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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1730438234536465146585_590542783337598_4679287402476427281_n.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/>Photo from Mobile Legends Esports/FacebookMANILA, Philippines – Popular game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang will headline the esports event in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand next year.</div>This also marks the fourth consecutive time that the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game will be a medal sport at the biennial sporting event.Both men and women will be seeing action in the said title, MOONTON Games said in its announcement <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MLBBEsportsOfficial/posts/590542813337595">post.</a>Ray Ng, head of the esports ecosystem at MOONTON Games, said its addition to the SEA Games &quot;empowers&quot; esports and is an opportunity to &quot;bring glory to their respective nations.&quot;<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/18/mpl-fnatic-onic-ph-captures-first-slot-to-m6-2229">READ: MPL: Fnatic ONIC PH captures first slot to M6</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/20/fnatic-onic-ph-denies-aurora-comeback-to-win-mpl-ph-title-2147">READ: Fnatic ONIC PH denies Aurora comeback to win MPL-PH title</a></div>&quot;International sporting events like the SEA Games empower esports players, organizations, and federations by giving them a globally-recognized competitive platform to bring glory to their respective nations,&quot; said Ng.&quot;MLBB&#x27;s return as a medalled event is another positive step forward for esports, which has become increasingly accepted by the Thai and wider global sporting community as a competitive sport,&quot; he added.The Philippines is the defending champion in the men&#x27;s division, while Indonesia will try to retain the gold medal in the women&#x27;s division.The SEA Games will be held from December 9 to 20, 2025.

Popular game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang will headline the esports event in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand next year.

Popular game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang will headline the esports event in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand next year.

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Mobile Legends to banner esports in 33rd SEA Games

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published November 01, 2024 01:30 PM PHT

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Updated November 20, 2024 05:50 PM PHT

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