Riot Games Bares Valorant SEA Invitational, Valorant Pacific Open

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GAMING | July 1, 2020

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Heads up and listen up, Valorant players in Southeast Asia!! Riot Games has announced two exciting regional events that are slated to take place starting July, the Valorant SEA Invitational and the Valorant Pacific Open. The Valorant SEA Invitational will feature six teams of five prominent content creators and personalities each from the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand while the Valorant Pacific Open is a series of tournaments that aim to discover potentially talented players and build global recognition for top Valorant teams as the region's entry in the Valorant Ignition series.

The SEA Invitational will let the special online celebrity players show off their skills in Riot Games' answer to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) as they fight for the lion's share of the US$10,000 prize pool plus various prizes from SecretLab, Gigabyte and Intel. The teams participating in the SEA Invitational will also duke it out for a good cause as Riot Games Southeast Asia is donating US$10,000 to GlobalGiving's Coronavirus Relief Fund as part of Valorant's launch in conjunction to the regional invitational tourney. The participants of the Valorant SEA Invitational include the following:

* Luthfi Halimawan and Watchout Gaming from Indonesia
* Soloz and MasterRamen from Malaysia
* GlocoGaming and Ashley Gosiengfiao from the Philippines
* Sombrero and Afiz from Singapore
* Xargon and Hehe from Taiwan
* Xcrosz and Badness Gamer from Thailand

On the other hand, the Valorant Pacific Open is slated to kick off with the national qualifiers that will be held in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand starting July 3, 2020. The winners of each national qualifier will then go on to the Pacific Open's main stage beginning mid-August with a US$20,000 prize pool at stake. For more information and updates on the Valorant Pacific Open, visit https://www.facebook.com/CGAHK. Meanwhile, the Valorant SEA Invitational starts on July 11, 2020. For more information on the tournament and where to watch the games, check out www.valorantseainvitational.com.