It’s time to race, win, and celebrate—VENTUS Hoverdrome style. This isn’t just another event; it’s a shot at bragging rights and rewards that’ll level up your experience.

What can you win?

• 5 VENTUS PFPs: Your signature identity in the Unioverse, extra POWER across games, and the option to trade or burn for 50,000 UNIO.
• 10x Protens for every game played during the event. (Nexus Event #2 is coming—more on that later!)
• Top 10 leaderboard rewards, including rare blanks.
• 20+ surprise prizes for random participants—because showing up should count for something.

How to join the fun:

1. Play at least 10 public Multiplayer games in Hoverdrome between Dec 6, 12 PM MT and Dec 9, 12 PM MT.
2. Log in with your Unioverse account—guest accounts can watch from the sidelines.

This weekend is all about stacking rewards and celebrating the VENTUS PFP Mint. You in?

Key links to get started:

• Details on the Ventus Mint: ventus.unioverse.com
• Download Hoverdrome and hit the track: unioverse.com/play

Race hard. Win big. See you in the ‘Drome!

Welcome champions of the Unioverse! Our fast-action multiplayer game the Hoverdrome is in alpha preview on Windows PC. This game combines themes from Mario Kart and Rocket League, and will melt your video card with its AAA graphics. In the coming months we will be adding new features to it based on your feedback. To make this fun, we will hold a series of FREE-to-play tournaments with big prizes!

Our first event was tons of fun, helpful for our developers, was a huge boon to some of our community, and a great watch on Twitch. So let’s do it again! Get your bikes revved and ready for the Preview Tourney 2! Here’s everything you need to know:

Please check back here often as this page will update

If you haven’t played yet, check out our new teaser below:

Prize Pool

Finalists:

• $15,000 USDC split among the top 16 players in the Finals, courtesy of our sponsor Polygon
• 300,000 UNIO prize pool (claimable at TGE)
• All finalists get to create a rare hoverbike
• Special Hero Metadata awards to all Finalists

Everyone:

• 50 Reward Vaults will be given to random participants in qualifiers
• We are giving away $300 a day in cash to participants during each event
• Tier 3 Unioverse collectible tournament badge to the top 50 players on the Qualifier final board.
• 3x Protens awarded PER GAME for all Qualifier games played. Learn how Protens can be converted at the UNIO TGE here.

How to Enter

• Everyone can enter the tournament for free, you do not need a Unioverse hero.
• You can download the Hoverdrome and practice right now and earn Proten rewards.
• Please verify you have a Windows PC with the minimum requirements (listed on the download page).
• Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.

Rules

The following behaviors are not allowed and can result in bans:

• Team play: logging with other players who then play as a team, protecting each other and helping each other score.
• Hiding with the proten in places of the map where other players may not be able to reach you or shoot at you. Examples include but are not limited to outside the arena or on top of objects such the gears or proten smasher.
• Multi-account play: logging in with multiple accounts in order to throw the game in your favor.

Open Qualifier

We will have four one-hour qualifier events starting on August 26th and being run at various times until August 29th. We will ensure a variety of time options to suit our global audience. During these times, you will compete in as many 4-minute games as you can. You only need to enter one, but you may enter as many as you wish. Your best score from any qualifier event will determine if you get into the finals.

Times for the qualifiers are below:

• August 26th, 7pm-8pm MT (GMT-6) Monday
• August 27th, 12pm-1pm MT Tuesday
• August 28th, 12pm-1pm MT Wednesday
• August 29th, 8am-9am MT Thursday

During a Qualifier Event you accumulate points as follows:

• Winner: 9 Points
• Second Place: 4 Points
• Third: 2 Points
• Fourth: 1 Point

During the event, the leaderboard will show the standings for the current Qualifier Event.

At the end of the week we will take each player’s personal best from all the Qualifier Events they participated in, and make a Final Leaderboard. The top 32 from the Final Leaderboard will be invited to the Live Final Event as described below.

Players will be able to see the current standings throughout the week. This article will be updated after each event with the results.

If you are in the top 50 you must signup at communitygaming.io and link your Unioverse wallet.

Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.

Qualifier 1 Results (August 26th)
Qualifier 2 Results (August 27th)
Qualifier 3 Results (August 28th)
Qualifier 4 Results (August 29th)

Live Finals Event

The live finals event will be streamed to Twitch on Saturday August 31st, 2024 starting at 11am MT

The previous finals were a huge hit. Here is the format for this tournament’s finals.

The top 32 Players from the Open Qualifier will be invited to a live tournament hosted by our partner, CommunityGaming.io. Using our tournament system, one match will be played at a time with stellar commentary from guest hosts @Tanner_Metro and @Orbital_Casting. 

During the live event, the finalists will be randomly assigned groups and play through brackets as follows, one match at a time:

This live event will include prizes randomly given out to viewers so tune in!

Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.

Don’t forget! You can also host and stream your own private tournaments. If you want us to reward prizes for streaming YOUR tournament sign up here.

Get ready by practicing in the Hoverdrome now! Download here!

Welcome champions of the Unioverse! Our fast-action multiplayer game the Hoverdrome is in alpha preview on Windows PC. This game combines themes from Mario Kart and Rocket League, and will melt your video card with its AAA graphics. In the coming months we will be adding new features to it based on your feedback. To make this fun, we will hold a series of FREE-to-play tournaments with big prizes!

Please check back here often as this page will update.

If you haven’t played yet, check out our new teaser below:

Prize Pool

Finalists:

• $15,000 split among the top 16 players in the Finals, courtesy of our sponsor GSR
• 300,000 $UNIO prize pool (claimable at TGE)
• All finalists get to create a rare hoverbike
• Unioverse Gamer Tags to all Finalists
• Special Hero Metadata awards to all Finalists

Everyone:

• Tor Gret whitelist for all participants in the Open Qualifier
• Tier 3 Unioverse collectible tournament badge to the top 50 players on the Qualifier final board.
• 3x Protens awarded PER GAME for all Qualifier games played. Learn how Protens can be converted to $UNIO at TGE here.

How to Enter

• Everyone can enter the tournament for free, you do not need a Unioverse hero.
• You can download the Hoverdrome and practice solo right now. Please verify you have a Windows PC with the minimum requirements.
• If you own a hero you can participate in additional tests throughout the day. Join us in Discord.
• Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.

Open Qualifer

Next week we will have an Open Qualifier as a series of 1-hour Qualifier Events where you will compete in as many 4-minute games as you can. During open qualifier events you do not need to own a Unioverse hero to compete.

• July 29th, 9-10PM MT (GMT-6) Monday
• July 30, 5-6PM MT – Tuesday
• July 31, 9-10AM MT – Wednesday
• August 1: 7-8AM MT – Thursday
• August 1: 7-8PM MT – Thursday

Anyone can participate, FREE. You do not need to participate in more than one, but can enter as many as you want.

During a Qualifier Event you accumulate points as follows:

• Winner: 9 Points
• Second Place: 4 Points
• Third: 2 Points
• Fourth: 1 Point

During the event, the leaderboard will show the standings for the current Qualifier Event.

At the end of the week we will take each player’s personal best from all the Qualifier Events they participated in, and make a Final Leaderboard. The top 32 from the Final Leaderboard will be invited to the Live Final Event as described below.

Players will be able to see the current standings throughout the week.

If you are in the top 50 you must signup at communitygaming.io and link your Unioverse wallet, so we can contact you to participate in the finals.

Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.

Live Finals Event

August 3rd, 2024 (exact time TBD)
3-hour live streamed event, hosted by Community Gaming.

Watch the livestream now.

The top 32 Players from the Open Qualifier will be invited to a live tournament hosted by our partner, CommunityGaming.io. Using our tournament system, one match will be played at a time with commentary from the development team and guest hosts. 

During the live event, the finalists will be randomly assigned groups and play through brackets as follows, one match at a time:

This live event will include prizes randomly given out to viewers so tune in!

Please make sure to set your Unioverse email so we can notify you of tournament status and prizes.