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At Gameplay Arena

Rock in Rio 2022 will include a wide offering of eSports options

Rock in Rio released details of Gameplay Arena attractions. For the second time, the area will have a large stage 29 meters in front, made entirely of LED with a robust structure to host championships such as the E-Brasileirão Pro, Alok GameChanger, a Free Fire championship organized by DJ Alok, CBCS Masters, and Valorant GameChangers, which takes place ‘Dia Delas’ (Ladies Day).

Between September 2nd and 10th, presenters Allan "O Estagiário" and Nahzinha will be responsible for opening and closing the space, alongside DJ Cereja, the local resident. On September 11, the so-called ‘Dia Delas’ at Rock in Rio – in which the main stages of the festival, including the Gameplay Arena, will feature an all-female line-up – will feature the influencer Cherrygumms as presenter and the DJs residents Red Cloack and Babi Deejay.

The arena also has the Streaming Zone, a kind of glass studio where some of the main streamers in Brazil will broadcast all the content from the place to their channels, extrapolating the Gameplay Arena experience outside the City of Rock and taking it to the gaming community across the country.

Schedule

On the first day of the festival, September 2, the programming of the stage starts at 2:30 pm with the gameplay of Multiversus, by Warner Bros Games, in which the public will be able to participate in matches of the multiplayer and free game that brings together iconic characters such as Batman and Shaggy, All this with brand gifts. Arthur Ribas, presenter of Warner Play, will command the fun, in addition to showing the trailer for the game.

At 5 pm, the group stage of the E-Brasileirão Pro takes place. The E-Brasileirão is the CBF's Official Football Game Brazilian Championship, organized since 2016 and which has already had more than 100,000 subscribers in its five editions. This year, for the first time, the decisive straight of the E-Brasileirão PRO goes to the Gameplay Arena.

At 5 pm, the group stage of the E-Brasileirão Pro takes place. The E-Brasileirão is the CBF's Official Football Game Brazilian Championship, organized since 2016 and which has already had more than 100,000 subscribers in its five editions. This year, for the first time, the decisive straight of the E-Brasileirão PRO goes to the Gameplay Arena.

The championship will have commentators such as Arthur Apeste and Arnaldo Cezar Coelho, as well as showmatches with great football players. Fans will also be able to follow the broadcast from home via the Intern Stream on the Twitch channel.

The following day, September 3, the program starts at 2:30 pm with an exclusive panel from the movie “Black Adam”. At 3 pm, the Multiversus showmatch takes place with audience participation.

Closing the first weekend of Rock in Rio, on September 4, at 2:45 pm, the GameChanger, a Free Fire event organized by DJ Alok, takes place. The arena will host a super show match with the main teams in the scenario, disputing the trophy of this special edition.

Starting the second weekend of Rock in Rio, on September 8th, the program will be entirely dedicated to the semifinals of the CBCS Masters, with the first match starting at 2:30 pm and the last one ending around 9 pm. The Brazilian Counter-Strike Circuit is currently the biggest event of the modality in the country and has the continuous mission of contributing to the formation and growth of the Brazilian and South American Counter-Strike scenarios. On this day, four teams will qualify for the grand final, which takes place the next day at Gameplay Arena.

The following day, September 9, between 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, the grand final of the CBCS Masters takes place. Ending the night at 8:15 pm, the Wild Rift Showdown takes place. Brazil, one of the most relevant regions on the world stage, had three representatives at the world championship and two of them will participate in the Wild Rift Showdown – Rock in Rio Edition, a show match between two of the best teams in Brazil, held live at Gameplay Arena and broadcast through the game's digital channels and by community influencers and streamers. Matches will be hosted by official Riot Games casters.

On Saturday, the 10th, at 2:30 pm, another Wild Rift Showdown match will take place, with the presence of the two biggest Brazilian teams on the scene. Closing the day, at 5:30 pm, the grand final of the Tribo Cup 2022 will be played, a CS:GO 'for fun' tournament. In the dispute will be the winning teams of this year's two splits of the tournament held by the biggest streamer in Brazil, Gaules. The 'TotalePro' team, winner of the first split, is already guaranteed, which will meet its opponent on August 30th when the second split ends. The grand final will have a trophy and will be played on a best of five maps.

Closing the 2022 edition of Gameplay Arena, a novelty: the so-called ‘Dia Delas do Rock in Rio’, which will be composed only of women in the line-up of the main stages of the festival. The Rock in Rio gamer space will also feature a program made up only by them. The first attraction will be at 2:30 pm with a lecture by Senac Rio and MIBR, talking about the presence of women in the gamer universe. Soon after, at 3:15 pm, Valorant GameChangers – Riot Games’ official tournament for the women’s scene – takes over the Gameplay Arena with the Valorant GameChangers Showdown – Rock in Rio Edition, a showdown between the female teams of MIBR and Gamelanders Purple, with narration and presentation of the women's team from the tournament at Riot Games – Barbara “Bah” Gutierrez, Flavia “Naoshii” Carvalho and Camila “Chun” Curci.

Source: ge