ALGS 2024 season kicked off — what’s new in the Apex Legends esports scene?

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Year 4 of Apex Legends Pro League is here, having kicked off on January 20, and brings a whole year of 2024 ALGS events with it. For the fourth year of the Apex Legends esports, the discipline is expanding to a new region and reformatting the global scene. Below are all the details about the ongoing 23/24 season of the Apex Legends Global Series.

The 2024 ALGS season overview will be roughly the same as last year’s. Year 4 features three LAN events, the Split 1 Playoffs, Split 2 Playoffs, and the ultimate Championship event, just as the 22/23 season did last year. The former events will have a $1M prize pool and the Championship will have $2M up for grabs, bringing the year’s total to $4M for LAN events. Each Major region will also have $250K to divide between both Pro League Splits.

Although EA has confirmed three LAN tournaments, they have not yet announced the dates or locations for these events. Going by last year’s schedule, we can estimate the Split 1 Playoffs may take place sometime in April, Split 2 Playoffs in September, and the Championship in November, assuming the schedule follows the same structure as the 2023 season.

  Ongoing ALGS Pro League events for all 4 Major regions began only a few days ago 

Esports Charts will continue to update our tournament pages for the ALGS Pro Leagues with detailed viewership statistics as the season continues, as well as other ALGS events. Fans of Apex Legends can navigate to our pricing page for access to detailed statistics for all relevant events. Of course, our database is not limited to Apex Legends but features tournaments and events from all kinds of esports and live-streaming events.

Late last year, EA announced they would bring 12 partner teams to the ALGS. These teams, as is similar to other esports disciplines, receive a financial stipend from EA, enjoy greater brand exposure through media events and content, and may host licensed tournaments in the future. 

This may have come in response to many teams leaving the esports discipline shortly after the ALGS: 2023 Championship, including NRG, Acend, Complexity Gaming, 100 Thieves, Pioneers, Team Singularity,  and NORTHEPTION. Pioneers departed from the discipline despite finishing in 8th place at the ultimate LAN event of the year, proving competitive success does not ensure longevity in an esports title.

Immediately striking is that 8 of the 12 partnered teams are based in North America. Apex Legends is moving the focus of its esports scene to NA, and this was reflected in the Split 1 Playoffs team slots. Previously, North America, EMEA, and APAC North sent 9 teams each. Now, North America will send 12 teams to the Split 1 Playoffs, and all other Major Regions will send 8. The remaining four slots are equally divided between the season’s two Minor Regions.

Apex Legends welcomes China to its esports ecosystem. While no official ALGS Pro League is planned for the region, the event organisers will invite two teams from the People’s Republic of China to compete in the Split 1 Playoffs LAN event, and depending on their performance up to four teams may be invited to the Split 2 Playoffs.

South America has been demoted to a Minor Region, categorised as such alongside China, and has had its Pro League dissolved. While South America no longer features a Pro League, the region will still host regional finals, like the Split 1 Regional Finals event, which determines which teams from the region attend the Split 1 Playoffs LAN. 

Year 4 of the ALGS is already underway. With a newly revised global landscape, the ALGA aims to provide an even more competitive, inclusive, and exciting platform for some of the world’s best Apex Legends players.