Gaming

Singapore-based professional e-sports organization RSG has announced its expansion plans into the Philippines e-sports scene, the latest of its overseas markets.

San Juan City-based GG Company Inc. has unveiled the GG Truck, which aims to gamify more than 42,000 barangays in the Philippines.

Streaming video subscriptions climbed as households stacked subscriptions, driving subscription revenues to over $69 billion in 2020.

The growth rate and unit volume were the fastest and largest numbers recorded since IDC began tracking this market in 2016.

Filipino-made indie Flash games have been selected by the curators of BlueMaxima's Flashpoint webgame preservation project as the end of life of Adobe Flash become effective end of 2020.

In the process of becoming the new kings of “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), Bren has also helped the Philippines reclaim the title of the strongest country in MLBB e-sports, ending Indonesia’s recent dominance by eliminating both Indonesian teams, Alter Ego Esports and RRQ Hoshi, en route to the grand final.

For the first time ever, there were more than 2 billion tweets about gaming were recorded globally in 2020. This is up 75% from 2019, with a 49% increase in unique authors.

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) M2 World Championship (M2) is the first global offline e-sports event to be held in Southeast Asia in 2021.

How much money would Filipinos have to pay for a PS5 and Xbox Series X — game consoles of the latest generation?

Riot Games has partnered with Philippine-based e-sports company Mineski Global for the online tournament.