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World of Warcraftrecently announced the 2025 Plunderstorm Creator Royale, a tournament featuring 60 content creators battling it out for shares of a $50,000 prize pool. ThisWorld of WarcraftPlunderstorm PvP tournament will take place over the course of up to eight matches on January 25 at 10 AM PST.
Plunderstorm is a pirate-themed battle royale-esque game modeWorld of Warcraftintroduced in early 2024. The limited-time event recently returned for its second run starting January 14, bringing brand-new features, rewards, andabilities forWorld of Warcraftplayers to enjoy.
Now,World of Warcraftis bringing back another feature from last year’s run of the event: the Plunderstorm Creator Royale. This tournament, which takes place on January 25 at 10 AM PST, pits 30 teams consisting of twoWorld of Warcraftcontent creatorseach in a series of up to eight games. The last 20 teams standing in the first five matches earn points based on their placement, plus one extra point per elimination. If the last surviving team in match six is in the top three on the scoreboard, or the top 10 in match seven, that team takes the championship. If no winner is decided by then, the title goes to the winner of match eight – regardless of point total.
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A lot of bigWorld of Warcraftstreamers will be participating in this event, including returning favorites like Nobbel and Preach and heavy-hitters like Maximum and Trill, alongside new teams such as their fellow Liquid raiders Cdew and Mes andWoWstreaming power couple Taliesin & Evitel. Like last year, Goldenboy, Soe Gschwind, and Esfand will be casting the event live from Blizzard HQ in Irvine, California. At press time, 6 of the 30 teams have not been revealed, so players can expect to learn who the last dozen participants are in the week leading up to the event.
Last year’sWorld of WarcraftPlunderstorm Creator Royalevictory went to Kennystream and Lapi in match seven – despite the team technically coming in eighth place as far as points are concerned. Fans will have to tune in to the event to see which of their favorite content creators will be named the 2025 Plunderstorm Champions.
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