By Alberto Amalfi | @TennisNow | Friday, August 16, 2024
Picture credit score: US Open/USTA
You will not want a world rating, to play US Open video games this month.
The 2024 US Open will likely be a gamer’s paradise.
Extra: Digital Line-Calling Fails in Cincinnati Inflicting Controversy
The USTA at present introduced {that a} new, immersive bodily gaming house—the first-of-its-kind ‘Benefit Area’—will likely be coming to the 2024 US Open, because the USTA continues to have interaction thousands and thousands of tennis and gaming followers globally.
The Benefit Area will enable followers to play and interact with quite a few tennis-themed video games and experiences on-site on the US Open, together with Fortnite, US Open: Champions of the Court docket on Roblox, TopSpin 2K25 and Tennis Conflict. The Benefit Area will likely be open to all US Open patrons all through the length of the event, starting with the free-to-attend Fan Week August 19-25.
Positioned contained in the Chase Heart on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart grounds, the Benefit Area will function 13 playable gaming stations the place followers can compete with each other. Followers who attend the US Open and go to the Benefit Area may have an opportunity to win over 3,500 prizes, starting from free copies of TopSpin 2K25 Commonplace Version, a complete of over 600,000 in-game redeemables on Roblox and different distinctive unlockables inside Tennis Conflict.
Highlighting the playable video games is ‘Tennis Storm,’ a brand new player-vs-player recreation created in UEFN and built-in into TikTokers’ Birdo and Dagwummy’s Minigame Field PvP Fortnite island, created completely for the US Open. Gamers use tennis racquets to hit explosive tennis balls scattered round an enviornment to get rid of opposing gamers, and the final participant standing wins.
The Area can even function stations for followers to immerse themselves in US Open: Champions of the Court docket – a digital world that launched final yr that includes singles and doubles matches in opposition to professional gamers, treasure hunts and impediment programs generally known as ‘Obbys’ – with the Ralph Lauren Ball Crew Obby and a refreshed, vacation-themed Obby that includes a brand-new culinary expertise within the Emirates ‘Fly Higher’ Journey Zone.
The expertise additionally options the all-new Polo Ralph Lauren Picture Quest, giving U.S. gamers an opportunity to win real-life Ralph Lauren merchandise.
