With their slew of new titles, Riot Games reigned supreme in the esports world, completely dominating the calendar with leagues and tournaments year-round. Much of the year-end international tournaments of note were all down to Riot events - with tournaments like Worlds 2021, VALORANT Champions and Horizon Cup keeping esports fans riveted to the seats.

It seems like we’ve been here before. We approach the new year full of optimism, hopeful of a return to normalcy, yet find ourselves hit with yet another wave of this never-ending pandemic. 

Imagine charging into battle with your favourite main mage. Your teammates take the side lanes while you storm the enemy’s middle turrets. Attacks blast through heaps of minions that give you wealth you can only dream of. Connected with a common goal, you and your team overwhelm enemy defences to steal the victory. For 30 glorious minutes, escapism has never been easier.

The end of the year is near and now’s as good a time as ever to pull out our favourite glitch-related memes to wrap up this year’s hand at gaming. Sure, we got many good things for the gaming scene this year, but every good thing has its fair share of big bad’s, too.

This year, Pokemon Unite is joining in the festive spirit with their very own in-game Christmas event, available from 15 December 2021. Players can look forward to new Holowear, Trainer Skins, new themes, and even a new Pokemon! Bountiful rewards are also up for grabs in the Snowball Battle in Shivre City, a unique 4v4 quick battle game mode.

As M3 concluded their prestigious tournament, Blacklist International emerged as their champion, proving that Philippines Mobile Legends scene is the best in the world once again after Bren Esports were also crowned champions back in M2 last year.

How hard can the life of an esports athlete be? After all, practice and competition revolve around you sitting on a comfortable chair playing computer games. It may even seem glamorous, seeing your name and face beamed across streams all over the world and on giant screens in arenas filled with screaming fans. And don’t forget the money — how many 22-year-olds can boast of team career earnings of over US$200,000 after just two years on the professional circuit?

At last, true esports once again took centrestage at the M3 World Championships where some good, pure gaming between two Filipino teams aptly rounded off two weeks of intense, at times over-the-top action. 

After two days of intense competition, the first-ever champions of the inaugural Global Esports Games have emerged. And staying true to the Global Esports Federation and GEG’s vision of connecting the world through the power of esports, the diversity of the winners — nine member nations walked away with the 12 medals on offer — have made the inaugural Games a truly global celebration of a #worldconnected. Without further ado, here are the Singapore 2021 Global Esports Games champions.

Deck your PCs and consoles, gamers, Christmas is upon us again! Time to log into your favourite games with Christmas events and spend the holidays grinding your rank (or actually enjoy playing your games.) To celebrate this magical time of year when your toxic teammates end up on Santa’s naughty list, Ulti.asia gives you the ultimate gift of laughter with this week’s Christmas-themed Meme Monday!

Arguably Riot Games’ biggest international tournament yet, Valorant Champions had ended off with a bang last Sunday on 12 December after the two strongest teams, Team Gambit and Acend had duked it out in the grand finals. With the latter emerging victorious with a score of 13-8, Team Acend managed to secure the Valorant Champions 2021 title and the much sought after prize pool of $350,000. 

The Opening Ceremony of the Global Esports Games 2021 (GEG) just concluded and we are here to break down all the greatest moments during the ceremony. The ceremony kicked off with a scintillating trailer highlighting the landmarks of Singapore with the added touch of the three flagship games that GEG would feature: Dota 2, Street Fighter V Championship Edition and eFootball 2022.