Riot Games to sponsor 22 community-led 2XKO tournaments in 2025

2XKO developer Riot Games has announced that it will sponsor 22 community-led tournaments through a new programme called First Impact.

Covering events until the end of 2025, First Impact will feature online and offline events in the Americas, Europe and Asia, during the game’s Early Access period, which launches on October 7th.

Riot Games further clarified what support from the First Impact sponsorship entails, sharing that it will provide an additional $2,500 (~£1,850) on top of the tournament’s prize pot.

Winners of a First Impact tournament will also receive an exclusive Local Legend player title, which will be sent directly to their 2XKO account.

These are all of the tournaments that will be sponsored by Riot Games:

Riot Games has also shared that it will gather feedback from tournament organisers for its 2026 esports plans.

As of writing, 2XKO is two weeks into its closed beta, which is scheduled to end on October 7th 2025.

However, Riot Games has also unveiled that the game will enter Early Access shortly afterwards on the same day, releasing its first ‘full-feature version’ of the FGC title.

The Early Access will come with a ‘full-season’ of content, and other in-game features such as combo trials. The developers have shared that it will use this chance to collect data on the game’s Battle Pass and Ranked systems.

Any content earned after October 7th in the Early Access will be permanently unlocked and will carry over to the full release.

Season 0 will also launch with the Early Access. 2026 is expected to be divided into five different seasons, bringing a new champion, battle passes, a rank reset, and more. With Season 0, 2XKO will also add its 10th champion to the roster. A gameplay trailer and developer update will be released closer to launch.