How to watch Free Fire World Series - Global Finals 2024
The Free Fire World Series - Global Finals 2024 is almost here, with fans of the renowned battle royale shooter keen to see whether a new side emerges as the winner or if there will be a new world champion. The event will emanate from the Rio Centro Convention (Knockout Stage) and the Carioca Arena 1 (Point Rush & Grand Finals) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 8 to 24.
The best Free Fire 18 teams from across the world, consisting of regions like SEA, LATAM, Brazil, and MEA/Pakistan, will be joined by the Esports World Cup winner. These sides will battle it out for a prize pool of $1 million, with the winner taking home a cool $300,000.
Readers must note that the 2024 season saw a few changes, including tweaking all the local leagues to carry the Free Fire World Series branding. The EWC 2024 was also introduced as a new mid-year tournament, with the winner, Team Falcons, becoming the first side to punch to ticket to what is essentially the game's world championship.
How to watch the Free Fire World Series - Global Finals 2024
This mega Free Fire competition can be watched live on the following official YouTube channels:
A lot of content creators will also be co-broadcasting the matches on their channels. Hence, fans can check the schedule/about pages of their favorite streamers to find out when they will be covering the tournament so they can join the watch along.
Tickets for this Free Fire tournament went live in September, and those interested in attending the show live can make their purchase here.
Participating teams at the FFWS - Global Finals 2024
Free Fire World Series history
The FFWS was launched five years back to replace the Free Fire World Cup 2019, the first and only edition held so far. Its inaugural edition was held in November 2019, with the 2020 iterations cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after a couple of years of becoming a bi-yearly attraction, it returned to being an annual spectacle in 2023.
So far, there have been five editions of the Free Fire World Series, with the Singapore 2021 iteration remaining the most popular. It is also the game's top competition by peak concurrent viewership and held the overall esports record till last year's LoL Worlds.
A quick look at the top events in the series shows that the game enjoyed its heyday during the lockdown era. Over the past few years, Free Fire has become more of a niche discipline with a stable viewership base, but the peak of its audience reach seems to have passed.
One reason is the sheer amount of competition in the shooting genre, with the perfect example being PUBG Mobile. Another mobile esports BR shooter, its version of the world championship, the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024, has already begun and will run concurrently with the FFWS - Global Finals 2024.
The PMGC 2024 is much longer as well, with its Grand Final scheduled for December 8, two weeks after the end of Free Fire's top event. This will mean these two competitions will be vying for a portion of the same audience base, and it remains to be seen which competition viewers give more importance to.
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