PUBG Mobile Pro League Southeast Asia (PMPL SEA) Finals Season 2, which just ended on 25 October 2020, has crowned Bigetron Red Aliens from Indonesia as the new champion. The PMPL SEA Finals Season 1 champion was previously Yoodo Gank from Malaysia. As the champions, team Bigetron Red Aliens team took home the gran

The Philippines' Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) is going online this year for obvious reasons. Thanks to COVID-19 and the pandemic, everyone is taking their gaming events online, and organizers Gariath Concepts are doing the same to keep ESGS going. Here's the schedule for this year's online offerings. E

Call Of Duty Mobile Season 9 arrived only earlier this week, and eagle-eyed gamers have since noticed that the loading screen mentioning credits for Tencent and TiMi Studios for their contribution in development efforts have suddenly disappeared. It turns out that publisher Activision has officially parted ways wi

To answer that burning question on the headline: not quite. But it's not sunshine and rainbows either. COVID-19 has put a huge damper on some esport organization's physical plans. But it's not like they're left completely helpless: online tournaments do help in keeping the grassroots competitive scene going. In order

The hardcore-tailored battle royale title Escape from Tarkov had a pretty big closed beta week numbers-wise. Here are its stats so far: The game's concurrent player record has been broken, reaching over 200,000 people online. The game has gone through its first progression reset, banning 3,000 cheaters in the proces

Black Desert spin-off battle royale game Shadow Arena looks like a fun-if-imperfect multiplayer good time if the Last King Podcast folks' review is of any indication. The game is now on Steam as an Early Access PC title. https://youtu.be/szqiMmdf-iw The game is free and basically in beta mode, but if you want to get

Just recently, Facebook Gaming hosted a private online media session talking about the platform's new features and overview. In other words, it's a quick reminder that (a) it's still around, and (b) a ton of Malaysian and SEA gamers are using it. We got a few takeaways from this short talk that's chaired by Facebook G

The COVID-19 coronavirus has been affecting one esports tournament after the other, to the extent that such news is almost expected rather than surprising now. If you're wondering what got cancelled, postponed, or moved online, we've made a list of major tournaments (or tournaments involving major games) that got affe

In 2019, we start witnessing the slow death of the headphone jack on most smartphones. Apple took it away from their phones and found a way to make more money by selling their true wireless earbuds, the Apple AirPods. Of course, most people can't afford them. Realme is a brand that's become synonymous with the term "m

As we get closer to the end of 2019, it becomes more apparent that next year will be an awesome year for esports. December 2019 begins with the conclusion of the PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2019 Fall Split Global Finals. The champion is... Bigetron Esports (BTR) from Indonesia! After accumulating a total of 303 poin

The ASUS ROG Phone 2 has finally been officially launched in Malaysia and we found out that the base model with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is priced at RM3,499. That's definitely up there with most flagships being released by other mainstream Android brands like Samsung and Google. What sets the ROG Phone 2 apar

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 governmen

Out of all the Malaysian telco companies, it seems that Yoodo is the most invested in building up an esports-friendly ecosystem in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. Known for their highly customisable data plans, Yoodo has launched yet another data add-on. This time, it's specifically for Arena of Valor. For ju

When talking about big esports events in Malaysia, there's no avoiding the fact that the best stuff always happens in Kuala Lumpur. However, the folks up north in Penang want to prove that there's still great competitive fun to be had outside of KL and honestly, I think they pulled off something pretty good. During th

Media Prima Digital and Celcom Axiata Berhad have announced the second semester of the Celcom XPAX Kejohanan E-Sukan Kampus (KEK) collegiate esports competition, with a total prize pool of RM180,000. Organised by MyGameOn and Kitamen, Celcom XPAX KEK Semester 2 will be held in five different zones in Malaysia, includi

Last week, we saw OG bringing home the Aegis as the grand champion of The International 2019, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) esports event in the world. Post-TI depression is real but don't worry, there's never going to be a lack of esports tournaments in the world. Let's check out what we've got in September

We went to the Huawei Nova 5T global launching event at KLCC earlier today, where the Chinese tech giant unveiled the latest addition to its nova family of smartphones. Gamers will appreciate the Do Not Disturb mode, which allows them to play games without having to worry about calls or other interruptions. In additio

Vivo has officially launched its new Vivo S1 smartphone in Malaysia today. The reasonably-priced device is geared towards the youth, with decent specs and even an ultra game mode for all mobile gamers out there. In Ultra Game Mode, Vivo S1 users can customize and tweak the settings of each individual game to improve t

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 Commit

According to esports website What's The Meta, Malaysian rapper Caprice is expected to start his own esports company soon. It's okay if you don't know who Caprice is, he's mostly known for ranting on Instagram and giving free talks at universities nowadays. Not exactly the best progression of "he does this and also that