After two long months of intense competition with nearly 800 teams battling for a place in the final, 16 teams have emerged. The creme de la creme from Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan will battle for top honours in the 2021 Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Summer Super Cup. Expect lots of fireworks as elite players from eight regions slug it out for the championship title and a share of the US$150,000 prize pool.
We thought we’d seen it all when FaZeJarvis received a lifetime ban from Epic Games in 2019 for merely testing an aimbot in Fortnite during a YouTube tutorial (See here for dramatic apology video). Then came the massive CS:GO expose that saw Valve banning nine coaches for cheating earlier this year. And who can forget Riot’s ruthless march against League Of Legends: Wild Rift scammers in April this year.
It was a massive win for the SEA-based Dota 2 team. Astounding fans and competitors alike, T1 clutched 3rd in the 2nd major of the year, just barely behind Evil Geniuses and PSG.LGD.
What a week! From surprise knockouts to underdog wins, this year’s MSC showdown has been one helluva ride! Check out our MSC Group Stage Recap for a quick lowdown on what went down!
Before becoming a world-class League of Legends (LOL) coach, Nelson Sng was working as an admin staff for the Singaporean esports team Absolute Legends.
Let’s face it — game releases aren’t quite what they used to be. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hampered precious development time and forced major studios to postpone their release dates to 2022 instead.
Stranded and confined in a military camp fulfilling his national service, Andrew “Potato” Lim found his esports calling, despite a void of gaming devices in sight.
