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PUBG Mobile is getting a major 1.0 update that promises huge boosts to performance and other benefits just in time for a planned US$2 million esports tournament set to kick off in November 2020. The PUBG Mobile team, which is part of Chinese tech and gaming giant Tencent, stated that the PUBG Mobile 1.0 update is scheduled for release on ...
Good news, League of Legends and MOBA esports fans: the 2020 World Championship will be held from this September until October in China. Rejoice! In addition to the entire tournament being livestreamed as usual (via Twitch and YouTube), all stages of the tournament will be held in Shanghai starting 25th September. Yes, we know the current state of...
Famous mobile game company Supercell and esports organization ESL will be teaming up to launch the Brawl Stars Singapore Community Rumble. In this country-specific tournament, the top Brawl Star players will be competing for a total prize pool of S$14,000 over a period of 6 months. Here's the lowdown: after 3 weekly cups per month where 8 top...
Season 2 of the PUBG MOBILE Pro League (PMPL) MY/SG 2020 is now set to run as the 24 competing teams have been established and are ready to fight for the US$150,000 total prize pool. For the Malaysian teams, there are 20 slots where 15 slots consist of the invited teams from Season 1, and 5 slots consist of the qualified teams from PUBG Mobile ...
For those of you clamouring for a new Splinter Cell, here's the next best(?) thing: Sam Fisher will be a playable character in the team-based online competitive shooter Rainbow Six Siege and its Shadow Legacy update. https://youtu.be/I6hswz4rIrU The full reveal will be on 17th August, 2am GMT+8 on the Twitch.tv Rainbow Six channel. Not only will ...
Europe's biggest video game convention and LAN party is having all of its remaining 2020 events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the postponed events; they will be joining the previously shelved-for-2021 DreamHack Dallas, DreamHack Summer, and DreamHack Montreal: DreamHack Rotterdam—originally scheduled for October 16-18, ...
The final regular season tournament of the Overwatch League 2020 season is complete, with the San Francisco Shock winning the North America tournament and the Shanghai Dragons recapturing the Asian title. Shanghai Dragon's win has earned the team the top overall seed in the Asia bracket for the 2020 postseason. Meanwhile, San Francisco Shock wo...
Organized by Philippine's advertising industry’s definitive source for information adobo Magazine, the adobo Esports Mobile Legends Mythical Bowl will focus on Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, with teams comprising of 16 professional advertising agencies in the country. The aim of the tournament is to strengthen the camaraderie within the adverti...
Yoshinori Ono, the man who launched Street Fighter IV with his team and DIMPS, as well as reinvigorated the fighting game scene starting in 2008, is leaving Capcom after 30 years of service. An official post on his Twitter account has confirmed this. He said he will resign his position as Capcom's Street Fighter brand manager by the end of Summer ...
Following the announcement of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s "Project NEXT" recently, developers Moonton have released several new pieces of information that would leave any MLBB player looking forward to more rounds in the upcoming months. For the uninitiated, Project NEXT is Moonton’s initiative to not only improve their flagship tit...
The United States (US) Army will temporarily suspend its activities on the streaming platform Twitch due to negative backlash. According to industry insider Rod “Slasher†Breslau, this move from the US Army comes after the overwhelmingly negative response to their activities on Twitch, which includes attempts of recruitment on the stre...
Last month, famous streamer Dr. Disrespect (whose real name is Guy Beahm) was banned on Twitch for an undisclosed reason. What's bizarre is that not even he knows why he was banned, as he finally opened up on his Twitch ban several weeks after the news broke. However, he does confirm that his time on Twitch is now over for good. Speaking with Wash...
Mobile esports is thriving in Asia, more than in any other region in the world. According to statistics provided by Niko Partners, there are a few factors that have made this possible. These include: A Huge & Growing Mobile Population The breakneck speed of mobile penetration has been a powerful catalyst for the growth of mobile esports. Market...
Valorant’s first Ultra Edition skin line Elderflame will be available in the game from 10 July onwards at 3.30am GMT +8 for Southeasian countries like Malaysia. The individual skins will be priced at 2475 VP each. More details on the design process and images will be published in the next Valorant Developer Diary on 14 July 2020. In the m...
Bad news, fighting game fans in Southeast Asia. The region's premier fighting game tournament for this year is postponed thanks to the offline esports killer known as COVID-19 coronavirus. The tournament will instead come back in 2021. The tournament is renowned for hosting the regional portion of Capcom Pro Tour (Street Fighter V), the Tekken Wor...
It's a sad day for Dota 2 esports fans, as one of their heroes is outed for sexual assault and harassment in the latest of the current video game industry #MeToo movement. Toby "TobiWan" Dawson, a renowned Dota 2 commentator whom we've interviewed back then, is being dropped by many esports bodies and organizations. Code Red Esports is dropping hi...
Fans of tactical first-person shooter games can look forward to a one-off, competitive esports tournament that places regional bragging rights on the line, as Riot Games Southeast Asia shines the spotlight on VALORANT in the region through the VALORANT SEA Invitational, which is slated for 11 July 2020 at 1.30pm GMT+8. Held with official event org...
Sometimes, you take a supposed joke too far. In rare instances, that joke was told in the worst time possible when a country's political climate gets incredibly dicey. (In)famous fighting game player Ryan Ramirez, better known as Filipino Champ, did not read the proverbial room and, as a result, is now banned indefinitely from all Capcom-owned and...
Good news: we may be seeing some high-level Valorant play sooner than you think. Riot Games, the folks behind Valorant, has unveiled its big esports plans for the multiplayer team-based shooter. Starting next week, the company's first-ever Ignition Series will happen in the upcoming G2 Esports Valorant Invitational and Rage Valorant Japan Invitati...
News has come to light that One Championship (and by extension, esports and gaming publication One Esports) has been hit by layoffs. according to a copy of a letter sent to all employees of the company (from an anonymous source via Tech In Asia). The letter was sent by One Championship CEO and founder Chatri Sityodtong, the layoffs of which affect...
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