Globe joins in Singtel’s PVP Esports Community Championships
PVP Esports at Thailand Game Expo 2020. (Source: PVP Esports)
Singtel’s PVP Esports is back with its community leagues in 2020 and on a bigger scale than before. Recently launched at the Thailand Game Expo in Bangkok, the 2020 edition of the regional community leagues – titled the PVP Esports Corporate Championship and PVP Esports Campus Championship – will scale up and feature two exciting seasons of esports action and more game titles.
Building on its efforts in 2019, Singtel, together with its regional associates Globe, AIS and Telkomsel will continue providing opportunities for the gaming community to flourish at both the local and regional levels in 2020. Through the PVP Esports community leagues, Singtel hopes to provide amateur gamers with a platform to hone their skills and promote sportsmanship, teamwork and healthy gaming as they connect over their shared passion.
Southeast Asia is the fastest growing games market in the world, with the number of PC and mobile gamers set to rise to 400 million. In 2019, the two PVP community leagues drew over 2,000 gamers from across Southeast Asia and 1.4 million online views. Over 50,000 attended the regional grand finals held in December at Singapore Comic Con.
The 2020 PVP Esports Corporate and Campus Championships will run for two seasons from March to June (Season 1) and August to November (Season 2). Participants will play for a combined regional prize pool of over S$100,000 in cash and prizes – the largest prize pool globally for a community tournament. The campus league for tertiary students will be scaled up from a Singapore-based event to a regional one, just like the corporate league, which is open to working professionals.
Season 1 will feature popular game titles such as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile and Dota 2, with more games to follow in Season 2. The top teams and players from Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand will also win cash prizes from their respective local qualifiers and get the opportunity to represent their countries at a Grand Finals event held regionally. For Season 1 of 2020, the Grand Finals will take place at the Indonesia Games Championship in July 2020, the largest gaming event in Indonesia.
Registration for the PVP Esports Corporate and Campus Championships (Singapore Qualifiers) will open on 10 February 2020. For more information and other updates, please visit www.pvpesports.gg.
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