PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, 29 August – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Professional League (MPL) Cambodia is back for its 7th iteration this weekend, starting 31 August 2024. Eight teams will vie to fight for the kingdom, take home the biggest share of the prize pool worth USD 40,000, and get a chance to represent the country in the upcoming M6 World Championship.
MANILA, 29 August – Empowering young Filipino students to have a headstart for the school year, international gaming developer and publisher MOONTON Games launched a notebook distribution drive called "Balik Eskwela" and handed over more than 40,000 notebooks to 159 schools in General Trias, Dasmariñas, Quezon Province, San Pablo City, and Cavite Province.
SINGAPORE, 28 August – The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Singapore kicks off with a bang, unveiling its Season 8 partner line up after the nation's best performance at an international MLBB esports tournament in three years! McDonald's Singapore returns for a third season running, leading the way as the Presenting Sponsor. The league welcomes two new partners, leading sneaker and sports fashion retailer, JD Sports, as Partner in Esports, and multinational pharmaceutical corporation, Rohto, as the Official Partner. Both debut partnerships are set to bring fresh energy to the MLBB and esports community in Singapore.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 27 August – MOONTON Games, with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) and Esports Integrated (ESI), today announced the return of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Professional League (MPL) Malaysia for Season 14 – the final season before the nation welcomes the world's best MLBB teams for the M6 World Championship. With one eye on that era-defining international tournament, Malaysia's longest-running and most popular esports league has been renamed "MPL M6laysia" for the duration of Season 14.
SINGAPORE, 26 August – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) is the "Esports Mobile Game of the Year" at the Esports Awards 2024. This is the second year in a row that the globally acclaimed mobile Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game has won this category. MLBB was also a finalist for the "Esports Game of the Year" category.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 26 August – JD Sports (LON: JD), the global multichannel retailer, has inked a regional partnership with Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Esports, the world's most popular mobile esports platform, to motivate esports enthusiasts to push their boundaries, whether in the gaming arena or through sartorial flair. This first-time partnership will feature the launch of the "UP YOUR GAME" campaign, which bridges the worlds of fashion and esports by offering fans exclusive giveaways of gift cards and MLBB in-game Diamonds (the game's premium in-game currency), JD Sports' products, and shopping rebates on JD Sports.