EA announced its competitive series for Battlefield REDSEC, an environment where squads of four are pushed to the limits in Battle Royale and Gauntlet modes.
The Battlefield competitive scene is divided into two series: Elite Series and Open Series. The Elite Series is the highest level of competition, featuring invited teams, while the Open Series is available to players of all skill levels across the community and grants an opportunity to qualify for the Elite Series.
Here’s everything you need to know about each series of the Battlefield REDSEC competitive scene.
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Battlefield REDSEC Elite Series: Schedule, format, and how to watch
Regions and players
Battlefield REDSEC Elite Series is a series of weekly cash cups held across three regions: The Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For the first series, EA invited 50 team captains per region who assembled their squads, resulting in a total of 600 competitors.
Format
Each region’s squads compete in a series of six REDSEC Battle Royale matches. The top eight teams advance to the elimination-style Gauntlet. This format repeats across three qualifying days, with teams earning Elite Series points based on performance. After three qualifying days, the top 25 teams advance to the regional finals.
The Elite Series’ version of the Gauntlet focuses on specific map and mode combinations and has an extended round timer.
Prize pool
The season one Elite Series features a $1 million prize pool across the regional finals, as well as additional prizes for qualifying days. The Americas have $50,000 for each qualifying day and $500,000 for squads that reached the Gauntlet finals. The APAC and EMEA have $20,000 for each qualifying day and $285,000 for the Gauntlet finals.
Schedule and how to watch
All games during qualifying days will be streamed online by all competitors, with Battlefield Studios hosting the regional finals broadcast for each region.
Here’s the schedule for the Battlefield REDSEC Elite Series:
- Qualifying day one: Dec. 10
- Qualifying day two: Dec. 11
- Qualifying day three: Dec. 16
- Finals: Dec. 18
The times and ways to watch the event (apart from following the competitors themselves) will be revealed closer to the event day.
Battlefield REDSEC Open Series: Schedule, format, and how to join
Format
The scoring for the Open Series is based on the cumulative 10 best Battle Royale and the 10 best Gauntlet matches played across three qualifying days. The top 250 Open Series squads in each region qualify for the finals, and the top eight teams from the finals qualify for the next season’s Elite Series.
Prize pool
For the Open Series, there’s a $30,000 prize pool. $10,000 per region will be distributed across the top Open Series squads from the season finals.
Schedule
Exact times for all regions are yet to be announced and will be revealed closer to Dec. 12. In the meantime, we already know the dates for every qualifying day and the seasonal finals.
Here’s the schedule for the Battlefield REDSEC Open Series:
- Qualifying day one: Dec. 12
- Qualifying day two: Dec. 19
- Qualifying day three: Jan. 9
- Finals: Jan. 17
How to join BATTLEFIELD REDSEC tournament Open Series
Open Series is handled by Repeat.gg. To participate, you need to sign up on the platform and create a squad. Closer to the competition days, you need to download the Repeat.gg app and use the official Open Series section to join. During each day, there’ll be a tournament code in the app that you can enter into the game.
