Singapore-based professional e-sports organization RSG has announced its expansion plans into the Philippines e-sports scene, the latest of its overseas markets.
Chinese game developer NetEase Games has announced plans for its esports tournament brand Top Clans, which now has more than 57 million views and 80 competing teams across five game titles. This year, the tournaments will be taking a grassroots approach to engage amateur teams and discover more talents in countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, and other countries in Asia.
Overall, the first stage will include six qualifying tournaments with three for Standard and three for Battlegrounds. The Interschool Cup rounds are exclusively for teams currently enrolled in schools and universities in the Philippines while the Invitational qualifiers is where AKG will select team captains to form their teams that are not yet qualified in the next stage.
The combat system takes inspiration from traditional connect-3 puzzle games. By matching adjacent tiles with similar colors, players are able to activate their character’s attack, while more powerful skills are set off by matching more colored tiles. The Party Captain is the only character that attacks regardless if tiles are connected, while party members take advantage of elemental matching. There is also an additional auto-combat mode for casual gamers.
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have revealed the release schedules of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Pokémon Shining Pearl, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus games.
“We aim to diversify our product experiences to suit the needs and wants of different types of consumers. As we continuously expand our e-commerce programs and platforms including a potential expansion in Lyka as part of the brand’s e-commerce pipeline in an effort to meet the needs of the more digital consumers, we’re also innovating in-store experience for consumers who still prefer going to our stores by gamifying their product experiences to allow them to get a better feel of which OPPO smartphone suits their needs best.”
Game developer NetEase Games will be premiering three classic Filipino superhero icons -- Darna, Captain Barbell, and Lastikman -- created by the country’s own Ravelo Komiks Universe (RKU) to the free-to-play multiplayer online battle royale game Rules of Survival (ROS).
