The Southeast Asia War Championship 2021, organized with the cooperation of Asian ESL, will be an important milestone on the path of speeding to become the first global Mobile Esports.
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The participating teams will come from 9 countries and territories across the region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Oceania, Taipei China and Hong Kong. All will compete to compete with a total prize worth $ 200,000. These are excellent teams that have won the tournament after impressive performances at the autumn seal system of the SEA SEA SEA icon.
Southeast Asia has now become a key area in the strategy of encroaching on the mobile game and eSports segment on Riot's mobile. This is also the selected area to launch the Open Beta and Alpha stages of the starting area of this mobile game. The SEA SEA SEA icon tournament was once announced as Riot's first global Esports Mobile Tournament in February 2021. At the same time, Southeast Asia is the area with the fastest development of internet use in the world, in which users in this area spend 3-5 hours per day for smart phones (more than any other user in the world).
The priority for mobile devices proves that the mobile game has been ingrained in the culture of young people in Southeast Asia. There are nearly 50% of consumers in Southeast Asia is said to have played mobile games on applications or websites and 80% of all gamers in the area are said to have gaming on mobile phones. This trend will bring great opportunities for the development of Esports on Mobile as well as turning this area into a global Esports Mobile center.
Speaking at the online press conference of the Southeast Asia War Championship 2021, Leo Faria – Esports Director of Riot Games's global speed shared about the journey of the speed of the battle to the present. He said: “Our goal is to turn the battle speed to become Riot's first global Esports Mobile.
The Southeast Asia War Championship 2021 will be an opportunity for talented and passionate teams in Southeast Asia to have the opportunity to shine, and focus on establishing standards for watching and enjoying eSports on mobile. We are extremely excited to bring the strategy to focus on players and high quality products to the audience of mobile platforms worldwide. ”
The Series Sea Icon Tournament has received nearly 1,000 teams participating since the tournament started with the highest daily views of 1.28 million during the Summer Super Cup. The speed of the game and the esports segment of the game plays an extremely important role in Riot's development strategy for Southeast Asia.
Sharing about Riot's approach to the region, General Director of Riot Games Southeast Asia and Taipei China, Justin Holog said: “During the past 2 years, Riot has released a series of new games, including the legendary Runetera, Valorant and League of Legends: Fluis, as well as achieved important steps in the field of entertainment, fashion and music.
From the release of the second album of the virtual pop band K/Da and the collaboration with Uniqlo and Warner Music, until the release of Arcane – the Netflix cartoon series – by the end of this year, we will continue to find more new opportunities to make fans around the world feel satisfied and surprised. Esports plays an important role in this strategy and is also the key, a golden opportunity for us to prioritize mobile segments in Southeast Asia. We are aiming to a new future when this area becomes the center of Riot on mobile eSports and is proud to be the first area to launch eSports. ”
Not only that, Esports Game Being increasingly being recognized by the government in many countries in the region, with more countries exploring the potential of eSports through economic investment and career development among young people. Esports is also a sport that was awarded medals in both the Asian Games 2018 and SEA Games 2019.
