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By Syazwan Bahri|August 12, 2019|0 Comment
The hero shooter battle royale by Respawn Entertainment, Apex Legends, has just concluded its largest esports event: the EXP Invitational. Team SoloMid (TSM) was crowned as the ultimate champions of the battle royale. [caption id="attachment_31996" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Team SoloMid[/caption] The recent EXP Invitational gave players a g...
Honda, the Japanese car brand renowned for the Civic, the Jazz, and the CR-V running amuck all over Malaysian highways, will be exclusively sponsoring a large League of Legends tournament in the USA (via LA.biz). Following companies like Mercedes-Benz sponsoring the esports scene, Honda will be doing this to expand its interest in esports and in...
Singapore-based online gaming platform Bountie recently opened its first esports arena last week, aiming to cement its position and develop the local esports community. But does it really need one in the first place, especially with former cybercafes like Spout Arena/Alienware Arena and Oasis shutting down after being around for so long? Accordi...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 8, 2019|0 Comment
Everyone not living under the rock knows that things are not peachy in Hong Kong right now, with protests and riots taking place in the streets of the city. Due to this ongoing civic unrest still raging on with no clear end in sight, Capcom has announced that they will be removing Hong Kong from its Pro Tour lineup. The upcoming Esports Festival...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 8, 2019|0 Comment
Last year, Dota 2 team Red Bull OG unexpectedly became champions at The International 2018 (also known as TI9, one of the biggest esports tournaments in the world). It was the ultimate underdog story, and unsurprisingly, it's been adapted into a documentary. Developed by the Emmy Award-winning Red Bull Media House, the documentary, titled 'Again...
By Burhanudin Zamri|August 6, 2019|0 Comment
EVO 2019 was a great event for everyone who attended. The best players from all over the world brought out some amazingly skilled performances and the crowd was as electrifying as always. However, things have turned quite sour at the end of it all. Two women have said that they were sexually assaulted at the official EVO after-party hosted by Red ...
By Burhanudin Zamri|August 6, 2019|1 Comment
The Overwatch World Cup is just around the corner and Team Malaysia has announced its players! Take a look: In line with the recently implemented Role Lock, the team members are categorised according to the roles they'll be playing. With all team members chosen and the committee members working together, Team Malaysia will now be working hard to...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 5, 2019|0 Comment
The Globe Philippine Pro Gaming League (PPGL) Season 2 will conclude with the grand finals set to take place this weekend from 9 to 11 August 2019 at the Ayala Malls Market in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. The biggest multi-platform esports league in the country is in partnership with MET Events, Southeast Asia’s largest esports organ...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 5, 2019|0 Comment
China is definitely investing massive amounts of money into the esports industry, perhaps more than any other country in the world right now. Chinese games and tech company NetEase has announced plans to invest a whopping RMB5 billion (or roughly US$725 million) in an esports stadium and park in Shanghai, China. The news was announced at the 2019 ...
By Burhanudin Zamri|August 5, 2019|0 Comment
Over the recent weekend, the biggest Apex Legends offline tournament (so far) was held at X Games Minneapolis. The EXP Invitational saw 20 squads battling across 12 matches to become the champions of Respawn's popular battle royale game. Team SoloMid (TSM) emerged as champion and brought home the grand prize of US$30,000. Though they didn't rack u...
The upcoming Arc System Works and Cygames 2D fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus is going to be packed with features. In addition to modes like arcade, versus, practice, and online, the title will feature a full-blown RPG mode which is sure to blow every other fighting game's "RPG mode" since, well, the 90s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUU...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 5, 2019|0 Comment
The inaugural Fortnite World Cup took place last week, ending with 16-year-old Kyle “Bugha†Giersdorf becoming the champion and bringing home a whopping US$3 million. Despite being the first-ever tournament of that scale for the battle royale game, it managed to garner more than two million concurrent viewers online. However, those num...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 2, 2019|0 Comment
Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins is one of the most popular streamers in the world, and the streaming platforms are fighting over him like a pack of rabid dogs over a piece of meat. Kudos to Microsoft then, as the famous Fortnite streamer has ditched Twitch and signed on with Mixer in an exclusive deal. The news was announced by Ninja himself...
By Burhanudin Zamri|August 2, 2019|0 Comment
ESPN has officially announced the EXP Invitational - Apex Legends at X Games Minneapolis event. From 2 August to 3 August 2019, 20 squads will be competing across 12 matches. The event boasts a prize pool of US$150,000. The tournament will be livestreamed on both YouTube and Twitch. On YouTube, it will be streamed on the ESPN Esports YouTube c...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 2, 2019|0 Comment
Nintendo will be holding its very own gaming expo later this year. Dubbed Nintendo Live 2019 Kyoto, it is scheduled to take place from 13 to 14 October 2019 at the Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan. The company held a similar event last year with Nintendo Live 2018 Tokyo. What can gamers look forward to for this year's occasion...
By Burhanudin Zamri|August 1, 2019|0 Comment
What began as a controversy sparked by racist remarks has now become a multi-million dollar issue. In fact, it was probably planned to be that way from the beginning. There are some new developments in the story surrounding esports organisation Echo Fox and the dispute between its founder Rick Fox and shareholder Amit Raizada who was accused of usi...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 30, 2019|0 Comment
Bountie is a Singapore-based online platform for gamers to earn money with their passion; gaming. It will soon grow beyond its online roots with the grand opening of its very first esports arena; the Bountie Arena. The Bountie Arena will feature 6600 square feet of pure gaming experience with a world-class esports stage, a 5v5 stage, a gaming Ac...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 29, 2019|0 Comment
The Fortnite World Cup took place over the weekend at the Arthur Ashe stadium in Queens, New York, and a 16-year-old teenager walked home an instant millionaire. Kyle “Bugha†Giersdorf from North America became the champion of the first-ever Fortnite World Cup, winning a whopping US$3 million in the process. Bugha is also a pro player ...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 26, 2019|0 Comment
ESL Asia, in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Thailand, has announced that the ESL Clash Of Nations esports tournament will be taking place at the Royal Paragon Hall in Bangkok, Thailand from 25 to 27 October 2019. It will be part of the Thailand Game Show, pitting eight of the best Dota 2 teams in the Asia Pacific region against each other. Her...
By Burhanudin Zamri|July 25, 2019|0 Comment
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...
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