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Its partnership with Riot Games Southeast Asia - developers of hit professional gaming titles League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, and VALORANT - puts steam in AcadArena and Globe's movement in the local eSports scene coming off the heels of recent major advancements in campus eSports activities such as the eSports merit scholarship program for aspiring student-gamers. Kicking off the historic AcadArena-Riot Games SEA partnership is the inclusion of VALORANT in the University Alliance Cup (UAC) where competing students battle it out not only for the insane prize pool of more than Php500,000, but also for the opportunity to represent the Philippines in the 2020 PVP eSports Campus Championships on December 12-13, 2020.
The University Alliance Cup comprises of members of the AcadArena Alliance, a national network of accredited student eSports organizations across the country. Alliance members receive funding, training and support from AcadArena for the establishment of their campus eSports ecosystems. In addition to VALORANT's inclusion, League of Legends: Wild Rift is expected to be part of the UAC in the forthcoming season while Legends of Runeterra will be a regularly featured game in AcadArena's series of weekly community events. For more information on eSports AcadArena including news and updates on its current and upcoming events, visit www.acadarena.com/alliance..
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Porsche Asia Pacific and Porsche Cars Australia have teamed up with Microsoft Game Studios, publisher and developer of the Forza racing series for the Microsoft Xbox's family of home gaming consoles, for the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup. The racing tournament is open to everyone living in the Asia Pacific region, including the Philippines, and will have racers compete in Forza Motorsport 7 on the tracks of Bathrust, Nürburgring, Le Mans, Silverstone and Hockenheimring.
The tournament will have three Rival Qualifying Races taking place from September 29 to October 18, 2020. By the end of these qualifying races, the top sixteen drivers with the most number of points - with a maximum of three top racers from the same country - are slated to compete in the Grand Finals of the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup on October 31, 2020 where they will race in a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport. Aside from receiving huge prizes, the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup champion will get the opportunity to drive in real life at the Porsche Experience Centre Hockenheimring in 2021.
Those who are interested to compete and showcase their virtual racing skills in the Porsche Asia Pacific Forza Cup require to hold an Xbox game pass and have access to either PC, Xbox One, Xbox One S or Xbox One X. Interested participants holding these aforementioned requirements may sign up online at https://porscheapforzacup.com.
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Last August, the International eSports Federation (IeSF) announced that it has officially included the massively multiplayer online (MMO) rhythm dance battle game Audition Next Level as a promoted title under the 12th IeSF World Championships which is slated to be held on December 6-12, 2020 in Eliat, Israel. Following the said announcement, Southeast Asian online gaming publisher PlayPark held a Philippine qualifying tournament for Audition Next Level which features a series of 3-on-3 team dance battles from the eliminations to the grand finals.
In the end, it was Team ARMY that conquered the local qualifiers and is set to compete in a triple-header match for the right to be the official Philippine representative to the online qualifying rounds this coming October. The winners of the online qualifying rounds will then get to compete in Eliat, Israel for the IeSF World Championships. Team ARMY has also won the lion's share of the Php100,000 prize pool. In addition, should they win and eventually reach the grand finals, PlayPark will cover the team's travel and accommodation expenses. For more information and probably highlights of the IeSF World Championship PH Qualifiers, visit the official Audition Next Level Facebook page.
