Riftbound Expands Organized Play With Showdown Series and Le Rift Tour
Riftbound is expanding organized play with the Showdown Series, France’s Le Rift Tour, and a packed 2026 roadmap.
Riftbound had a busy announcement day, with two new organized play programs revealed and an updated 2026 roadmap.
The biggest competitive news is the Riftbound Showdown Series, a new series of officially sanctioned events. These are meant to sit below the huge Regional Qualifiers, with events in the hundreds of players instead of the thousands. Top finishers can earn Regional Championship invites, plus Competitor Passes for future Regional Qualifiers.
The first Showdown Series stops include Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Gatineau, Auckland, Speyer, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Murcia, and Orlando, giving players in North America, Europe, and APAC more chances to compete without waiting only for Regional Qualifiers.
Riftbound is also putting real focus on France with Le Rift Tour, a national circuit tied to the French launch of Origins. The tour starts with Store Qualifiers in July and August, moves into Division Qualifiers in September, and ends with a Final Stage at Paris Games Week in October. Finalists will also qualify for the Europe Regional Championship.
The updated roadmap adds more context around all of this. RQ Vancouver currently happening this weekend, followed by Utrecht and Hartford in June, Vendetta (Set 4) previews and release in July, a State of the Game planned for early August, and more major stops through the rest of 2026.
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