September 4-7 weekend: RQ Singapore and Riftbound at PAX West
Two Riftbound dates in the same weekend, on opposite sides of the world. Singapore hosts the second to last Regional Qualifier of the 2026 season, with a $25,000 prize pool and Regional Championship invites on the line. In Seattle, Riftbound brings a booth, demos and tournaments to PAX West, with the Riven, Shattered Sealed promo and the Secret Garden box on sale.
RQ Singapore
The second to last Regional Qualifier of 2026, $25,000 and 2,096 players already registered. Coverage starts at 10:00 SGT.
Riftbound at PAX West
Booth 4221, demos for first-time players, Sealed with the Riven, Shattered promo and Sunday’s developer panel.
CompetitiveRQ Singapore, September 4-6
It runs at the Singapore Expo (1 Expo Dr) from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September. The prize pool is $25,000, with cash from $250 to $6,000 for the best finishes, but the real stakes sit elsewhere: Regional Championship invites, competitor passes for future Regional Qualifiers, exclusive Jayce, Brilliant Inventor promos, Prize Wall tickets, Lux Crownguard playmats and Foil Plated cards from the three most recent sets.
As we write, public UVS Games registrations sit at 2,096 players — RQ Barcelona territory (2,387), the largest ever. Coverage is live on Riftbound’s YouTube and Twitch channels from 10:00 SGT (2:00 AM GMT), with Casanova, Courtney Smith, Carix and Logan Potter on the desk.
Why it matters. This is the second read on the Vendetta metagame after Barcelona, where Kennen took the field and Ornn took the title. This time the field arrives with three more weeks of preparation and knows what to expect. As always, the lists Riot publishes land automatically in our archive and in Meta statistics.
ConventionsRiftbound at PAX West, September 4-7
In Seattle, Riftbound takes booth 4221 on the second floor of the Summit Building at the Seattle Convention Center, September 4-7. On the schedule:
- Demos for first-time players all weekend, plus Learn to Play sessions.
- Sealed events with the exclusive Riven, Shattered promo.
- Tournaments run by Pro-Play Games on a full schedule, plus on-demand 2v2, Free-for-All, Sealed and Draft.
- Panel on Sunday, 11:00-13:00, with the League of Legends Classic, Teamfight Tactics and Riftbound teams.
- On sale: Vendetta decks, Vault, playmats, sleeves and the Secret Garden box at $70.
Also worth noting: Marc Merrill’s keynote on Friday at 11:00 and the developer community meetup on Saturday at 12:30.
ProductsWhat the Secret Garden box is
It is the collector box built around Unleashed alt arts, already seen at Gen Con and RQ Barcelona. Inside: three alt art cards — Ivern, Green Father, Lillia, Bashful Bloom and Ultrasoft Poro — plus five double-sided alt art tokens, two sleeve packs, two full-art postcards and three Unleashed boosters. Price: $70 for the English edition.
Note: Secret Garden does not reach retail. It is sold only at selected events — after PAX West and Singapore, the next one is RQ Los Angeles. Everywhere else it is a secondary-market product: we track those prices on Sealed products.
NextWhat comes after this weekend
| When | What |
|---|---|
| September 4-6 | RQ Singapore (second to last Regional Qualifier of 2026) |
| September 4-7 | Riftbound at PAX West, Seattle |
| September 25-27 | RQ Los Angeles: Radiance preview season starts |
| until October 9 | Radiance previews, card by card |
| October 16-22 | Pre-Rift: prerelease events |
| October 23 | Radiance releases, fifth set (180 cards) |
- Singapore: September 4-6, $25,000, 2,096 entrants, stream from 10:00 SGT.
- PAX West: September 4-7, booth 4221, Riven Shattered Sealed promo, Sunday panel.
- Secret Garden at $70, events only: after Seattle and Singapore comes Los Angeles.
- Radiance: previews from September 25, release October 23.
Sources. “All Eyes on Singapore” (August 24, 2026) and “Riftbound at PAX West 2026” (August 28, 2026), Riot Games; Secret Garden contents and price from “Products and Sets into 2027” (August 5, 2026). Entrant count: public UVS Games standings, event 889532, checked on August 30, 2026. Images: Riot Games.
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