News & Reviews:   esports

Tunku Abdul Rahman University College recently posted on Facebook, stating that they are looking for operators to set up an eSports arena inside their Cyber Center which is located at KL Main Campus. Those that are interested can send in their proposal before 2 March 2020.

The PMCO 2019 Fall Split Global Finals took place at PWTC, Kuala Lumpur from 29 November until 2 December 2019 and it managed to rack up around 532 million total views and up to 57 hours in total watch time. During the tournament, the Indonesian team called Bigetron RA managed to emerge as the champions and bagged the grand prize of 180000USD.

Battle Arena Elites recently emerged victorious during the Asia Pacific Predator League 2020 which was held at Battle Arena, Jaya Shopping Centre on 8 December 2019 with an amazing 100-point lead over the first runner-up. The champions, well as the first runner-up, brought home RM10000 and RM5000 in cash prize and Predator accessories respectively.

It was only a matter of time before esports made it big, with it being a medal sport in the SEA Games 2019. For Team Malaysia, 24 professional gamers will be looking to bring back the first esports Gold medals for Malaysia. Those of us watching from home can catch the action live on Astro eGG Network.

Blizzard has officially announced on their blog post stating that their Team-based Multiplayer Shooter, Overwatch will be Free-To-Play starting 27 November until 5 December 2019 (Malaysian time). But that’s not all, Blizzard also added that the aforementioned game, as well as other games,  will be on sale with up to 60% discount on.

The Mobile Legends World Championship (M1) is arguably one of the largest MLBB esports tournament to be held in Malaysia, and it starts from 15 November until 17 November 2019. For those who were unable to attend, they can also catch the aforementioned tournament via livestream on Youtube, which is the rival of Facebook.

Earlier today, Lenovo has officially unveiled the Lenovo Legion Battlecruiser gaming truck at MyTOWN Cheras. Inside the truck, it is equipped with various gaming products from Lenovo such as the Legion Y545 as well as the Y7000 gaming laptops in which the public could test them out for themselves.

It’s finally that time! The PUBG Mobile PMCO 2019 fall split will soon be upon us. If you’re one of the eager fans who have been eagerly awaiting to grab your tickets, now’s your chance to get it at a 20% discount. All you have to do is put your name in for the early bird registration.

Today, Budget 2020 was announced and if you only want to know if there are any upcoming changes in the tech industry, you've come to the right place. The list is quite long and we managed to look through the relevant ones so without further ado, check out our Budget 2020 Tech Round-Up below!

ServerDNA 4 which is a convention focused heavily on gaming and esports was recently held in Le Merridien Putrajaya, on 28 and 29 September 2019. For this first time, the convention had up to 2 floors filled with booths from international and local brands, as well as Malaysian gaming personalities.