Esports organisations Alliance and Fnatic have teased an Apex Legends-focused esports collaboration.
The collaboration will happen on January 14th, 2026 in Sapporo Japan, simply earlier than the ALGS Yr 5 Championship begins.
Each organisations introduced the partnership on January twelfth, 2026 via social media, although particulars for what to anticipate from the collaboration weren’t shared.
You will need to be aware that each Alliance and Fnatic might be competing within the ALGS Championship 2026. Alliance certified because the winner of the EMEA Break up 2 Professional League, and Fnatic’s Japanese trio positioned throughout the prime 30 groups of the ALGS 2025/2026 rankings.
Alliance and Fnatic aren’t the one organisations to have teamed up forward of the Apex Legends crowning occasion. Lately, North American organisation 100 Thieves revealed that it was partnering with Japanese organisation Loopy Raccoons. Nevertheless, on this case, that was to kind a brand new staff, Loopy Thieves.
It is usually not unusual for rival groups to work collectively in a collaborative challenge throughout a significant esports match. For instance, again in October 2025, FlyQuest ran a charity marketing campaign with T1 through the League of Legends World Championships.
What’s the ALGS Championship?
The highest 40 groups from throughout the areas compete for a $2m (~£1.48m) prize pool, with the champion incomes $600,000 (~£447,240) in winnings.
From January fifteenth to 18th, groups will compete throughout three levels: Group Stage, Bracket Stage, and the Finals. The Group Stage will see groups seeded into teams of 10, and can compete in a round-robin format.
The outcomes of the Group Stage will decide the winner and loser brackets. After a collection of matches, the highest 20 (10 from every bracket) squads will place within the Finals.
The Finals will utilise the Match Level format, the place the primary staff to win after reaching 50 factors might be topped this season’s champion.
