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Inaugural Esports Festival Asia at COMEX 2019 crowns first winners
Four-day gaming event saw winning teams compete for a combined prize pool of more than S$35,000 across the four tournaments
Here are the winners of the respective tournaments:
Mobile Legends Bang Bang
Champion: EVOS Esports SG
1st runner-up: Notorious Villians
2nd runner-up: Louvre
Champion: Axis X Bosskur
1st runner-up: Divinity Reapers
2nd runner-up: Divinity Gaming
PUBG has a prize pool of S$4,000 for the champions, S$2,000 for the 1st runner-up and S$800 for the 2nd runner-up.
DOTA Underlords
Champion: Autochess Dog
1st runner-up: SilverByz
2nd runner-up: Samuel ‘Sequinox’ Chan
DOTA Underlords has a prize pool of S$1,000 for the champions, S$500 for the 1st runner-up and S$200 for the 2nd runner-up.
Official Website: https://aceleague.asia/
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/aceleague/
2) China Mobile Esports League (CMEL) Singapore Qualifier
Champion: Animal Kingdom
1st runner-up: Impunity
2nd runner-up: Resurgence
CMEL has a prize pool of S$5,000 for the champions, S$3,000 for the 1st runner-up and S$1,000 for the 2nd runner-up. In addition, the top team, Animal Kingdom, will represent Singapore at the CMEL finals in Chongqing, China, with flight and accommodation fully covered.
3) eXTREMESLAND 2019 SEA Qualifier
Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)
Champion: Boot dream[S]cape
1st runner-up: Bren Esports
2nd runner-up: LaZe
CS:GO has a prize pool of US$1,000 for the champions, and US$500 for the 1st runner-up. In addition, the champion will represent Southeast Asia in the finals that will be held in Shanghai, China.
Official Website: http://www.extremesland.com/en
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/extremesland/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/eXTREMESLAND
4) Regional finals of Female Esports League (FSL)
League of Legends (LoL)
Champion: Box Ladies
1st runner-up: Top 10 Dinos
2nd runner-up: Lannister by Overheat
3rd runner-up: Liyab Esports
FSL’s LoL has a prize pool of S$1,000 and five G512 gaming keyboards for the champions, S$750 and five G102 gaming mice for the 1st runner-up, S$500 and G640 gaming mousepads for the 2nd runner-up, and S$250 and G240 gaming mousepads for the 3rd runner-up.
Champion: EVOSxBazaar 7Treasures
1st runner-up: Pho Bo Team
2nd runner-up: EVOS Esports
3rd runner-up: TNN
FSL’s AOV has a prize pool of S$1,000, five G933S headsets and five StygianForce Professionals Kit for the champion, S$750 and five G633S headsets for the 1st runner-up, S$500 and five G431 headsets for the 2nd runner-up, and S$250 and five G331 headsets for the 3rd runner-up.
Official Facebook Page (Mobile): https://www.facebook.com/FSLMobileGames
Official Facebook Page (LoL): https://www.facebook.com/FSLLoL/
For more information on the tournaments and to view the recorded streams in EFA, visit https://www.facebook.com/EsportsFestivalAsia or https://esportsfestival.asia/.
Photo 2: [Left photo] From left to right: TVB stars Katy Kung, Grace Chan and Shaun Tam at EFA 2019
[Right photo] TVB stars Shaun Tam, Katy Kung and Grace Chan in COMEX 2019 for their first joint meet-and-greet session
Other highlights – Arena of Glory launch, Huawei Nova 5T smartphone and TVB stars
A new mobile multiplayer online battle arena game, Arena of Glory (AOG), was unveiled at EFA on the first day of COMEX on 5 September. Visitors were introduced to a competitive showcase of AOG on 5 and 6 September, where players must form a team of five and take down the opposing team’s base to be victorious. AOG will be launched in Singapore and Malaysia early November this year.Huawei’s highly anticipated Nova 5T made its Singapore debut at EFA for visitors to get their first hands-on experience with the smartphone. With Huawei’s signature SuperCharge quick charging feature and industry-leading GPU Turbo 3.0 – a hardware-software integrated graphic processing acceleration technology – the Nova 5T provides a full-frame gaming experience and reduces latency for slicker gameplay. The smartphone is expected to hit local retail shelves from 14 September 2019. For more information on the Nova 5T, visit https://consumer.huawei.com/sg/.
Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) celebrities Grace Chan, Katy Kung and Shaun Tam were guest stars at EFA to meet fans on 6 and 7 September for their first joint meet-and-greet sessions in Singapore. They hosted interactive games for fans and 10 lucky winners walked away with a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active worth S$318 or a Samsung Galaxy Fit worth S$168. Fans were also treated to a showcase of Shaun playing with local professional esports players in CS:GO and PUBG.
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