investment aims to establish the nation as a global esports hub, with the World Cup offering substantial prizes and prestige.

The high production values of the Esports World Cup are evident. This explains the eagerness of titles like Free Fire to participate. However, the event's status as a secondary event compared to other global esports tournaments remains a point of discussion. Its success in 2025 remains to be seen.

Despite this, the 2025 event marks a significant contrast to the 2021 cancellation of the Free Fire World Series due to the COVID-19 pandemic.