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World’s First Official Genshin Impact Esports Event To Take Place In The UK

by Kristie Png
written by Kristie Png

Many have often joked (sometimes in half-serious tones) about having Genshin Impact esports tournaments. It would seem that it’s becoming a reality in 2022.

Earlier this week, the Genshin Impact University Invitational UK was announced as the world’s very first official Genshin Impact esports event. Organised in partnership with UK university esports organisation National Student Esports (NSE), UK esports media group GinxTV and Genshin developer HoYoverse, it will be commencing on 16 May. 

In this competitive event, UK students are to form teams of 3 to compete for a prize pool of £11,000 (US$13,621) as well as primogems and merchandise. The qualifiers will run from 16-20 May, and will be hosted at multiple different universities in London and the grand finals, live streamed from Shoreditch’s Platform bar, will take place on 28 May.

Ten teams from universities across the UK will be invited to take part in this invitational. Some notable universities include the University College of London (UCL), King’s College London, and Imperial College London, among others.

The full list of participating universities include:

  • Brunel University London
  • Imperial College London
  • King’s College London
  • University College London
  • University of Surrey
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • London South Bank University
  • University of Roehampton London
  • University of Warwick
  • Wildcard Gaming

What will Genshin Impact as an esport look like? This is not a new concept, with competitive events having taken place in the China region. In these events, players enter a draft pick stage in which two teams take turns picking and banning characters. The teams are then challenged to clear out the Spiral Abyss, with the quickest team emerging victorious.

While the details of this specific UK Invitational remain unclear, we do know that we can expect to see “players attempt various Genshin Impact challenges”, according to the official Genshin Impact Twitter account. 

More information can be found on the event’s official website. 

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League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Icon Series: Preseason To Run From February To March 2021

by Marion Frayna
written by Marion Frayna

After nearly a year since League of Legends: Wild Rift was launched, Riot Games Southeast Asia has finally announced the game’s first official tournament within the region.

The League of Legends: Wild Rift Southeast Asia Icon Series: Preseason is a regional tournament that is split across specific tournament circuits in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia. 

Across five weekends running from 26 February – 28 March, each circuit will see teams in each country battling it out locally, to stand a chance to compete in the Wild Rift SEA Icon Series: Summer season later in the year.

Specifically for Singapore, Eliphant is the official Wild Rift regional esports partner for the local scene. Eliphant will work closely with Riot Games SEA in the execution of various local tournaments and esports events, including the upcoming Wild Rift Icon Series: Preseason.

Here’s a closer look at the dates for the circuits in each country:

  • Vietnam (VNG): 26 – 28 February
  • Malaysia (ESL): 6 – 7 March
  • Taiwan (Cyber Games Arena): 11 – 14 March
  • Thailand (ESL): 13 – 14 March
  • The Philippines (PPGL): 20 -21 March
  • Indonesia (One Up): 19 – 21 March
  • Singapore (Eliphant): 26 – 28 March

In addition, here are the confirmed teams so far that will be competing in the Icon Series: Preseason:

The full list of teams will be announced at a later date, along with information on where to watch the matches.

“The Southeast Asia Icon Series is our first step to grow League of Legends: Wild Rift into a regional esport worthy of our players’ passion and skills,” says Chris Tran, Head of Esports for Riot Games Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

“We want our fans to feel proud of the local talent who will represent the region in the Wild Rift Southeast Asia Icon Series. We are extremely excited to launch the first Wild Rift esports series with the following regional partners – Cyber Games Arena, ESL Asia, Mineski, One Up, Eliphant, and VNG. With them, we aim to showcase the quality of performance, level of creativity and sheer resilience of the teams who will shape the competitive scene across Southeast Asia. We hope that teams and fans alike will enjoy this tailored experience of high-stakes Wild Rift competition.”

Riot Games SEA will unveil more information on the Icon Series: Preseason over the next few weeks.

For more information on the tournament, visit wildrift.leagueoflegends.com, http://www.facebook.com/PlayWildRift or https://twitter.com/wildrift.

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One Esports Announces Dota 2 Singapore Major Presented By PGL

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

One Esports has proudly announced the Singapore Major of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit.

In partnership with PGL, the Singapore Games Association (SGGA) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the One Esports Dota 2 Singapore Major will take place from 27 March – 4 April and will boast as the first Major to be broadcasted in a glorious 4K resolution at 60fps.

According to the One Esports official announcement, the tournament will feature some of the finest Dota 2 teams across the globe, with a prize pool of up to US$500,000 up for grabs. 

The tournament will feature the top 18 teams from the DPC 2021 Winter Season, with the team distribution as follows:

  • Europe: 4 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage
    • Third and fourth seed qualify to the Major Wild Card stage
  • China: 4 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage
    • Third and fourth seed qualify to the Major Wild Card stage
  • Southeast Asia: 3 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage
    • Third seed qualifies to the Major Wild Card stage
  • CIS: 3 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage
    • Third seed qualifies to the Major Wild Card stage
  • North America: 2 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage
  • South America: 2 teams
    • Top seed qualifies to the Major playoffs
    • Second seed qualifies to the Major group stage

“We’re excited to host this world-class competition… and showcase Singapore as one of the global epicenters of esports,” said ONE Esports CEO Carlos Alimurung in a press release.

“We are pleased to come back to Singapore for another great tournament after the Dota 2 Singapore Invitational 2019. PGL is honored to present the first Major of Winter 21 DPC, which will take place in one of the safest places possible – Singapore. After running The Manila Major and The Kuala Lumpur Major, we are now returning with another memorable event in Southeast Asia,” said Silviu Stroie, CEO of PGL.

“We are committed to this region with a strategic partnership with Singapore’s primary trade association for esports, the Singapore Games Association (SGGA), and are more than happy to run great events for SEA and Dota 2 over and over again,” he added.

Official brand partners for the event include JBL, TUMI, DBS, and Secretlab, along with eGG Network also serving as the official media partner.

For more information regarding updates to the Singapore Major, you can head on over to the official One Esports tournament website.

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RSG announces Pizza Hut as latest partner

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

RSG (formerly known as Resurgence), a premier Singapore-based Southeast Asian professional esports organization has announced leading pizza chain restaurant Pizza Hut Singapore as their latest partner.

The announcement follows RSG’s latest rebranding efforts, as part of shared plans to diversify its product offerings, scale up, and focus on fan engagements.

Marking their first foray into esports marketing, Pizza Hut Singapore will work together with RSG to promote greater awareness, visibility and accessibility of Singapore’s esports talent and content by grooming both its players and content creators, with the aim to draw in audiences from non-gaming backgrounds. As such, the one-year partnership will include community engagement events and customized streaming and video content.

“The promising developments of esports in Singapore offers great potential for our young talents to grow and showcase their competitive skills, as well as to engage audiences of all ages. As one of the industry pioneers, RSG has and continues to do Singapore proud. We share in their passion to develop memorable experiences and we are happy to do our part to support the local esports community,” said Jayss Rajoo, Head of Marketing and Food Innovation of Pizza Hut Singapore.

Meanwhile, RSG will also bring to Pizza Hut Singapore its experience in creating engaging content to bridge the gap between brands and the gaming community. As part of the sponsorship, RSG will support Pizza Hut’s marketing efforts by curating a mix of offline and online community engagement events, as well as branded content across social media platforms and streams. 

The new RSG team jerseys will also be sporting the Pizza Hut Singapore’s logo as well, which esports fans can look forward to being showcased in the upcoming Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M2 World Championship Singapore in January 2021, where RSG will be among the two teams selected to represent Singapore in the highly-anticipated tournament.

“Gathering over a pizza as they play, or watch our teams in action, has been a common sight among our players and fans. We are honoured to take this love for food and top quality esports action to the next level, with Pizza Hut’s support. We look forward to the opportunity to inject positivity and bring exciting stories from the esports scene to a bigger audience,” said Founder and CEO of RSG, Jayf Soh.

Find out more about RSG at www.rsg.gg, and more about Pizza Hut Singapore by visiting https://www.pizzahut.com.sg/aboutus.

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PGL and Eliphant appointed official Singapore partners of Riot Games Southeast Asia 2021 Esports and Competitive Collegiate Competitions for League of Legends: Wild Rift

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

PGL and Eliphant have recently announced their appointment as the official partners for Riot Games Southeast Asia’s 2021 esports and competitive collegiate plans for League of Legends: Wild Rift, the 5v5 mobile MOBA that has commenced its Regional Open Beta across Southeast Asia since October this year.

The appointment came alongside Riot Games Southeast Asia’s partnership announcement with several selected Southeast Asian organisations to work in close support to roll out official Wild Rift competitive esports events and tournaments across the region.

The collaboration on Wild Rift Esports in 2021 between PGL, one of the leading European companies in the field of esports events, functioning as both a broadcaster and on-site event organiser, and Eliphant, a leading game marketing and esports production company in Asia, and organiser of several prominent gaming events, marks the official partnership between both companies.

“We are excited to build the Wild Rift community in Singapore and are honoured to be the pioneers of Wild Rift esports in the Southeast Asian region. Our partnership with PGL will allow us to create a community focused gaming experience for everyone to enjoy.” said Koh Yung Tek, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Eliphant.

Having worked together on projects since 2018, the official collaboration signifies the further integration of their resources as co-organisers, enabling them to fast track their expansion of esports operations into the Asia region.

“We are delighted to be part of one of the most exciting and ambitious esports programs in the region. We can see the immense potential of League of Legends: Wild Rift and are ready to use our experience to deliver a top-notch product, as we usually do.” said Silviu Stroie, CEO of PGL.

Wild Rift Esports in Singapore will kick off with plans for several smaller, intermittent competitive events from January through March, giving viewers an initial taste of the budding talent and teams in the region. Whereas in April, these events will subsequently transition into eight location-specific tournament circuits, where teams will compete for the title of local champion. The local champions that have been crowned will then move on to compete against other local champions on a cross-Southeast Asia level.

Meanwhile, the local collegiate esports will instead focus on partnering with educational institutes and universities in Singapore to provide students with the opportunity to experience a competitive environment.

For more information about League of Legends: Wild Rift, head to wildrift.leagueoflegends.com and follow http://www.facebook.com/playWildRift to stay up to date with the latest happenings.

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Resurgence announces rebrand after three years of esports growth

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

Singapore-based Southeast Asian professional esports organisation, Resurgence, recently announced the company’s rebranding to “RSG” after three years of operations and esports growth. The new rebrand includes a new name, logo, website, and team jerseys to better align brand collaterals with RSG’s stance, offerings, and direction of reflecting the company’s laser-focus in engaging esports fans and partners as it scales up on offerings and outreach; demonstrating its market-leading position.

“The support from our community, sponsors and partners has helped us grow into a market leader position, and a credible and reliable bridge for brands and investors to engage with the esports market. We are humbled by the trust placed in us. As we extended our presence to more markets, we realized that our fans started to affectionately abbreviate our name to RSG. So naturally, they should have the final say,” said RSG’s Founder and CEO, Jayf Soh. 

The new rebrand is yet another step forward in RSG’s goal to diversify its offerings and market reach to engage the gaming and esports community in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with a projected target to reach a 150 million gaming audience in Southeast Asia by 2021. 

The rebrand also serves as the latest update about their on-going plans, following their September 2020 reveal of setting up operations in Vietnam and Myanmar, as well as investing in local esports teams in both countries and building up content production capabilities in Vietnam, in a move to power up their community base beyond Singapore and Malaysia.

“The rebrand reflects our on-going commitment to innovate and evolve ahead of the pulse of the esports scene. In 2017, we started with a mission to empower and nurture aspiring players by creating opportunities for sustainable esports careers in Singapore. Today, we are on track to achieve a projected three-fold increase in revenue for our financial year, despite the pandemic’s impact. RSG is dedicated to showcase Singapore’s esports to a regional stage and raise the bar, as we scale up and diversify our offerings to other synergistic aspects of the gaming and esports market,” added Jayf.Image Source: RSG

With fan engagement being a core aspect of RSG’s operations, the organisation is continuously exploring strategic partnerships to improve fan experiences and deliver new content by leveraging on technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and computer-generated imagery, with the latest being the on-going discussions with Vividthree Holdings, a diversified entertainment company specializing in the production of immersive experiences with mixed technologies, to co-produce immersive esports events in Southeast Asia.Image Source: RSG

With RSG players and its premier esports teams in Singapore and Southeast Asia regularly competing in major global and regional tournaments, such as the upcoming E1 Championship and the ONE Esports Mobile Legends Professional League Invitational, RSG will continue on their mission to groom esports players and nurture esports icons, while maintaining their prominence as an esports brand and figure, in their pursuit to deliver esports excellence.

For more information on RSG and to explore their new website, check out www.rsg.gg

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Resurgence X Vividthree: More Esporting Events – Coming Soon?

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

Vividthree and Resurgence are in discussion about working together to co-create new esports events that will raise the bar in gaming and esports content development.

Vividthree Holdings Ltd, a diversified entertainment company specializing in the production of immersive experiences with mixed technologies, and Resurgence, a Singapore-based, Southeast Asian-focused professional esports organisation, will combine their strengths to co-produce immersive esports events that will redefine the esports fan experience in Southeast Asia.

The potential partnership will leverage on Resurgence’s expertise and network across Southeast Asia’s esports industry and tap on Vividthree’s technological expertise in augmented reality (AR) and computer-generated imagery, to bring top quality content to a broad audience in Southeast Asia.

These events include live environments for gaming, garnering crowds akin to the world’s biggest sporting events, with fierce fans and competitors forming highly immersive experiences that cannot be replicated in front of a computer screen. The events, which are slated to begin from 2021 onwards, will integrate state-of-the-art immersive technology into esports content production, such as displaying high fidelity statistics, visualizations, and data-driven stories that give them deeper insights into the live game; offering unique esports experiences for offline and online attendees.

“We are proud to be partnering with Resurgence to push the creative frontiers of digital technology content in the esports space. We are excited about the application of VR and AR technologies to transform the e-athletic experience for participants and audiences, and to create new kinds of experiences that will, in-turn, transform the sporting world. We look forward to creating highly immersive and interactive events that will digitally transform esports content together with Resurgence,” said Charles Yeo, Managing Director of Vividthree.

Jayf Soh, Founder and CEO of Resurgence said, “As part of our regional expansion plans, we are targeting to reach 150 million gaming audience in Southeast Asia by 2021. The partnership brings together the best of esports content and technological innovation to elevate the content quality and engage audiences like never before. It aligns well with our goals to create exciting stories and sustainable careers for professional esports players and content creators, and we are excited to scale new heights with Vividthree.”

Discussions and negotiations are currently at a preliminary stage, and are ongoing. Further announcement(s) will be released if and when there are any material developments as appropriate.

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Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup: Buckle Up, The Race Is On!

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

The new simulation racing tournament, Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup, is now open for registrations online and will take place from 29th September to 18th October. A first-time collaboration between Porsche Asia Pacific and Porsche Cars Australia, the tournament expects to see some of the best virtual drivers in Asia Pacific to compete on the thrilling and challenging Forza Motorsport 7 tracks of Bathurst, Nürburgring, Le Mans, Silverstone and Hockenheimring.

Racing drivers will first compete and accumulate points in three Rival Qualifying Races. At the end of the third Rival Qualifying Race, the top 16 racers with the most points will qualify as finalists, with a maximum of three finalists from the same country. These finalists will compete in a fierce bid to become the first champion of the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup – Grand Finals on 31st October.

All 16 finalists and the top three participants of the finals will win prizes from the Porsche Driver’s Selection and HUGO BOSS, the official sponsor of the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup.

The titleholder will win the coveted opportunity to race on an iconic track in real life – a track experience at Porsche Experience Centre Hockenheimring in 2021, which will take them on the Centre’s handling track, off-road course and dynamic surface, taking their racing experience to new heights.

The online tournament is open to players from the Asia Pacific region who hold a Xbox game pass and have either access to a PC, Xbox One, Xbox One S, or Xbox One X. To sign up, or find out more about the race details and points scoring system, fans can visit: https://porscheapforzacup.com/

Here is a more detailed schedule of the tournament: 

First Rivals Qualifier Week: 29th September (00:00 GMT+8) to 4th October (23:59 GMT+8) 

Races will begin in a Porsche 918 Spyder, the super sports car that holds the distinction of being the first series production car to beat the record of seven minutes set for a lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2013. The race will take place on the Forza Motorsport 7 Bathurst track, a picturesque rollercoaster circuit, which offers an extraordinary mix of 23 fast and slow corners, and gradients of up to 16 percent.

Second Rivals Qualifier Week: 6th October (00:00 GMT+8) to 11th October (23:59 GMT+8)

Competitors will race at the world’s most demanding race track, the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which is traditionally the highest street-legal performance stage of the 911 that pushes new limits with its four-litre, six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine.

Third Rivals Qualifier Week: 13th October (00:00 GMT+8) to 18th October (23:59 GMT+8)

The third Rivals Qualifier Week will take competitors to Le Mans in the very car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row – the Porsche 919 Hybrid, which also boasts the remarkable track record of clinching pole position twice at the race, and earning six titles in the World Endurance Championship from 2015 to 2017.

Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup – Grand Finals: 31st October (Starts at 18:00 GMT+8)

Finally, the top 16 players, limited to a maximum of three players from one country, will compete to bring home the first Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup over two races in a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, the sports car that represents pure motorsport and delivers a lightweight, well-balanced performance. 

Visit their official website: https://porscheapforzacup.com/

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AMD Streamer Challenge 2020: Play With Your Favourite Streamers!

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

AMD and Eliphant have partnered to bring to Asia the AMD Streamer Challenge 2020, the next-generation of streamer-led, AMD-powered gaming entertainment. 

The new gaming series will air online from 11 September through to 18 December 2020 and will feature popular online personalities from East Asia (South Korea and Japan) and Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand). Streamers will face off against one another in a variety of formats and game titles over several episodes competing for a total prize pool worth over USD 20,000.

Acer and HP join AMD as anchor sponsors for the series, providing the latest in AMD-powered gaming hardware for streamers to compete on and sponsoring prizes and giveaways for viewers. Representing Team Acer are Gema Show from Indonesia, Tanx from Thailand, and Riku from the Philippines. From Team HP, we have Le Josette from Malaysia, Willcomeback from Thailand, Larissa Rochefort from Indonesia, YUYU Monster from Singapore, and Pikeamee from Japan. 

EPOS joins as the official gaming headset supplier, bringing a premium-quality audio experience to pair with AMD’s gaming experience. Secretlab comes on board as the official gaming chair, bringing the world-class experience that top esports professionals enjoy at tournaments around the world.

The East Asia competition will be the AMD Streamer Challenge: Triple Threat, which will involve streamers from Japan and South Korea facing off against each other in a series of in-game challenges in one of this year’s hottest games – Valorant. 

In Southeast Asia, the format will be the AMD Streamer Challenge: Domination where streamers will form teams with their fans, and represent their countries in a round-robin competition in both Valorant and Fall Guys. AMD sponsored pro team Fnatic will also make an appearance and DOTA 2 fans will be able to sign up to play with or against them.  

The AMD Streamer Challenge will comprise a total of 11 episodes, which will be broadcast on the official AMD Streamer Challenge website. Southeast Asia episodes will be broadcast in English, Thai and Bahasa Indonesia, while East Asia episodes will be broadcast in Japanese and Korean. Viewers will be able to join in the action by signing up for team slots to play with their favourite streamers and stand a chance to win from the prize pool. To compete, register for your spot here: http://bit.ly/AMDSCen. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis, and all participants must be of age 16 and above. 

EPISODE SCHEDULE

More information is available on the official website, including the list of participating streamers, episode challenge formats and sign-up form.

Register to compete here: http://bit.ly/AMDSCen

Official AMD Streamer Challenge Website: https://amdgaming.gg/ 

Official AMD Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/amd 

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PVP Esports Season 2 Opens With Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Valorant

by GameStart Asia
written by GameStart Asia

PVP Esports Community Championships will feature two new wildly popular games in their upcoming season – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Valorant. Additionally, the tournament will introduce a new Open Championship format alongside its Campus Championship.

The Community Championships will retain its regional nature and expand to Brunei (Open only). Teams from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia (Campus Only), Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will go head-to-head for the title of champion at the Regional Finals come the end of 2020, and  stand a chance to win from a S$78,000 total prize pool of cash and prizes.

The tournament is open to players from all walks of life and of varying skill levels. Early bird registration for Season 2 (Singapore) is now open and teams can sign up at https://www.pvpesports.gg/. Teams that sign up before 23 August will also stand a chance to win a Royale Ergonomics gaming chair as an added bonus. Players looking for teams are also encouraged to head over to the PVP Esports’ Discord channel. Registration is free and closes on 30 September 2020.

In the meantime, players can tune in to watch the Regional Finals for Season 1 of the Community Championships on 5 and 6 September for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Dota 2, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile. 

 

Visit their website for more information: https://www.pvpesports.gg/  

Join their discord channel to meet new players: https://discord.com/invite/XGVvfQU

Catch the latest PVP updates on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pvpesportsgg! 

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