Esport media and software specialist Esport Mogul Asia Pacific Limited (ASX: ESH) has been named as the Official Partner of the 2017 Vainglory World Championship.
After entering into an Agreement with Super Evil Megacorp (Agreement), Mogul Arena is now the exclusive tournament platform provider for the 2017 World Championship, which will be held at the Kallang Theatre, Singapore, over four days from December 14 to 17.
Esport Mogul Managing Director, Gernot Abl, said a dozen of the world’s best teams will compete to take home the prize of over US$140,000 in cash for the World Championship which will provide Mogul Arena with significant exposure, broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook and other regional channels in five languages, as well as being streamed live on MogulAreana.com.
It’s anticipated that more than 2.5 million unique viewers will tune in for over 40 minutes at a time, with an additional 1,000 fans attending the live event. Social impressions are expected to exceed 25 million.
Golden Ticket Giveaway
On the final day of the Championship, Vainglory will unveil its highly anticipated 5 vs. 5 player mode. In conjunction with this release, Vainglory is offering the experience of a lifetime to a select few players – the chance to gain early and exclusive access to the 5 vs. 5 competitive mode. By winning a Golden Ticket, the lucky players will also unlock the “Founding 5 vs. 5” player badge. As part of the Agreement, Mogul Arena is excited to be able to give away 5 of these rare Golden Tickets.
“The Agreement with Super Evil Megacorp represents a major opportunity for Esport Mogul to grow awareness and uptake of our world-class Mogul Arena Tournament Platform for mobile esport. Super Evil Megacorp is the ideal partner for Esport Mogul, as we start to progressively move into a mobile platform,” Mr Abl said.
Super Evil Megacorp Marketing and Esport Manager, Tomek Borowka, said that after 20 million downloads, 12 million registered accounts, and more than 1 billion matches played, Vainglory has already reached various milestones. Milestones that we cannot wait to surpass.
“The 5 vs. 5 mode will add another layer of skill and strategy, and together with the current brawl and 3 vs. 3 game modes, will help reach an even wider scope of audience. We have been working to continuously develop the game and the community, and our partnership with Mogul Arena is one testament to that.” growth in user numbers for Mogul Arena.”
