Thailand’s biggest Dota 2 tournament is the final ESL One for 2024

ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), the leading esports and video game entertainment company, today announced ESL One Bangkok 2024 powered by Intel, a US$1,000,000 Dota 2 tournament that will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from December 9 to 15. 

Source: EFG. Poster for ESL One Bangkok 2024 powered by Intel.

Featuring twelve of the world’s best Dota 2 teams, this year marks the first time the global Dota 2 tournament has been hosted in Thailand. The tournament heralds the return of ESL One powered by Intel to the Asia-Pacific region after a successful iteration in 2023. Over 335,000* concurrent viewers tuned in online last year to watch Azure Ray win in front of a sold-out crowd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“We’ve had Bangkok and its amazing fans on our shortlist for some time, and are super excited to finally have the opportunity to be able to bring world-class Dota to this passionate fanbase,” said Tobias Fjellander, Product Manager, Dota 2 at ESL FACEIT Group. 

“We’re looking forward to welcoming Dota 2 fans from Thailand, Singapore and the region to Bangkok this December, for what’s set to be the biggest Dota 2 tournament ever hosted in the country.”

ESL One Bangkok 2024 powered by Intel will kick off with open qualifiers from November 11-14, followed by closed qualifiers on November 15-17. Eight teams from the closed qualifiers, along with four teams from the ESL Pro Tour leaderboard, will advance to the group stages, played out across December 9-11. The best eight teams from the group stages will advance to the playoffs, with the final three days of the playoffs held live in Royal Paragon Hall, Bangkok, December 13-15.

Details

Tickets to watch the ESL One Bangkok 2024 playoffs across December 13-15 are now available, with ticket prices starting at S$61 for three-day tickets. Premium add-on tickets, featuring an event goodie bag containing an event tee, mousepad and collectible coin, cost S$58. 

In addition to watching the playoffs live, ticket holders will also gain access to additional activities, including exclusive signing sessions with pro teams, a Dota 2 cosplay showcase featuring local cosplayers, and access to partner booths.

Fans can purchase tickets via https://esl-one.com/bangkok/.

Visit pro.eslgaming.com/tour/dota2/ for updates.

*According to escharts.com

Footballers from Man U and FC Barcelona to compete in GET Riyadh 2023

The 3rd season of the Global Esports Federation’s pro-series, the Global Esports Tour (GET), is set to launch on August 26-27, 2023, at Boulevard Riyadh City, as part of the Gamers8 festival.

Source: Global Esports Federation. Poster for GET Riyadh 2023.

At the heart of the action will be KONAMI’s eFootball 2023, with a prize pool of US$50,000 up for grabs. Pro footballers Lotfi Derradji and Kilyan Katou Judex Faucheux from Manchester United, as well as Alejandro Alguacil Seguira and Saul Adrian Chavez Saucedo from FC Barcelona, will join e-footballers in battling it out.

Paul J. Foster, CEO of the Global Esports Federation, said, “GET Riyadh 2023 marks a significant milestone in the evolution of e-sports. This event represents the spirit of competition, innovation, and unity that defines e-sports on a global scale. As we gather some of the world's top e-football athletes under one roof, we look forward to witnessing unforgettable moments that will continue to shape the future of competitive gaming.” 

Hashtag: #worldconnected

EVOS SG wins first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in Singapore

The first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in Singapore (MPL Singapore) has concluded with with team EVOS SG wining the grand prize of S$30,000 in cash.

Source: Singtel. EVOS SG wins the inaugural MPL Singapore.

The final playoffs, held at e-sports training facility The Gym and cheered on live by an online audience, was conducted in a best-of-five format that saw EVOS SG dominating with a 3-0 victory over RSG SG. The win was amplified by Chong “Soul” Ru Chyi’s re-emergence as a player from his previous role as the team’s coach.

“We’re delighted to win the first MPL Singapore! It has been a long ride for us from new players to a whole new team,” said Matthew Chan, Manager of EVOS SG.

“But no matter what changes, we always play as one and we always aim to win for EVOS, and for our boss Ivan. #MPLisBlue. EVOS SG has always been one family and that’s how we did it. Whenever any of us is having a bad game, the rest of us will step up and finish the job. To all our fans, local and overseas, your support plays a big part in our success and we will strive to deliver more trophies to come!”

EVOS SG and RSG SG will advance to the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup that commences online on 8 June.

Additionally, Pokemon from EVOS SG was crowned the Playoffs Most Valuable Player (MVP), alongside with his team mate Andrew “Potato” Lim who was recognised as the Regular Season MVP. Long “Girl” Shih Kiat of EVOS SG received the Best Tournament Rookie title. These awards were presented to recognise exemplary individual performance and aptitude.

“I’m really happy to have won this award and been given a chance to play at the inaugural MPL Singapore! I’ve picked up a lot of useful tips and improved my skills, learning from some of my more seasoned peers in the game. I hope that there will be more MPL Singapore tournaments in the future to provide more exposure to players like me who are competing at such a high level for the first time. Skills can win you the match, but attitude can win you championships!” said Long.

MPL Singapore is jointly presented by Singtel’s PVP Esports and global video game company MOONTON. It is powered by Singtel. PVP Esports is ASEAN’s first multi-game, multi-country e-sports platform.

Singtel and Riot Games Southeast Asia offer world’s first zero-rated gaming bundles for League of Legends: Wild Rift

Source: Singtel. Unlimited data for League of Legends: Wild Rift with new zero-rated gaming bundles from Singtel. 

Singtel and Riot Games Southeast Asia have partnered to offer the world’s first zero-rated gaming bundles for League of Legends: Wild Rift. Zero-rating refers to exempting the data used for a particular activity from counting towards the data cap of the user's subscription. Such data will not accumulate excess usage charges.

The five-player-versus-five-player (5v5) Wild Rift mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) brings the excitement of League of Legends, the world’s most-played PC MOBA and most watched e-sports game, to players on the go.

Exclusive to Singtel postpaid mobile customers, the newly unveiled RiotGO and RiotGO+ gaming bundles provide players with unlimited data-free gameplay, as well as up to S$40 worth of Wild Rift in-game content.

At launch, all Singtel 5G customers, including XO Plus 5G customers, will get a complimentary three- month subscription of RiotGO or RiotGO+. All other Singtel postpaid mobile customers will receive a complimentary one-month subscription to a bundle of their choice.

Gan Siok Hoon, MD, Sales & Marketing, Consumer Singapore, Singtel, said, “Mobile gaming has surged in popularity in the past year as more people turned to them for fun and entertainment during the pandemic. Seventy-six percent of our customers play games on their mobile phones and we’re excited to elevate their gaming experience with Singtel 5G and our strategic partnership with Riot Games.

"Customers can leverage RiotGO and RiotGO+ to ''max out their loadout' to enhance their Wild Rift gameplay. With fast performance being a key consideration in mobile gaming, Singtel 5G customers will also get an ultra-responsive and smoother gaming experience on Singapore’s most powerful 5G network.” 

 Within the first week of its regional open beta last October, Wild Rift was received with great enthusiasm, topping App Store and Google Play game charts in Singapore and every other market that the game was released in. With the recent announcement of the Wild Rift SEA Icon Series, the stage is set for Riot Games Southeast Asia’s expansion of mobile e-sports.

“Singapore has always been an important market for us as a mobile-first nation, and we are thrilled to partner with Singtel to deliver a world-first with RiotGO. This exciting offering attests to our commitment to constantly deliver exciting, innovative, and rewarding experiences to our players. Not forgetting with Singtel 5G, players can look forward to an off-the-charts mobile gaming experience when they play Wild Rift, be it at home or on-the-go,“ said Justin Hulog, GM, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, Riot Games.

Details:

Singtel postpaid mobile customers can choose between two bundles, RiotGO and RiotGO+, both of which boast in-game content such as extra champions and items, in addition to unlimited data for gameplay.

- RiotGO costs S$6.90/month** and offers S$25 worth of in-game content.

- RiotGO+ is priced at S$9.90/month*** and includes S$40 worth of in-game content as well as a bonus 1 GB of local data.

Sign up for the bundles.

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RiotGO, exclusively on Singtel

League of Legends: Wild Rift

*The State of Online Gaming 2019

**Promotional pricing is available until 31 March 2021. Usual price, S$7.90/month.

***Promotional pricing is available until 31 March 2021. Usual price, S$12.90/month

SuperGamerFest celebrates e-sports in SEA

PVP Esports has unveiled the programme for its virtual gaming and e-sports festival and awards show SuperGamerFest (SGF). Hosted by avid gamers based in Singapore – local musician and Dota fanatic Sezairi and host and streamer Victoria Cheng – the five-day festival is set to entertain audiences across Southeast Asia with celebrity showdowns, e-sports fun, exclusive interviews and the inaugural SuperGamerFest Awards.

Source: Singtel/PVP Esports. Main banner for SuperGamerFest.

Key highlights include: 

E-sports action as part of the Regional Grand Finals of the PVP Esports Community Championships 2020: Season 2. Country champions across eight countries* for the Open and Campus categories will battle it out to be Regional Champion for game titles Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Valorant.

From 9.30 am Singapore time (SGT, GMT +8) on 5-6 December (Mobile Legends) and 12-13 December (Valorant)

Exclusive interviews with back-to-back The International (TI) champions OG; CEO of one of the world’s largest e-sports organisations Team Secret, John Yao; Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin speaking for the first time since his departure from Twitch; and F1 driver for Red Bull Racing Alex Albon, who will share the impact gaming has had on his life. 

Sezairi will catch up with players, from OG over a candid chat as they share their triumphs and struggles as professional e-sports players competing at the highest level for Dota 2. Yao will provide an insider’s look into the e-sports industry – not just as a professional player but also advice for those who are keen to enter the industry as professionals.

An Intimate Chat with OG: 5.15 pm SGT, 11 December

An Insider’s Look at the Esports Industry with John Yao: 9pm SGT, 11 December

Kevin Lin: Life beyond Twitch: 8.20 pm SGT, 12 December

Alex Albon: Game on, Race on: 8.50 pm SGT, 12 December

Star-studded celebrity showdowns, featuring regional top-tier streamers and gaming influencers with a combined social following of 39 million across Southeast Asia. Fans will want to stay tuned for rounds of hilarity and good-natured fun as the gaming heroes and celebrities from the region take on popular games Among Us and Human: Fall Flat.

Human: Fall Flat: From 5.30 pm SGT, 11 December

Among Us: From 7:30 pm SGT, 11 December

The inaugural SuperGamerFest Awards. The awards are Southeast Asia’s first regional gaming content and e-sports awards created to celebrate the achievements and passions of creators and e-sports professionals. 

Shortlisted nominees across the region will be revealed on PVP Esports’ Facebook page in late November.

As part of the SGF Awards show on 12 December, the evening will feature guest performers SGAG – Singapore’s homegrown comedy platform, Australian YouTuber Wendy ‘Wengie’ Huang and additional special appearances from the world of sports and entertainment.

From 7 pm, 12 December

A rich repository of content on-demand for fans will also be exclusively available on the SuperGamerFest 2020 microsite. This includes interviews with industry stalwarts: former VP of the Houston Rockets’ e-sports team Clutch Gaming Sebastian Park – also known as the first dedicated e-sports front-office executive in North America and in the NBA; EVOS founder Hartman Harris sharing his thoughts on the future of e-sports in Southeast Asia, and Dota 2 coach from SK Telecom’s T1 - Park “March” Tae-won. 

Additionally, the content library will feature bonus team videos from renowned regional and global e-sports organisations like FaZe Clan and additional educational content meant to improve player knowledge and tips on navigating the gaming entertainment industry.

Available on demand from 5 – 13 December

Throughout the festival, fans can also look forward to being the first to hear exclusive industry announcements, plus a variety of pre-event and on-stream contests where they will stand a chance to win limited-edition prizes such as the Huawei Nova 7SE, Freebuds Pro and Watch FIT, GSP 601 and GSP 602 Professional Gaming Headsets by EPOS Audio and gaming peripherals from Xtrfy.

Powered by Singtel and Globe, Singtel’s joint venture in the Philippines, SGF is supported by partners AIS, Dunia Games, MaxStream, EPOS Audio, Xtrfy, Huawei, Royal Ergonomics, Redbull, preferred streaming partner Twitch and production/venue partner Ebenex Live. SGF is produced by event and festival production firm Branded and gaming and e-sports experts Yup.gg and is part of the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) annual Singapore Media Festival. 

PVP Esports is a regional e-sports league based in Singapore. It is also home to the PVP Championship and PVP Community (Campus and Open) Championships.

Details:

Admission to SGF is free.

Source: Singtel. Programming schedule for SuperGamerFest.

Hashtag: #SuperGamer2020 

*Participating countries for PVP Esports Community Championships (Season 2): Brunei (Open only), India, Indonesia, Malaysia (Campus only), Myanmar (Open only), the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Razer Southeast Asian-Invitational 2020 action to be streamed on SISTIC Live

Razer, the global lifestyle brand for gamers will work with Singapore’s largest ticketing agency, SISTIC, to elevate the inaugural Razer Southeast Asian-Invitational 2020 to greater heights.

The largest Southeast Asian e-sports tournament of the year, the SEA-Invitational 2020 will see national athletes compete in three major titles – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile (PUBG Mobile), Defense of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2) and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) ahead of e-sports’ inclusion in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam next year. The company said 10 countries, over 400 teams and 3,000 athletes are taking part.

To bring the action to more people, SISTIC will partner with Razer to stream the playoffs and championships for the SEA-Invitational on its newly-launched streaming platform. SISTIC Live supports broadcasts and video-on-demand of art, sports, cultural and entertainment productions.

Fans who sign up to view selected Razer SEA-Invitational matches on SISTIC Live stand to win prizes such as Razer Gold (virtual credits for games and entertainment), Razer Silver (Razer's loyalty points for gamers, redeemable for Razer products and third-party products) and Razer peripherals.

“As new forms of entertainment develop, audiences adopt new formats to be entertained. We are remodelling how SISTIC can support both physical and online events. We are extremely keen to explore e-sports, a genre that enjoys strong online viewership and live streaming globally,” said Joe Ow, CEO, SISTIC.

“The Razer SEA-Invitational is a great opportunity for us to showcase the quality of SISTIC Live’s platform and reach out to a wider audience.”

Source: Razer. Poster for the inaugural Razer Southeast Asian-Invitational 2020.

Dual-headquartered in the US and Singapore, Razer has 16 offices worldwide. The company has built the world’s largest gamer-focused ecosystem of hardware, software and services.

Razer’s hardware includes high-performance gaming peripherals and Blade gaming laptops. Its software platform, with over 80 million users, includes Razer Synapse (an Internet of Things platform), Razer Chroma (a proprietary RGB lighting technology system), and Razer Cortex (a game optimiser and launcher). Razer Gold is one of the world’s largest virtual credit services for gamers, and Razer Fintech is one of the largest offline-to-online digital payment networks in Southeast Asia.

SISTIC provides ticketing services to more than 1,200 activities and events each year for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Macau. The company has a customer base of over 2 million and an average website monthly page view of more than 4 million.
Details:

The SEA-Invitational will kick off on June 26 and culminate in grand finals from July 10-12, 2020. Viewers can tune into Team Razer’s social channels on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch for the live streams. Live streams will also be available on SISTIC Live. More information will be announced closer to the date.

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Hashtag: #thisisesports

Put together a team for GeForce Cup Pacific

GeForce Cup, the pinnacle of NVIDIA-owned e-sports competitions, will kick off next month in GeForce-certified iCafes across the Asia-Pacific region.

GeForce Cup Pacific by NVIDIA and Colorful will kick off in October and feature Counter-Strike:
Global Offensive (CS:GO) battles in Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,
New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. As the successor to the well-known GeForce Xtreme Tournament (GEXT), GeForce Cup Pacific is expected to draw thousands of gamers from the region, with winners taking home more than US$20,000 in prizes from the regional finals in January 2020.

Source: NVIDIA. The GeForce Cup Pacific kicks off in Asia in October.

“GeForce Cup Pacific will take regional gamers to another level. The tournament will be
streamed live to allow gamers and e-sports enthusiasts around the world to follow the
development online,”  said Raymond Teh, VP of sales and marketing for APAC at NVIDIA.


“The cooperation with Colorful and NVIDIA in 2018 was a great success and Colorful is thrilled to
join GeForce Cup again in 2019. We dedicate to build a great platform for e-sports qualifiers, to
help them become professional e-sports players and win pride and honour. On behalf of Colorful
Group, I give my best wishes to GeForce Cup to achieve success again in 2019!” said Wan Shan,
CEO of Colorful Technology.

GeForce Cup Pacific is sponsored by Colorful and supported by AOC, Kingston, NZXT, and
Thermaltake.

Details:

Registration is now open at select GeForce-certified iCafes.

Locate an iCafe

Hashtag: #FRAMESWINGAMES