Evil Geniuses provides statement on VALORANT Esports World Cup participation

North American esports organisation Evil Geniuses (EG) has introduced it would permit its VALORANT staff to compete within the Esports World Cup (EWC), however won’t do any protection on EWC-related matches.

EG made its stance clear by means of a public statement posted on X, stating that the organisation will solely be supporting the staff from a “aggressive standpoint solely”.

“EG social channels won’t be protecting, mentioning, or giving updates on EWC-related matches or content material and can re-evaluate this strategy based mostly on the aggressive outcomes of Part 2,” the assertion reads.

After ending fourth in Stage 1 of the VCT Americas 2025, the staff was robotically locked for the EWC Americas Qualifier, which is at present going down and can finish on Could twenty fifth.

Evil Geniuses is about to face 100 Thieves later at the moment within the final section of the qualifier for one of many two spots on the Esports World Cup VALORANT match, which can function a $1,250,000 (~£926,935) prize pool.

The organisation defined that the staff is just given restricted alternatives to play in tier-one competitions, and that competing with one of the best groups will improve probabilities of qualifying for VCT Champions later this yr, thus the choice to compete.

“We encourage followers who wish to observe our staff’s EWC journey to individually assist our gamers and coaches, who’ve labored exhausting to proceed to compete at this stage,” EG concluded.

It’s price noting that Evil Geniuses can also be not one of many 40 esports organisations at present a part of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Partner Program.

With the Esports World Cup quick approaching, esports stakeholders have been taking stances given the unfavourable backlash across the Esports World Cup, seen as Saudi Arabia’s try at ‘sportswashing‘.

Earlier this week, GeoGuessr announced its withdrawal from the EWC following a protest from its neighborhood. North American esports organisation Team Liquid also reaffirmed its commitment to ‘promoting esports for all’ by wearing Pride jerseys within the competitions on the occasion later this summer season.