Gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) announced yesterday that it is the title sponsor of an e-sports tournament taking place from Friday to Sunday that will see gamers battle it out in the two chart-topping e-sports games “Wang Zhe Rong Yao” and “Hearthstone”.
The statement said that the “Galaxy Macau • CEC 2017 China E-sports Carnival” will be Macau’s first large-scale premium e-sports event. It will take place at Broadway Theatre.
According to the statement, the event will be hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China and the Macau Electronic Competition Association, in conjunction with the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).
The three-day tournament willbe co-hosted by China United Travel Co. Ltd and Shanghai Xiaocong Network Limited, organised by
SeerTV and co-organised by Nam Kwong Industry Limited and Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Themed “Side by Side with the Champion”, the event features a “Wang Zhe Rong Yao” (unofficially known in English as “King of Glory”) tournament, in which the winning team and the second-placed team from the Spring Tournament of King Pro League, QGhappy and AG, will come up against eight other professional teams for 1 million yuan in prizes.
During the event, a number of
cosplayers will represent various characters from the games, and booths featuring virtual reality (VR) and robotics will be set up. Educational booths themed “Healthy Esports” will provide spectators with more information about the sector.
The statement said the event would enhance local residents’ understanding of, and interest in e-sports and boost the city’s economic
diversification. After a decade of rapid growth, e-sport is one of the industries that was included in the central government’s 13th Five-Year Plan for Sports Development and has meanwhile been listed as an official game at the 2022 Asian Games.
