VALORANT Game Changers Pacific returns from 6-12 October bringing together the top teams from local Game Changers leagues, including Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Oceania and South Asia in Bangkok.
We caught up with Shara “Ayaaa” Koshikawa from Nigma Galaxy Female to hear about her early journey in VALORANT and the preparation so far heading into the new season of VCT Game Changers next year.
BOOM Esports claimed the EPULZE Royal SEA Challenge title by defeating South Built Esports in the best-of-five grand final 3-0 (Ascent 13-8, Haven 13-8, Bind 13-7). They also take home the grand prize of US$6,000, with South Built Esports walking away with half of the first-place reward.
With Saturday Spike Club coming to a close this month, it’s time to present the VALO2ASIA x EPULZE’s Saturday Spike Club Wrap Up and take a look at how the community event went over the course of twelve weeks.
Riot Games have made public the groups for the year’s most stacked tournament, VALORANT Champions 2021, which is set to kick off on December 1.
Zeal Esports have announced the benching of Dominique “N1CO” Tul-id and Vince “Flash” Medado, with Craig “craigys” Salgado moving to the starting lineup after serving as the team’s sixth member since May.
Yoon “Hyeoni” Hyun-seok, the most recent addition to NUTURN Gaming’s active lineup, has been released from his contract, the Korean organization announced on Tuesday.
NUTURN Gaming has announced Keun-chul “solo” Kang’s retirement from competitive VALORANT, bringing an end to a career that began in 2005 and spanned across four different titles: Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Online, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and VALORANT.
“I think the reason for that is just because esports, in general, isn’t a very viable career option in Asia. Because basically, if you’re Asian and you have Asian parents, you either become a doctor or a lawyer, or you’re just trash.
South Built Esports have been crowned Mineski VxV Invitational Playoffs champions after taking out Team Secret in the best-of-five (BO5) grand final derby.
Nigma Galaxy have announced the signing of Cong Anh “crazyguy” Ngo on a permanent basis, the organization revealed today, along with three other roster adjustments. crazyguy will take the position of George “Georggyyy” Lachica, who has been released from the team. Along with crazyguy, Nigma Galaxy will have Sha “ZesBeeW” Mohtar on loan from Team SMG and Ashraf “acAp” Firdaus as a coach.
