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Following the controversy which began with Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai's political statements, many people within the esports industry have been engaging in discussions concerning China and the Hong Kong protests which are still happening to this day. ESL co-CEO and co-founder Ralf Reichert has instructed his employees t...
Update: full video interview added. The playoffs for the fourth season of the Mobile Legends Professional League (MPL) MY/SG is happening next weekend. But before all that, the best players from Malaysia and Singapore met at Battle Arena in KL today for an All-Star Match plus meet-and-greet session with fans. [caption id="attachment_40214" al...
Blizzard has finally issued a follow-up statement regarding the punishment dished out towards Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai for his politically-charged statement. President of Blizzard Entertainment J. Allen Brack wrote a blogpost not just to announce the reduction of Chung's punishment but also to provide further clarific...
As most gamers and esports fans have heard by now, the Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports Syed Saddiq has announced that the ministry will be organising a National Esports League starting next year. The question is: Are we ready for such a huge undertaking? Don't get me wrong. I think it's great that the government is paying more attention to ...
At the time of writing, the Malaysian Budget 2019 / Belanjawan Negara 2019 is currently being presented and tabled by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. Two particular contents of the Budget has caught the attention of many Malaysians, directly/indirectly affecting those who are gamers and/or heavy user of digital entertainment services. The Malaysia...
A lot of Street Fighter 5 fans are probably having fun with the game's latest additions like E.Honda and that Final Fight 3 chick. So it's good to know that we may be getting new characters to fill up the rest of Season 4. Here's what Capcom Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono said during the Brazil Game Show (via Eventhubs): "You wanna see new...
Esports in Malaysia is about to get bigger. In a recent parliament session, Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq announced that the ministry will be organising a National Esports League in 2020. He made the announcement this while answering questions regarding esports development and budgeting. https://twitter.com/SyedSaddiq/status/118...
The current debacle regarding Hong Kong Hearthstone player Chung 'blitzchung' Ng Wei is still the hottest topic in gaming and esports. The Hong Kong Overwatch Team, Fire Dragons, is aware of the controversy and is currently discussing their future plans. https://twitter.com/OWTeamHongKong/status/1182158587021258753?s=20 In a recent tweet from the...
Activision has just officially announced the new Call of Duty League which will start in 2020. They didn't put out the names of any of participating teams yet during the announcement but looks like we won't have to wait to find out. Esports journalist Adam Fitch found the names of all of the 12 participating teams in the the official website's cod...
As we reported earlier, the Call of Duty World League tournament will be changing into a franchise-based league starting in 2020. Activision has finally officially announced the new Call of Duty League and revealed the 12 participating teams' location of origin. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRMEvlR8PGc&w=560&h=315] The teams wi...
Bandar Sunway-based esports agency Cove Esports has just announced their acquisition of 5 Red Army, a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team. 5 Red Army consists of five players: From left to right: Muhammad "Sepat" Irfan Wan "4Meyz" Usman Muhammad "Inferni" Saiful Muhammad "CooL" Aizat Muhammad "Anip" Haniff 5 Red Army isn't just your run-of-the...
Update 9/10/19: Australian game studio Immutable has offered to pay blitzchung all of the prize money he lost (a total that ranges from US$7,000 to US$10,000) plus a ticket to their upcoming Gods Unchained World Championship which has racked up a prize pool of US$500,000. According to Kotaku, blitzchung has responded to the offer but it's still u...
The Malaysian Fighting Games Community has come a long way. A good indication of that can be seen in the growth of the Flash Vision Esports' very own tournament: The FV Major. In celebration of their journey so far, Flash Vision has launched a new FV Major Malaysia jersey. It's designed by esports apparel provider Aegis Gaming and is sold for RM80...
There are two months left before we wave 2019 goodbye and welcome 2020, which is expected to be one hell of a year for esports. Still, there is a lot of competitive gaming action going on this October. So if you're on the lookout for tournaments to join or just want to go watch great players duke it against each other, check out our list: League o...
YouTuber Cameron Jeffers was recently stripped of his title as the UK’s first national cycling esports champion on 4 October 2019 (via Forbes). This occurred after the 22-year-old confessed that he resorted to cheating in order to reach live finals of the British Cycling’s Esports Championships. According to Jeffers, he acquired th...
Team Malaysia will officially be sending two representatives in two different categories to the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games, which will take place at the Vallelunga Circuit, Rome, Italy from 1 to 3 November 2019. While six categories will be competed at this year's edition of the event, including the GT Cup, Touring Car Cup, Formula 4 Cup, Drif...
The Runaway Finals Curse struck again as the Vancouver Titans crashed and burned at the last hurdle, this time to the unstoppable San Francisco Shock in the Overwatch League 2019 Grand Finals played earlier today. The Shock win was made even more impressive considering that they had to bounce back via the loser's bracket, having lost their opening...
The Malaysian esports scene is definitely ramping things up next year with the Esports Kuala Lumpur Association (ESKL) organising the Kuala Lumpur Esports Masters 2020 which is set to be one of the biggest esports tournament in the country. The tournament will feature 5 games played across PC, consoles, mobiles, and even VR. Titles will be offic...
We're just a few weeks away from the start of the League of Legends World Championship 2019 (Worlds 2019). T1, the current top Korean LoL team has announced their roster for the upcoming tournament. Check out who's in: Roles: Top - Kim "Khan" Dong-ha Jungle - Kim "Clid" Tae-min, Kang "Haru" Min-seung Mid - Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ADC - Park "Tedd...
Around a month ago, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced that they will be partnering with Gamesbond to organise an esports football tournament in conjunction with the Malaysia Cup (Piala Malaysia) annual football tournament which is the nation's oldest football tournament. The tournament is officially called e-Piala Malaysia and will be ...
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