Big news from the Macao Open today! We have a new Open TFT Champion, a teaser of an upcoming TCG from Riot Games (‘Project K’), and a wealth of previews for TFT next year! Check the rundown from Riot below:
- The TFT Macao Open was the second year of the annual 512-competitor open bracket global LAN tournament with a $300K prize pool.
- Shiquz from China is the TFT Macao Open Champion, taking home the one-of-a-kind “Tactician’s Belt” trophy and $100K USD.
- The TFT Macao Open took place at the Venetian Macao and featured an exclusive Teamfight Tactics: Into the Arcane experience on site, including:
- Custom built Arcane activations modeled after Zaun, Black Rose, and Jinx’s Hideout
- Side Events featuring Into the Arcane in-game cosmetics as prizes
- Entrance tunnel resembling the Anomoly
- Stage designed after the Piltover Council Room
- TFT’s largest annual community and competitive event will be heading to Paris in December 2025 with the TFT Paris Open.
- Before revealing TFT’s plans for 2025, TFT celebrated the growth of the franchise over the past few years. To date, TFT has more than 300 million players globally across the TFT Franchise – TFT, TFT Mobile, Fight for the Golden Spatula, as well as the recently released Golden Spatula in Southeast Asia.
- The 2025 Roadmap Reveal was unveiled in Macao during the Finals broadcast, here are some highlights:
- Three Set Revivals: Starting with Fates: Festivals of Beasts in January 2025
- Set 14: Fight for control of Cyber City and team up in March 2025
- Revamped Double Up: Custom lobbies and more for Spring 2025
- Set 15: Anime-style fighting tournament arriving in July 2025
- PvE: A new PvE experience is planned for Summer 2025
- Set 16: Return to Runeterra in Winter 2025
- Project K, Riot’s new physical trading card game was playable for the first time in Macao
- Featuring art from across Runeterra, the game is designed to provide a strategic competitive experience
- The game is playable in 1v1, 2v2, and 1v1v1v1 formats
- At the TFT Macao Open a limited edition Arcane-themed set was available for sale
- This set will be open for global pre-orders in 2025
- Project K is being released first in China in early 2025 with a global release to follow
Quote from Peter Whalen, Game Director of Teamfight Tactics: “It is always a fantastic experience to see the TFT community come together at these Open events. Once again, we were blown away by the skill on the stage, the passion of the fans, and all the people coming together around this game. We’re so excited for the next year of TFT and we look forward to continuing to deliver new experiences that exceed player expectations.”
Quote from Michael Sherman, Global Head of Esports for TFT and 2XKO: “Watching a large field of competitors narrow into one Champion over three days never gets old. With two TFT Opens under our belts now, we’re really happy with what these events bring to the TFT competitive calendar and are confident that they will continue to be an important part of TFT esports going forward. We can’t wait to see you all again for the TFT Paris Open in 2025.”
Quote from Chengran Chai, Executive Producer of Project K: “As we look forward to launching Project K in China early next year and other regions later in 2025, events like TFT’s Macao Open are inspiring to show the passion of player communities and the high-level strategy of competitive players.”
About Teamfight Tactics:
- TFT is an eight person free-for-all strategy game where players combine League of Legends champions and items in different formations to defeat the seven other players in a match. As the leading game in the auto battler genre, players tactically place an army of characters on a grid-shaped game board for a last-player-standing automated battle. Since launching in 2019, TFT has emerged as the top contender in the genre by providing a fun and deep chess-like gameplay experience for all types of players on multiple platforms. Visit teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com for more information and follow TFT on social media including:
- X: @TFT
- Facebook: @playtft
- Instagram: @teamfighttactics
- YouTube: @playtft
- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/teamfighttactics
About Riot Games:
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, which continues to be one of the most-played PC games in the world. In the years that followed, Riot released VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot’s titles have led to the creation of some of the most-watched and widely recognized esports in the world, culminating in events like the League of Legends World Championship and VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), which are watched by millions of fans each year. Riot has also expanded its IP through multimedia projects across music, comic books, board games, and Arcane, its Emmy-winning animated series.
