Federation ready to cooperate with MACC to combat corruption in e-sports
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Electronic Sports Federation (MESF) has not received any reports of corrupt activities in the e-sports industry which are believed to have occurred in the form of digital transactions such as bitcoins and cryptocurrencies. However, MESF said it is ready to cooperate with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) if necessary in efforts […]
Turning gaming hobby into a career in e-sports
KUCHING: Kelvin Unting who began gaming when he was 14 years old has never thought of starting his career by coaching others on how to play video games competitively. He was merely playing for fun, mostly with friends after school without any serious efforts. Speaking to New Sarawak Tribune recently, the 20-year-old from Sibu said […]
Sarawak nurtures more future champions in e-sports
THE Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development Ministry has been actively collaborating with Sarawak E-sports Association (SESA) to create an e-sports development platform including organizing competition and development programmes in producing future champions in the field. Its Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the various competitions were held to promote e-sports development at the […]
Mobile Legends competition offers lucrative prizes
BY UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: The Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) is holding the Mobile Legends Kuching City Cup from Aug 22 to 29 in conjunction with the Kuching Festival. The e-sport competition is free but limited to the first 32 teams. Registration can be made at www.dbku.events. “The competition will be held online and […]
Teams eyeing USD150k prize pool in e-sports contest
KUCHING: The 2021 Wild Rift Southeast Asia (SEA) Icon Series is set to conclude with its first regional championship of the year, the Summer Super Cup. The series, organised by Riot Games, will feature 16 teams from eight different regions, including Malaysia, competing in the League of Legends: Wild Rift, a multiplayer online battle arena […]
A career in e-Sports
As a professional e-Sports athlete, Aidil Afiz Azri has been joining various competitions and achieving excellent results as well. The professional Fifa player has been playing competitively and earned his stripes in local and international events since he was 15, and he is not looking to stop anytime soon. Career opportunity rather than just a […]
Unearthing the potential of e-Sports
e-Sports has experienced an explosion in popularity in the past few years. This has created some viable careers. Today, e-sports is no longer just a career path; it is already here to stay, powered by a very young fanbase that is backed by some of the biggest names in today’s business world. A viable career […]
E-Sports tournament offers RM6,500 prize pool
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A prize pool of RM6,500 is up for grabs as 416 participants from 96 teams kicked off the Adun Muara Tuang E-Sport Cup on Monday (March 29). Samarahan Sports and Recreation Club chairman and deputy president Gulbudin Hekmateyer Rahman said the inaugural tournament would see participants battling it out in two popular e-sport […]
Kota Samarahan can be a cyber city
SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan has the potential to be developed into a “Cyber City” just like the Creative City of Cimahi, in West Java Province, Bandung, Indonesia. In pointing this out, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri added, “The population of Kota Samarahan consists of university students as well as professionals from […]
Extreme addiction to online games
KUCHING: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground or commonly known as PUBG, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Call of Duty: Mobile and Garena Free Fire are some of the most popular online games among the community, especially the young. In fact, online games are also recognised as e-sports, an all-encompassing term used to describe online multiplayer video games played competitively […]
