The Big Buck Hunter Championship came to a close on Saturday, with Andre Rivas named the winner and walking away with $20,000.
While both men and women could can participate in the main event, there was also a women’s tournament running parallel. This was won by Lauren Hope, beating two-time winner Melinda VanHoomissen, who was awarded $5,000.
If the challenge of being up against the best players in the world wasn’t enough, Play Mechanix, which manufactures the game, upped the ante by debuting all-new paths for the game’s animals to take, doing away with any advantages as a result of memorising hunting sites.
Having been broadcast on ESPN, the event continues to be one of the world’s most watched arcade esports.
Next year will be Big Buck Hunter’s 20th anniversary and this will be marked with the release of Big Buck Hunter: Reloaded, which will add a new dynamic to 2020’s tournament.
