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The HotShotz 2017 eGames Festival Press Conference

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The HotShotz 2017 eGames festival is gearing up for the grand final event, where over 250 gamers will compete in 7 game titles. Find out more about HotShotz from their key partners – the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Acer Malaysia, Digi, Codemasters and the KDU University College. Even Crimson Viper came in to endorse HotShots 2017!

 

The HotShotz 2017 eGames Festival

After 5 rounds of fierce qualifiers, hosted by five different universities, Malaysia’s eGames festival, HotShotz 2017, is now gearing up for the grand event where over 250 finalists, all amateurs, from 7 game titles will come together to compete to be the winners and hopefully move on to be the next international eSports stars from Malaysia.

In this video, the HotShotz 2017 key partners reveal why they are supporting and pushing the HotShotz 2017 eGames festival. They are Hasnul Hadi Samsudin, Vice-President, Creative Content & Technologies Division, MDEC; Tan Chin Ike, Head of School of Computing and Creative Media, KDU University College; Andre Stiegler, Studio Manager, Codemasters, and representatives from Acer Malaysia and Digi.

HotShotz is much more than just its eSports component though. Thanks to VR Lab, visitors will enjoy a large VR area to experience the gaming world in virtual reality, there will be a cosplay competition and even a rare PC modding competition.

At the same time, the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation is bringing 10 independent game publishers to showcase their games, which they hope will launch them to global prominence. Sharing the stage with them are global console gaming powerhouse, Sony Entertainment, which will be showcasing some of its games together with Codemasters.

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ESL One Genting Debuts With $250K Dota 2 Tournament

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eSports gamers and fans, rejoice! ESL One is coming to Malaysia! At a glitzy launch event in hip Bangsar, Resorts World Genting announced their partnership with ESL One and Mineski Events Team to host the ESL One Genting event.

The inaugural ESL One Genting event will be a Dota 2 tournament. With a total prize money of US$250,000 (roughly RM 1 million), it will feature the world’s best Dota 2 players, with the top 8 teams fighting it out at the Arena of Stars,  Genting Highlands from the 6th till the 8th of January 2017.

ESL One will announce the 8 teams that will be participating in the ESL One Genting Dota 2 tournament in January 2017 in the coming months. At the moment, ESL One can only reveal that they will consist of a mix of invited teams, internationally-qualified teams and an exclusive Malaysian team.

The ticket launch details will be announced in the coming weeks, but eSports and Dota 2 fans who want to get priority for tickets can register their interest with Resorts World Genting.

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ESL One Genting Party Time!

To celebrate their partnership with ESL One and Mineski Events Team, Resorts World Genting threw a party after the launch, with a great DJ, and free flow of drinks and hors d’oeuvres!

They also invited many awesome cosplayers to give the party an eSports feel.

And check out the bar tricks by this Ruyi & Lyn bartender!

Wished you were there, right? Well, we suspect Resorts World Genting will likely close the ESL One Genting tournament with an even bigger party!

 

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