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Singtel has announced that it's going be working together with South Korea's SK Telecom to promote the growth of gaming and the esports industry in Asia. This official collaboration between the two telecommunication giants will mean the development of digital gaming content and services for gamers in the entire region. What does this partnership e...
As we complete week 2 of the matches, we get a better understanding as in where these teams stand in the grand scheme of things. How good are the Titans? Is the San Francisco Shock overrated? How's that for a first win, eh, Shanghai? Before we go any further, here are the full results of Week 2: Shanghai Cracks the Egg. But How Long til Win #2 C...
The Mobile Legends Professional League MY/SG (MPL-MY/SG) Season 3 will begin with 1000 teams registered. After two weeks of intense qualifier matches, 4 teams managed to secure spots in the MPL Regular Season. The teams are: Team ICON MY Mysterious Assassins (MYA) Xpax X-Assins NARA Esports The first three from the list are Malaysian teams w...
Hearthstone esports is going to become more sustainable and accessible than ever as Blizzard officially announces the Hearthstone Masters. The new program will feature three tiers, but full details have only been revealed for the first two. The Hearthstone Masters' entry-level competition is Hearthstone Masters Qualifiers, which will be open to al...
Overwatch fever is in full effect as the second season of the Overwatch League has started. Here's what happened in week 1: Philly Clickin'Â The Philadelphia Fusion got their payback for their Grand Finals loss. They convincingly defeated the defending champions, London Spitfire 3-1 at the opening match of the new Overwatch League season. ï»...
Indonesia is upping its game in the esports department with a brand new university tournament series: the IEL University Series 2019. The series is the first official esports competition for university level in Indonesia which is fully supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora), Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI), Indonesi...
The Female Esports League (FSL) for the Singapore/Malaysia region concluded last month, and now it's time for the upcoming FSL Elite League of Legends tournament. It will take place at the Singtel Recreation Club in Singapore from 23 to 24 February 2019. Four regional top teams from across Southeast Asia will be vying for the title of FSL Elite Ch...
Unlike Tekken 7 and SoulCalibur 6, this year's outsiders and away team players were no match for Japan's top Street Fighter 5 players. The top 8 was filled with 6 Japanese players, 1 US player (Punk), and 1 Taiwanese player (OilKing). Fans and players hoping for a turnaround from the US and Taiwanese representative during the top 8 were sorely disa...
One would assume the South Korean or Japanese players would at least be the finalists in Evo Japan 2019's major Tekken 7 tournament. Pakistan's Arslan_Ash and The Philippines' AK ended up proving doubters and non-believers wrong with their display of technical know-how. First up, we have Arslan_Ash fighting tooth and claw with Kazumi out of loser'...
The last time Southeast Asia got Evo gold in fighting games was back in Evo 2013 courtesy of Xian. Fast forward to Evo Japan 2019, and we have two sleeping dragons in the Southeast Asian SoulCalibur scene tearing it up: Singapore's Jovian "Shen Chan" Chan and Raymus "Shen Yuan" Chang Yin Yuan. After some news about some little girl appearing in So...
The second season of the Overwatch League kicks off tomorrow morning with its Week 1 matches. Four matches will be played daily starting from tomorrow all the way til next Monday and will include all twenty teams , including eight new 'expansion franchises'. If you're still not up to date with where the teams stand in terms of strengths and their c...
When you think "esports" and "Southeast Asia", you think The Philippines, Vietnam, and even Malaysia. Singapore? Well, apart from names like Xian, SCOGA and Resurgence, not so much. In fact, no Singaporean esports team has appeared during the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, arguably one of the biggest Southeast Asian esports events of last year. Wh...
For Season 2 of the Overwatch League, we are previewing the franchises a bit differently from any other video games/ esports news outlets. Resuming our post last year where we paired the twelve Overwatch League franchises with their English Premier League counterparts, we have an easier (or perhaps tougher) task this year with twenty teams competin...
Two huge transfer news happened today in pro Overwatch as Boston Uprising lost their charismatic main tank, Youngjin 'Gamsu' Noh who moved over to the Shanghai Dragons; We are thrilled to announce that Youngjin “Gamsu†Noh is joining the Shanghai Dragons.#ShanghaiDragons #breakthrough pic.twitter.com/T8Fkaus4zq — Shanghai Dragon...
Game streaming is improving year by year, especially with options currently available like PlayStation Now, Xbox Game Pass, Google's Project Stream, and more. The road to the future of gaming is paved with advancements in streaming technology. To that end, Emerge Gaming has announced GameCloud, a new game streaming technology developed by Cloudzen...
We sent Mr Toffee down to Japan for a few days during the mega-arcade event JAEPO and the International Challenge Cup 2019. During the latter, teams from Japan fought teams from Asia in different games over the course of 2 days. Mr Toffee managed to talk to the Street Fighter V participants about, well, Street Fighter V and fighting game esports s...
Singapore has announced that their first esports representatives for the upcoming 2019 SEA Games will be announced by May this year. This comes after Singapore Esports Association (SGEA) recently announced its selection process last week. According to The Straits Times, Singapore will hold two selection events; an open qualifier in March 2019, whe...
In case you couldn't tell from the Kakuchopurei Instagram page (yes we have that, please follow us kthanxbai), I was down in Tokyo for the JAEPO 2019 game festival arcade esports extravaganza. And there are tons to do if you love games, arcade games, cosplay, anime, and the culture. Like, a TON. There's a number of arcade games we saw and checked ...
The most popular (most-watched) esports games on Twitch have always been dominated by PC games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. However, things have begun to change. In December 2018, statistics show that four console esports games have managed to break into Twitch's top ten. These games include FIFA 19 at number 5, Call of Duty: ...
Far from its days of being merely a microblogging site, modern-day Twitter has evolved way beyond what it was pictured to be. In the multi-billion dollar world of video games, Twitter is now seen as an avenue where game publishers, developers and teams go to release information and engage with their consumers. Moreover, with the rapid rise of espor...
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