PUBG Mobile Esports 2026 Roadmap Announced: PMGO, PMWC and PMGC To Offer Record Prize Pool

The first day of the PMGC 2025 grand finals was not only about intense matches and fiery chicken dinners, but also about what lies ahead in the esports scenario of one of the popular battle royal games, PUBG Mobile. The community got its answer as the organiser promptly announced the PUBG Mobile Esports 2026 roadmap before the finals commenced. The organisers promised to deliver another year packed with esports action with a bigger prize pool, expanded structure and more global events.

After topping the charts of being the best mobile esports game in 2025, the developers aim to popularise esports and uplift pro players in more and more countries with the introduction of 2 seasons in a calendar year. In 2025, PUBG Mobile Esports tournaments saw more than 1,000,000 participants from more than 180 countries. The devs now plan to expand it to the next level.

PUBG Mobile Esports 2026 Roadmap Announced

The game took to its official handle @EsportsPUBGM to announce the roadmap for 2026. The post was made on December 12, 2025, at 4:25 PM IST.

The announcement disclosed all the details of the upcoming tournaments for 2026. It also revealed the official hosts and total prize pool for major events like PMGO, PMWC and PMGC. You can find all the details of them down below.

PUBG Mobile Esports 2026 Roadmap: PMGO, PMWC and PMGC

The PUBG Mobile Esports tournaments will be played in 2 seasons in 2026. Each season will consist of one PUBG Mobile Global Open (PMGO) that will lead up to the season finale, which is PMWC (PUBG Mobile World Cup) for the summer and PMGC (PUBG Mobile Global Championship) for the winter. There will be over 30 PUBG Mobile National Championships (PMNCs) happening in more than 8 regions in 2026. The winners of each PMNC will move on to the PUBG Mobile Global Open (PMGO), bringing some new faces right at the start of the season

PMGO 2026 Format and Hosts

PMGO 2026 will occur in 2 seasons. The participating teams will earn important qualification points from each PMGO match that will decide their slots for major global events like PMWC and PMGC. You can see the PMGO 2026 hosts and prize pool in the following table.

The host cities for each PMGO will be revealed in the coming days.

Two Major Globals: PMWC and PMGC

PUBG Mobile Esports 2026 roadmap confirmed the 2 biggest tournaments of the game: PMWC and PMGC. The announcement also revealed the hosts and prize pool for both of these tournaments.

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is going to be the host of PMWC 2026. The host city for the seventh edition of PMGC will be known soon.

The combined prize pool of all the official global tournaments for PUBG Mobile Esports in 2026 is a massive $7,000,000. The announcement of 2 PMGO seasons and 2 flagship competitions is sure to propel the esports circuit of the game to a new level. Fans will also get to witness non-stop PUBG Mobile action from both current veterans and upcoming stars in 2026.