{"id":73014,"date":"2024-07-26T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=73014"},"modified":"2024-07-26T07:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:53:11","slug":"galaxy-battles-is-back-with-first-ever-squad-busters-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/galaxy-battles-is-back-with-first-ever-squad-busters-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Battles is Back with First-Ever Squad Busters Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Samsung is hosting the Grand Finals of <a href=\"\/\/www.amg.gg\/GalaxyBattles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Battles: Squad Heroes<\/a>, an electrifying\u00a0tournament looking to put some of the most talented mobile gamers to the test, all with exciting prizes on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Tune into the Grand Finals on July 30, 2024, at 7pm CT, to see who is crowned the new Galaxy Battles champion. Catch the livestream on Samsung\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SamsungUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/samsungus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SamsungUS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> channels.<\/p>\n<p>In the first ever Squad Busters competition, Samsung brings together the best of the Supercell community to battle it out on unpredictable maps to see who will be victorious \u2014 with only the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a> in hand. In the end, creators and qualified players from the Squad Busters community will compete for $40,000 in cash and a range of Samsung devices \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/galaxy-watch7\/?r=true&amp;referrer=usnewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Watch7<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/mobile-audio\/galaxy-buds3-pro\/buy\/galaxy-buds3-pro-silver-sm-r630nzaaxar\/?cid=pla-ecomm-pfs-macc-us-google-na-07102024-170313-&amp;ds_e=GOOGLE-cr:0-pl:268233694-&amp;ds_c=CN~Buds+3+Pmax_ID~n_PR~galbud_SB~ecom_PH~laun_KS~pmax_MK~usnat_OB~conv_FS~lo_FF~Buds_BS~me_KM~na-&amp;ds_ag=-&amp;ds_k=&amp;cid=pla-ecomm-pfs-macc-us-google-na-07102024-170313-&amp;ds_e=GOOGLE-cr:0-pl:268233694-&amp;ds_c=CN~Buds+3+Pmax_ID~n_PR~galbud_SB~ecom_PH~laun_KS~pmax_MK~usnat_OB~conv_FS~lo_FF~Buds_BS~me_KM~na-&amp;ds_ag=-&amp;ds_k=&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoPnDy6KxhwMVtGhHAR2ZbQDlEAAYASAAEgL9IvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Buds3 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be hosted by GrandmasterGojj and FullFrontage, and include 10 prominent Supercell creators: Chisgule Plays, BenTimm1, Cori, Orange Juice Gaming, SirTagCR, AshlynS, JuicyJ, SirClaz, CryingMan, and Bailey&#8217;s Dad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded product-module\">\n\t\t<a id=\"product-module-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold7\/\" title=\"Galaxy Z Fold7\" class=\"snr-article_product-image\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25130304\/Fold7_Newsroom-Module_LAUNCH.png\" alt=\"Galaxy Z Fold7\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith our 4<sup>th<\/sup> Galaxy Battles, we continue to push the barriers around competitive mobile-first gaming,\u201d said Simon Callan, Head of Partnerships at Samsung Electronics America. \u201cThis is the first ever Supercell Squad Busters tournament and what better way to experience this amazing title than through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a> \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s packed with powerful performance, a long-lasting battery, and an immersive display that helps you view all the action with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a> is filled with the technology gamers rely on, whether competing against others or relaxing after a long day. Powered by the Snapdragon\u00ae 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform for Galaxy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a> lets users game for longer, while maintaining the high-level performance they expect. The device also includes a 1.6 larger vapor chamber. It \u00a0offers a more immersive gaming experience, thanks to Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing and a brighter display \u2014 now with a peak brightness of 2,600nits. Also, it\u2019s easier than ever to game on the go with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Z Fold6<\/a>, which is lighter than previous generations, and protected by enhanced\u00a0Armor Aluminum and\u00a0Corning\u00ae Gorilla\u00ae\u00a0Glass Victus\u00ae 2.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-introducing-nrg-galaxy-new-pubg-team-return-mobile-esports\/\" class=\"recommended-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/14075207\/introducing-nrg-galaxy-268x178.jpg\" alt=\"Introducing NRG Galaxy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-category\">Smartphones<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Introducing NRG Galaxy<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Don\u2019t miss your chance to be a part of Galaxy Battles: Squad Heroes! Be sure to tune into Samsung\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SamsungUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/samsungus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SamsungUS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> channels to catch all the action.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and updates, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/galaxy-z-fold6\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Finals Kicks Off July 30; Livestream available on Samsung\u2019s YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook channels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29720],"tags":[30431,30427,30430,805,40,26387],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-73014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-mobile","tag-galaxy-buds3-pro","tag-galaxy-watch-7","tag-galaxy-z-fold6","tag-gaming","tag-mobile","tag-mobile-gaming"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/25163152\/samsung-galaxy-battles-july-30-2024-f-200x200.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/25163152\/samsung-galaxy-battles-july-30-2024-f-432x286.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29720,"name":"Mobile","slug":"product-mobile","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29720,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29718,"count":981,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-mobile\/","term_path":"product\/product-mobile"},"badge":"Press Release","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73014"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=73014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}