Rivals of Aether News

Each month we hold a free to enter, online major with fantastic prizes for beginners and veterans alike. This month is our epic finale!

Today, we broadcast the Top 8 bracket of our Workshop event, and the Top 32 bracket from our main Singles event.

In addition to our usual Twitch Stream featuring favorite community commentators, we will also be broadcasting once again on Steam. Make sure to catch the action, as players compete for massive prizes!

Here is how our Day Two Finals Stream will play out:

• Date: January 17, 2020
  
• Workshop Top 8: 12PM ET / 11AM CT / 9AM PT
  
• Singles Top 32: 3:30PM ET / 2:30PM CT / 12:30PM PT
  
• Singles Top 8: 7PM ET / 6PM CT / 4PM PT
  

All matches can be viewed right here on our steam store/event pages, or on our Twitch.

For our main event, Rivals Singles, all participants will receive a Champion Ori skin just for participating.
Players who reach phase 2 will earn the brand new Champion Shovel Knight skin.
Top 32 finishers will earn their share of a $10k+ cash prize pool from the RCS Championship Chest.
+ even more league prizes for continued high placement and participation...

Join our official discord to get the latest updates on the event and talk to other players. We are also holding separate finals event for our European and Australian communities.

Each month we hold a free to enter, online major with fantastic prizes for beginners and veterans alike. This month is our epic finale!

On the docket we have 4 events over the course of 3 days, all being streamed on Saturday and Sunday.

In addition to our usual Twitch Stream featuring favorite community commentators, we will also be broadcasting once again on Steam. Make sure to catch the action, as players compete for massive prizes!

Here is how our Day One Finals Stream will play out:

• Date: January 16, 2020
  
• Tetherball Doubles top 4: 1PM ET / 6PM CT / 10PM PT
  
• Singles To Top 32: 4PM ET / 3PM CT / 1 PM PT
  
• Doubles Top 8: 8PM ET / 7PM CT / 5 PM PT
  

All matches can be viewed right here on our steam store/event pages, or on our Twitch.

For our main event, Rivals Singles, all participants will receive a Champion Ori skin just for participating.
Players who reach phase 2 will earn the brand new Champion Shovel Knight skin.
Top 32 finishers will earn their share of a $10k+ cash prize pool from the RCS Championship Chest.
+ even more league prizes for continued high placement and participation...

Join our official discord to get the latest updates on the event and talk to other players. We are also holding separate finals event for our European and Australian communities.

Each month we hold a free to enter, online major with fantastic prizes for beginners and veterans alike. This month is our epic finale!

On the docket we have 4 events over the course of 3 days, all being streamed on Saturday and Sunday.

In addition to our usual Twitch Stream featuring favorite community commentators, we will also be broadcasting once again on Steam. Make sure to catch the action, as players compete for massive prizes!

Here is how our Day One Finals Stream will play out:

• Date: January 15, 2020
  
• Tetherball Doubles top 4: 1PM ET / 6PM CT / 10PM PT
  
• Singles To Top 32: 4PM ET / 3PM CT / 1 PM PT
  
• Doubles Top 8: 8PM ET / 7PM CT / 5 PM PT
  

All matches can be viewed right here on our steam store/event pages, or on our Twitch.

For our main event, Rivals Singles, all participants will receive a Champion Ori skin just for participating.
Players who reach phase 2 will earn the brand new Champion Shovel Knight skin.
Top 32 finishers will earn their share of a $10k+ cash prize pool from the RCS Championship Chest.
+ even more league prizes for continued high placement and participation...

Join our official discord to get the latest updates on the event and talk to other players. We are also holding separate finals event for our European and Australian communities.

It's been two years since our last recap and preview. With the crazy year that was 2020, we wanted to come back and write up another one. We accomplished a lot in 2020 and there is even more coming in 2021!

This recap and preview contains more than just Rivals of Aether news, so the full article can be read on medium. In it studio head Dan Fornace discusses:

• Our 2020 Definitive Edition launch
  
• Rivals Esports
  
• The future of the Aether franchise
  
• Workshop Updates
  
• Creatures of Aether
  
• Our upcoming comic book
  
• Dungeons of Aether
  
• And more!
  

Read the 2020 Recap and 2021 Developer Preview here.



If there is anything that you are excited about in the Aether universe, be sure to let us know. We look forward to sharing more information on the exciting projects above with you all later this year.

The final regular season event for North America's Rivals Championship Series Season 5! Top competitors fight for their share of a $2,000 prize pool!