E-sports future looks promising as Malaysia claims global Mobile Legends crown
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has painted a bright future for Malaysia’s e-sports scene after witnessing our local heroes emerge as champions at the IESF Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 2025 World Championship here last night. He said that besides Malaysia hosting world-class e-sports tournaments, the national team had repeatedly triumphed internationally, boosting Malaysia’s reputation […]
From hobby to career: How Mobile Legends reshaped Malaysia’s esports scene
KUALA LUMPUR: Behind its calm exterior lies a virtual world that is loud, fast-paced and filled with strategy. The fingers of 23-year-old Muhammad Danial Fuad move swiftly across his smartphone screen as his eyes remain fixed on the movements of the characters in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB). For Muhammad Danial, better known as CikuGais, MLBB […]
Lawas’s first esports event receives overwhelming response
LAWAS: The recently-concluded first Mobile Legend esports tournament ever held here received overwhelming response from the local communities. The event held in conjunction with ‘Minggu Perusahaan Mikro, Kecil dan Sederhana (PMKS) 2022’, was aimed at transforming communities, businesses and start-ups in Sarawak and to speed up the digital economy process. The Serba DigitalX Open Innovation […]
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 […]
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 […]
Iban longhouse becomes first rural e-sports arena in Sarawak
SIBU: Maxwell Longhouse, a 22-door Iban longhouse at Km 21, Jalan Oya, made history yesterday as the first longhouse in Sarawak to host an e-sports event, something that is usually reserved for urban areas. The Mobile Legends E-Sports competition jointly organised by the E-Sport Nangka Challenge Committee, the Nangka state constituency’s Rural Youth Brigade and […]