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MOONTON Games recently announced the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) 2025 eSports Roadmap during the M6 Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The third edition of the industry conference saw the international video game company unveiling a year jam-packed with competitive events for the world's most popular mobile eSports title. MOONTON Games announced that its two international tournaments — the MLBB Mid Season Cup (MSC) and M Series — will return. The MSC 2025 will take place from mid-July to early August 2025 while MLBB's flagship M7 World Championship is set to return on January 2026. MLBB's international tournaments will be complemented by the MLBB Professional League (MPL) half-yearly eSports circuits; the first half of MPLs will run from early March to late June while the second half will take place from late August to early November.
MOONTON's Head of Regional eSports and China Mike Chu said, "MLBB's global expansion continued in 2024 with the establishment of the Chinese league. We are excited to witness one of the world's gaming powerhouses test their strength in the MLBB eSports ecosystem. At the same time, we're delighted to see more competitive diversity at our tournaments. At the ongoing M6 World Championship, we have for the first time in M Series history seen four teams from different regions reach the Semi Finals. This is a result of our strategy to grow the ecosystem internationally; MLBB is now truly a global eSports brand." The calendar year will be complemented by a host of third-party tournaments. This will include the Snapdragon Pro Series, the world’s largest multi-title mobile eSports ecosystem delivered by ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Challenge Finals will take place in February, followed by the Snapdragon Pro Series Mobile Masters in April and the Snapdragon Pro Series New Season from August to November. The MLBB calendar year will conclude with the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2025 in Thailand, taking place in the middle of December. MLBB is the first eSports title announced for the biennial multi-sport competition and will have both men's and women's medal events. MOONTON Games revealed that it would provide training and support for all participating teams as well as to each participating country's eSports federation for their respective national team qualifiers.
In addition to the MLBB 2025 eSports Roadmap, MOONTON Games also revealed plans to create an eSports ecosystem for Magic Chess: Go Go (MCGG) after its official launch next year. The tournaments will start in Indonesia and gradually expand to the rest of Southeast Asia. MOONTON Games is collaborating with streaming platforms, cultivating KOLS, and engaging players – to build the MCGG content ecosystem and create a vibrant and tight-knit community. The multiplayer strategy game is set in the same universe as MLBB and recently soft-launched in Malaysia and Singapore. It is one of the world's most highly anticipated mobile titles, having surpassed 10 million pre-registrations. The M6 Summit is a closed-door event held last December 13, 2024 that brought together more than 200 business leaders, government representatives, and luminaries in gaming and eSports to exchange information and foster growth, collaboration, and innovation within the ecosystem. The M6 Summit was hosted at the Putrajaya Marriott Hotel on the sidelines of the M6 World Championship. The M6 Summit saw MOONTON Games signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jordan eSports Federation (JEF) – to develop the gaming and eSports ecosystem in Jordan. The agreement will see both parties combine resources to host MLBB eSports events and educational programmes, as well as national qualifiers to uncover Jordanian talents who can compete on the global stage. The M6 Summit is supported by Global Presenting Partner Qiddiya and Official 5G Internet Provider Hotlink.
