PGI 2018 PUBG $1 Million Charity Showdown Announced

The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 (PGI 2018) will see 20 of the best professional PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds teams compete for the lion's share of the $2,000,000 prize pool that will be up for grabs. However, that will not be the only exciting action taking place in Berlin, Germany during the highly anticipated event. PUBG Corp. will also be hosting the $1,000,000 PGI 2018 Charity Showdown that will see 40 of the most popular and elite players in the world competing to take home a share of the prize pool for the charity of their choice. 

Fans will be able to tune into the action of the PGI 2018 $1,000,000 Charity Showdown taking place on Friday, July 27th at 7 AM PST on the official Twitch channel for the popular battle royale game.

There will be a multitude of high profile PUBG players and streamers taking part in the PGI 2018 Charity Showdown, such as Tyler "Ninja" Belvins, Michael "shroud" Grzesiek, Dr Dis Respect, JoshOG, and many others. The format of the event will see two popular broadcast personalities team up with two professional PUBG players in four first person perspective squad matches on the map of Erangel. 

You can view the official breakdown of the prize pool for the PGI 2018 PUBG Charity Showdown below. 

- 1st Place Squad: $600,000 USD
- 2nd Place Squad: $300,000 USD
- 3rd Place Squad: $100,000 USD

Viewers will likely be excited to see Ninja return to the battlefields of PUBG, where he was a former professional player for Luminosity Gaming, after he has become one of the most popular names in the video game industry thanks to his skill in Fortnite. Seeing shroud and Ninja engage in an epic gunfight will no doubt be a very exciting show for viewers of the PGI 2018 Charity Showdown. 

(cover photo courtesy of PUBG Corp.)