Riot announces its Valorant esports plans for SEA Riot’s First Strike competitions are set to begin for the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Riot Games Southeast Asia has announced its 2021 Esports and Collegiate Competitive Plans for Valorant. In a press release shared with ONE Esports, Riot explained that these regional tournaments will provide opportunities for players across Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, so that they may begin building their regional legacies throughout the official Valorant esports and collegiate circuit....

Riot is making an animated series based on League of Legends The series will be released in 2020. Along with a new card game,a tactical shooter,a fighting game, andmobile versions of TFTand League of Legends, Riot Games has announced a new animated series called “Arcane” based on League of Legends. According to Riot, the series will be set in “utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun” and will star “two iconic League champions”....

Riot: Wild Rift players will have to repurchase any LoL champions they already own on PC However, longtime LoL players will still get “starting boosters” when Wild Rift launches. Riot Games has confirmed that it will not be possible to port any League of Legends champions and skins already owned by players over to Wild Rift, the mobile version of the game. “There are a variety of reasons for this, one of which is not having content parity [between both platforms],” said Riot Games associate art director, Alex Lehmann....

RSG Dota 2 signs Ohaiyo as head coach Good morning. After a lengthy professional player career spanning nearly a decade, Malaysian veteran Khoo “Ohaiyo” Chong Xin is taking up his first coaching role for Singaporean organization RSG. The 29-year-old, who most recently played for 496 Gaming, is the new head coach for RSG. The Singapore-based esports organizationsigned the entire roster of ChubbyBoiz last Tour. Ohaiyo joins a team that recently secured a DPC SEA 2021/2022 Division I slot for Tour 3 after dominating Division II....

Season 15 of Overwatch competitive play goes live There will be new rewards to earn as well. Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier today that Season 15 of competitive play for the game is now live. One of the interesting changes coming with Season 5 is that, going forward, there will be no more Competitive Play off-season breaks. According to Blizzard, once a Competitive Play season ends then a new one will immediately begin....

Sentinels is becoming a streamer juggernaut with aceu signing The human highlight reel. Sentinelsis continuing to build a content creation juggernaut, both with its Valorant team and roster of streamers. The North American organization has just announced the addition of Brandon “aceu” Winn, a former Apex Legends and CS:GO pro who also streams Valorant. The 27-year-old spent the past three years with NRG Esports, before his contract expired in October....

Seoul Dynasty main tank Fissure retires from the Overwatch League Goodbye to the most handsome, best main tank, greatest in the world. Seoul Dynasty has announced the immediate retirement of main tank, Chan-hyung “Fissure” Baek. Fissureis known for his Winston and Reinhardtplay,and was one of the stars of the Overwatch League’s inaugural season. He was a runner-up for the MVP award, losing out only to Bang “JJonak” Seong-hyun. But more often than not, he’sknown as the most handsome, best main tank, greatest in the world....

SofM breaks the jungle meta again with this shocking Summoner Spell Who needs Flash, amirite? In Suning’s last game of theLPL Spring Split 2021they went up against eStar. While Suning had already qualified for playoffs, additional wins would bump up their seeding. Estar on the other hand, were already out of playoffs contention and had nothing to lose. So even though there were stakes for Suning, Lê “SofM” Quang Duy once again took a big risk in the jungle....

T1 Faker reveals why he picked Tryndamere mid into Corki It’s his 70th unique champion pick in pro play. T1 beat DRX 2-0 to extend their perfect run in the LCK Spring Split 2022 last week. During the series, we got to see T1 mid lanerLee “Faker” Sang-hyeokpick his 70th champion in pro play, Tryndamere mid into Corki. Corki has seen a lot of play in the 2022 season, as he has high burst and long-ranged abilities, which are useful in fights around objectives....

Team Orca, Team Apex permanently banned from Valve events for account sharing Quick fall. 10 players from two teams competing in the Southeast Asian Dota Pro Circuit received heavy punishments for their parts in an account-sharing scandal yesterday. Tournament organizersBeyond the Summit reportedthat “Team Orca players used Team Apex accounts to compete on their behalf”. Team Orca initially qualified for DPC SEA 2021/2022 Division II in its first tour, finishing third, and were looking to compete once more in the second season....

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile Pro League MY/SG will have a prize pool of US$150,000 Registration for the qualifiers will be up until February 6. Tencent is expanding its PUBG Mobile competitive scene this year with the new PUBG Mobile Pro League MY/SG 2020. The PMPL MY/SG 2020 will be the official tournament circuit for the best teams in Singapore and Malaysia. Before the PMPL can be formed, a two-stage regional qualifier will occur to find the best local players in the PUBG Mobile scene....

The Ares meta is so overpowered, Valorant pro players are spamming it The Ares has taken over Valorant. The Ares meta is so overpowered that it has completely taken over Valorant after the release of patch 4.0. Valorant Episode 4 Act I’s patch included significant improvements for the Ares, with its spin-up removed, and its fire rate increased from 10 to 13. Valorant pros from North America, like Sentinels’ Hunter “SicK” Mims and 100 Thieves’Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk, are choosing to use the heavy machine gun over a Phantom or Vandal because it is that overpowered....

The Esports Integrated Conference lets you learn from the pros for free Free for all, virtually! Want to learn more about the ins and outs of esports? The upcoming Esports Integrated Conference (EIC) will answer all your musings about the industry. The Esports Integrated Conference is a virtual interactive conference that unites industry experts around the Southeast Asia region to develop and educate the local esports community. you’re able to learn more about the life of a professionalMobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB)player, esports marketing, the local influencer scene, and so much more....