But a $300K purse is only one of the ways the company is trying to change that.Īhead of its league opening, Giants has reportedly reworked Farm Simulator specifically with league play in mind, including a new 3v3 competitive mode built to accommodate marathon streaming, a necessary key to building a career as a Farm Simulator e-sports professional, a job that relies heavily on a curated fan base for both individual contributions and attention from corporate sponsors. They even market Farm Simulator equipment like fancy sports cars.įarm Simulator, though popular, has yet to enter Esporting’s upper echelons, at the moment, even the game’s top streamer on Twitch attracts just a fraction of the crowds drawn by the site’s top overall streamers. Tasks that, with the game’s multiplayer functionality, can take on the same amount of dramatic tension as, say, an actual car race. They’ve emphasized FS’s “missions,” tasks, like weeding and water fields, that need to be completed as quickly as possible in order to gain a monetary advantage. Multiplayer functionality was initially introduced with the game’s 14th edition at FS’s first championship, at AgriTechnica 2017, fans unexpectedly crammed into the Swiss game manufacturer’s booth for a glimpse at three-person “bale-stacking battles.”
Since its launch in 2008, Farm Simulator, whose latest version, FS19, sold one million copies in its first ten days, has attracted both players and spectators eager to turn a game whose stakes can literally be raised by altering the “plant withering” setting into a competitive arena. It’s a purse that has the potential to help move Farm Simulator gamers toward something resembling viable e-sports careers. At stake? Nearly $300,000 in prize money, close to a 100 fold increase from the game’s previous top prize of $3,000.
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With the announcement of a new Farm Simulator League, online cultivation aspirants are finally getting a shot at the e-sports big leagues.Įarlier today, Giants Software introduced the creation of a 10-tournament Farm Simulator League, whose season will begin this summer and will culminate in the Giants’-sponsored FarmCon 2020. American agriculture may be in crisis, but virtual agriculture is experiencing a bit of a heyday (No, I won’t apologize for that).