The fourth week of the Esports World Cup 2025 has arrived, and with it comes the kind of schedule that only esports fans dream about. From July 28 to August 3, Riyadh becomes a furnace of competition, pressure, and possibility. Five top-tier games are all reaching critical stages, and the prize money at stake is enough to change lives overnight. The crowd is louder, the stakes are higher, and every match is carrying the weight of careers, reputations, and dreams.
Let’s start with PUBG Mobile, which returns to the stage on July 29 with its high-stakes survival round. Sixteen teams will throw everything they have at earning one of the final eight spots in the Grand Finals. These teams join the already-qualified eight from the group stages, setting up a final stretch that runs from August 1 to 3. The match point system ensures that consistency alone is not enough. To win, teams must also secure that final “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” once they are match-point eligible. If no team does it in the final match, the title will go to whoever has the most overall points. The drama is built in, and fans can expect last-minute twists, massive clutches, and heartbreaks that will echo for seasons to come.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is also stepping into its most intense phase. The Mid-Season Cup begins its knockout bracket on July 30, starting with best-of-five matches that lead into a best-of-seven grand final scheduled for August 2. With three million dollars on the line and last year’s winners Selangor Red Giants now playing as SRG.OG in partnership with Red Bull OG looking slightly shaky, the championship feels wide open. Each match is a potential title bout, and with the entire MLBB world watching, every move will be scrutinized.
In a crossover few imagined but many now celebrate, Chess at the Esports World Cup continues to make waves. Starting July 29, the sixteen-player main event brings a level of intellectual warfare to the stage that rivals any action title. Names like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana are not just playing for pride. They are competing under the banners of top esports orgs like Team Liquid, Team Falcons, and Team Vitality. With ten-minute rapid matches and sudden-death Armageddon tiebreakers, there is no room for second guesses. The grand final on August 1 will crown a new champion and serve as a monumental moment in chess history, bridging tradition and modern spectacle.
Overwatch 2 is charging back into action with the Midseason Championship starting July 31. Sixteen teams, including regional favorites like Team Falcons, will begin with group stages over two days. The top squads will then enter a do-or-die playoff bracket, with the final showdown taking place on August 3. The winning team will not only claim the largest share of a one million dollar prize pool but also earn major bragging rights in what is shaping up to be one of the most stacked Overwatch tournaments of the year.
And just when you think the roster is full, in comes EA Sports FC 25. Kicking off July 31 with its Last Chance Qualifier, this event is notorious not for its prize pool it has none but for what it represents. In 2024, a Portuguese player named Jafonso came out of this very qualifier and went on to win the entire tournament. His miracle run has since become legend, and this year’s LCQ has adopted his name in the form of the Jafonso Award. Any player who replicates that achievement will be given the honor. The LCQ is no longer just a second chance it is a story waiting to be written.
With hundreds of matches unfolding in just a few days, there are too many narratives to track. Will the Mobile Legends champions fall? Can PUBG Mobile crown a new king with a miracle chicken dinner? Will a chess grandmaster make history under an esports banner? Or will EA FC give us another Jafonso moment? The answers are coming fast, and the entire world is watching.
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