In a press release today, Nintendo UK announced the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 and the @NintendoUKVS Live: London event celebrating competitive gaming.

The brand new event, @NintendoUKVS Live: London, is taking place between 28-29 July at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London. It will offer the first official qualifier for the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 as well as first ever opportunity to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch in the UK!

New for this 2018 UK series will be the introduction of the Octo League and Inkling League. Octo League matches will be played in ranked game types in best of five matches, this league is open to teams of all ages. The Inkling League is a new division specifically for squads of younger players aged 13 and under, with matches played as Best of Three in the Turf War game type.

7 Octo League teams and 4 Inkling League teams will be found to take part in a UK grand final being held at a @NintendoUKVS Live event in Birmingham in November 2018, where the top squads in both age divisions will be crowned as the Splatoon 2 UK Champions 2018.

Tickets for the public to attend the @NintendoVSUK Live: London are available now and are distributed purely on a first come, first serve basis by visiting this Eventbrite page.

For those that can’t make it to the event, fear not as both days of the show will be livestreamed on Twitch, bringing to you the action from the headline tournaments, as well as interviews with top players, and general coverage from the @NintendoUKVS Live: London event. You can also follow @NintendoUKVS on Twitter for live tweets from the event.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

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