Australian esports organization ORDER announced today that it will expand its longstanding partnership with Riot Games by signing up as the official partner of the Oceanic Teamfight Tactics esports scene.
ORDER receives the exclusive rights to all TFT esports events in the region until mid-2023. This news will be a huge relief for many on the scene, who see ORDER's work as the foundation for the rapidly growing and evolving local esports ecosystem.
Since ORDER took over Set 4, it has provided ways for Oceania players to take to the world stage, with each champion, both Razza and Escha, making it into the top eight in the world championships since the partnership began.
“We are excited to expand the highly successful partnership between ORDER and Riot Games, which started with the first Ignition Series at the Oceanic VALORANT Open and signed up to the end of Set 2023 in 8 to run TFT esports in Oceania,” he said. Josh Swift, head of events at ORDER.
“After the Galaxies Championship, ORDER has worked hard to improve the competitive environment in Oceania, we continued to work hard to give competitors the best possible experience across Fates and Reckoning,” he added.
Excitement is peaking at the Regional Finals currently scheduled to take place, with ORDER and Riot on their way to host the TFT Gizmos and Gadgets Oceanic Series starting November 17 and continuing through Six Sets and the mid-set expansion. (between 25-27 March)
The next event in this series is the Challenger Series event, a closed, invite-only tournament, where the 16 top-ranked players will compete for automatic entry over two days until the Middle Set Invitational. The event will run from January 15-16 and has a prize pool of $1,200 AUD.