The Malaysian video games industry is growing fast, catching up with the rest of the world. In an effort to further boost its development, Resorts World Genting has announced that it is collaborating with ESL, an eSport company that creates and promotes online gaming experiences, to hold a first-of-its-kind tournament in Malaysia. The games are set to showcase some of the world's best video game gaming teams competing against each other.
The first ESL One tournament series to be held at Resorts World Genting is titled ESL One Genting. To be held in the resort for the first time ever, the games mark the beginning of a partnership between Resorts World Genting and ESL.
"With their deep understanding of the local market and its high-end facilities, Resorts World Genting opens a whole new avenue for delivering the region's best eSports event to date, and take this competition to new heights," said Ulrich Schulze, Vice President of Pro Gaming (Business & Strategy) at ESL One who was present to unveil the ESL One Genting logo together with Kevin Tann, Vice President of Resorts World Genting.
"ESports is a massive and growing industry globally, and we hope to play a meaningful role in developing the local and regional market. We are proud to be collaborating with ESL, the world's biggest professional provider of eSports that offers not just tournaments like ESL One but also news, live broadcast and support in the eSports community," said Tann.
To be held at the Arena of Stars from 6 to 8 January 2017, ESL One Genting is a Dota 2 tournament that offers a total prize money of USD250,000. The world's best Dota 2 players are expected to be drawn to the tournament that will ultimately pit the top eight teams against each other throughout the event.
The eight teams will be revealed in the coming months and consist of invited teams, internationally qualified teams and an exclusive Malaysian team.
"Dota's popularity in Southeast Asia is astonishing and the strategic partnership with Resorts World Genting opens a whole new way of delivering high quality eSports content to one of the most enthusiastic, passionate and committed group of fans we've ever seen at ESl events," added Schulze.
A long-time partner of ESL in making these events a great success is the Mineski Events Team (MET), who has a reputation as the premier electronic sports event organiser of Southeast Asia. Known for operating the Mineski Pro Gaming League, as well as being the official organiser of ESL-sanctioned events within Southeast Asia, MET aims to be a high level eSports provider for the region.
"We have expanded to Malaysia as part of our goal to fortify the eSports scene in the entirety of Southeast Asia. Trust us, we are going to give everyone a spectacular adrenalin show!" said Ronald Robins, Founder and CEO of Mineski.
ESL One tournaments are one of the major events worldwide (both offline and online viewing), and past and confirmed upcoming tournament locations include ESL One Frankfurt, ESL One Cologne, ESL One New York and ESL One Manila.
Earlier this year ESL One Manila attracted 16,000 fans, with more than 2.5 million unique viewers tuning in online. ESL One Genting will be the world's largest and second major event in Southeast Asia in less than 12 months, solidifying its commitment to expanding operations in the region.
Those keen on following the ESL One Genting tournament at Resorts World Genting can expect an announcement on ticket launch in the coming weeks but they can also register their interest to get priority tickets.
For more information, call 03-27181118 or log on to www.rwgenting.com.
