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To the joy of many, esports will be a medal sport at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. As announced by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) on their website, medals won in the esports category will be counted into the overall tally in the medal standings. In the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, esports made its debut at the Asian ...
At the recent SEA Games 2019, history was made as esports was included as a medal sport for the first time ever. Six games were selected and eight countries participated. Malaysia's Hearthstone player Dr. Yew Weng Kean brought home the country's first esports gold medal. [caption id="attachment_49271" align="alignnone" width="919"] Dr. Yew "wkye...
The 9th of December is a day to remember for Malaysian esports as we scored our first-ever gold medal for esports at a multi-sports meet. National esports player, Dr. Yew Weng Kean - yes, you read it right, 'Dr' - won gold in Hearthstone after defeating his Thai opponent 3-1 in the finals. An Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Dr Yew w...
The SEA Games 2019 will be the first major international sports event to feature Esports as a medal sport. There are 18 medals to be won across 6 games. The group stage draw was done yesterday and we now have the results. Esports at SEA Games 2019 will be happening at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, Metro Manila from 5 December to 10 Decem...
Government-involved kerfuffles aside, many of us are excited for this year's Philippines 2019 30th SEA Games, largely because it's the first time we'll be seeing esports as a competitive field in an Olympic-level scale and setting. You can watch the esports tournament here. https://youtu.be/mmCBkYBymrM Here's the schedule (via Esports Inquirer)....
Just today, the Deputy Chef-de-Mission of the Malaysian contingent for the SEA Games 2019 paid a visit to the esports team who will be representing the country for the six esports medal events to be contested from 1 December to 6 December 2019 in Manila. Throughout the visit the DCDM Nurul Huda Abdullah, a former competitive swimmer who has won ma...
Ahead of the 2019 SEA Games later this year, the first Razer SEA Games Esports Bootcamp has concluded today on 9 September 2019. The bootcamp took place over two days with five participating national teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. They received personal training and tips from none other than renowned Dota ...
The 30th SEA Games this year will be a historic one as it's the first SEA Games to feature esports as a medal event. We'll see the best players from Southeast Asian countries compete in six games across three platforms throughout the six-day event. Here's what you need to know: The esports event will start on 5 December and end on 10 December 2019...
One of the biggest announcements at the end of last year was that the 2019 SEA Games will be the first SEA Game to feature esports as a medal sport. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan had lobbied for the inclusion of esports into the SEA Games back in November 2018 and after successfully convincing the SEA Games Organizing Committee, it was also confirmed tha...
You can't ever take politics out of anything Malaysian, even if it's competitive gaming on the line. In this instance, eSports Malaysia is now the target of Malaysian internet users due to them accused of not offering financial support and having their own minister-level champion pulling off an alleged "no-show". Here's a breakdown of the two cont...
The Malaysian Esports Selection 2019 Grand Finals for the 2019 SEA Games have concluded. We have our potential representatives for Team Malaysia in the upcoming Philippines SEA Games 2019. These players will be one step closer to representing Malaysia for the esports titles such as Starcraft II, Dota 2, Arena of Valor, Tekken 7 and Mobile Legend...
Team Unicorn is Team Malaysia's potential representative for Dota 2 in the upcoming Philippines SEA Games 2019. The team faced Team Felix+4 in the SEA Games Qualifier Grand Final at Central i-City Shah Alam before earning the honour to bring the Malaysian esports name overseas. Team Unicorn won the Best of 5 (BO5) match with a score of 3-...
Razer is one of the brands you need no introduction of, so it's a great honour to announce that Razer has unveiled its intention to support the national esports team for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2019. How? By providing world-class training and tournament-grade gear for the Malaysian team. The tournament gear includes acclaimed products su...
Update: Schedule added. We've been asking the same question since last year: When is Malaysia stepping up their game for the upcoming esports medal games in the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines? We now have the answer to that, as the official channel for recruitment and registration has recently opened. The 'Malaysian Esports Selection 2019'...
Singtel has announced a significant move forward in the progress towards a better future for esports in Southeast Asia by revealing that they will be officially providing sponsorship for the Singapore's SEA Games 2019 esports team. In a deal with the Singapore Esports Association (SGEA), the sponsorship includes funding for training, competition a...
Six game titles including DotA 2 and Tekken 7 will be featured in next year's SEA Games, following this week's round of meetings chaired by the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) in Manila. This new list brings several major changes from what was shown at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Apparently, football (PES 2018) w...
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