- Tyler won the first Might & Magic tournament at the YGG Play Summit.
- Ubisoft tested the competitive mechanics with a conservative prize pool of $5,000.
- The event served as a testing laboratory for Web3 game balance and design.
Tyler z YGG ESPORTS won the inaugural Might & Magic: Fates tournament at the YGG Play Summit in Manilataking first place and $1,500. TCG’s competitive debut at the Web3 summit confirmed the huge publisher’s interest in testing competition mechanisms and promoting the professionalization of the ecosystem.
Tournament details and results
The event took place on November 19-22, 2025 at the SMX Convention Center Aura in Taguig (Manila)as part of the fourth edition of the YGG Play Summit, and featured eight players invited to the Arena stage in a single-elimination bracket with best-of-three quarterfinals, semi-finals, and a best-of-three final.
Tyler defeated content creator Archer Perez in the finals and took home $1,500 out of a total prize pool of $5,000. Tyler has nine years of card gaming experience and previous earnings in Hearthstone of over $100,000.
Might & Magic: Fates was presented as a TCG – a digital collectible card game – in which players generate resources and summon allies to defeat an enemy hero. Many participants chose Haven faction decks, indicating a defensive bias in the initial metagame, and the structure and choices made by the pros provided an early testbed for balance and design adjustments.
Sylvain Loe Mie, Executive Producer at Ubisoft, summarized the studio’s intentions:
“We believe that building a great TCG game starts with creating a fresh experience, powered by innovative and deep game mechanics that still feel familiar and welcoming to longtime fans of the genre.”
Mike Ovecka, head of esports at YGG, in addition:
“YGG Play Summit continues to prove itself as the heart of competitive Web3 play. The energy around our tournaments this year speaks for itself, and the fact that a major publisher like Ubisoft will be showcasing a new title at the Summit further cements esports on Web3 as a segment of the broader high-impact gaming ecosystem.“
Implications for market and institutional actors
Ubisoft’s participation and exposure at the mass event is an early validation of the title’s competitive and economic potential in the Web3 world; however, the size of the prize pool ($5,000) puts the initial investment at a conservative level compared to classic esports standards.
For vaults and operators, an essential operational takeaway is the combination of editorial support and live meta testingmaking it easier to assess community fluidity, possible monetization models, and tournament scalability.
The YGG Play Summit also included training initiatives in the Skills District, such as no-code development workshopswhich contributes to building local human capital and can reduce supply frictions for Web3 projects looking to outsource development or hiring in the region.
Tyler’s victory marks the first competitive milestone for Might & Magic: Fates and confirms YGG Play Summit’s role as a testing laboratory for Web3 titles. Another reference to watch is the GAM3 Awards ceremony on November 21, 2025, which will continue to highlight ecosystem priorities and winners.
