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Hashira completed a Cinderella run as it stunned heavy favorite Bren Esports, 3-2, in the grand finals to conquer the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Stage 2 Philippine Challengers 1 on Tuesday night, April 6.

Filipino Valorant pros and aspirants get a chance to fly to Reykjavik, Iceland in the upcoming Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) 2021 Challengers Philippines Stage 2 set to start this month.

The Philippine Pro Gaming League or PPGL, the largest multi-game esports league in the country co-owned by Mineski Philippines and Globe Telecom, is hosting the official national tournaments for VALORANT and League of Legends: Wild Rift this 2021. PPGL is partnering with Predator Gaming for Challengers and OPPO and Globe Virtual Hangouts for the Wild Rift SEA Icon Series to continue its thrust of becoming the stepping stone for the international success of Filipino gamers.

ArkAngel emerged as the second Philippine representative to the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Southeast Asia Masters as it took down The First Order Esports, 3-1, in the grand finals of the Stage 1 Challengers 3 over the weekend.

Bren gunned down ArkAngel, 3-1, in the grand finals of the second Philippine Challengers on Sunday night, February 21, and punched the first ticket to the Southeast Asia Masters Stage 1 of the Valorant Champions Tour 2021.

Sunsparks is looking to establish its dominance not just in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang but also in the growing Valorant esports scene.

Bren Esports came through with a flawless run to rule the first Philippine Challengers of the Valorant Champions Tour, capping it off with a 3-0 demolition of Empire Esports in the grand finals on Sunday night.

Legendary North American esports organization Evil Geniuses revealed on Thursday the first-ever mixed-gender roster in Valorant and it included US-based Filipino player Ronan Jeremiah "Osias" Javelona.

While 2020 put a damper on most industries, it did not stop the upward trajectory of esports across Southeast Asia. The esports and gaming industry was fortunate to have benefited from the pandemic’s strict safety protocols that hindered mobility, made working and studying from home the norm, and hastened the shift to digital for everyone. 

Through the Philippine Pro Gaming League (PPGL), Mineski Philippines is all set to hold tournaments for Riot Games' Valorant and League of Legends: Wild Rift throughout this year.

The AOC Masters Tournament ended with a bang as Indonesia’s Alter Ego takes the top spot, beating Thailand’s Overtime Esports on a heated three-round VALORANT match last December 13, 2020.