At VNG Campus (District 7, Ho Chi Minh City), VNGGames and Riot Games officially signed a cooperation agreement towards implementing the League of Legends Esports (LMHT Esports) plan in 2025, and shared important information before the Final Round of the Vietnam Championship Series 2024 Summer (VCS Summer 2024) tournament taking place on August 17 and 18.
This is the first time in 5 years that the VCS Summer 2024 tournament has returned to compete with live audiences after the online seasons due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Players will feel the enthusiastic atmosphere of the tournament with the cheers from more than 2,000 spectators. In this year's tournament, 3 teams GAM Esports, Viking Esports and Team Whales will compete to find the Champion, as well as determine the two teams representing VCS Summer 2024 to participate in the upcoming 2024 World Finals event. In addition, the team with the highest ranking in this tournament, excluding guest teams, will win a spot to participate in the new Asia-Pacific (APAC) League of Legends Esports tournament taking place in 2025.
With the message: “Forever We Stand”, the VCS Summer 2024 Finals is an opportunity for the Vietnamese eSports community to honor the legacies built from the tournament’s glorious past and look forward to a brighter, more glorious future on new journeys to the ocean. The current excellent teams and talented young players will continue to inspire and extend the fiery spirit of VCS in international and regional LoL Esports arenas in the future.
The VCS Summer 2024 Finals will take place on August 17 and 18 at Nguyen Du Stadium, 116 Nguyen Du Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
VCS audiences get to see players compete offline again after many years
During the 2 days of the VCS Summer 2024 Finals, the area outside Nguyen Du Stadium will bring VCS fans a series of exciting experiences, including booths from Sponsors, game booths, photo areas and opportunities to interact with famous players and KOLs of the LoL community. In addition, before the VCS Summer 2024 Grand Final takes place, there will be an opening performance that promises to leave many memorable impressions for the more than 2,000 spectators attending.
“VCS has been on the rise, leaving more and more marks on the global League of Legends scene. Last weekend, the tournament continued to set a new record for viewership. We would like to thank the fans who have always cared deeply about the VCS teams and players, and we would also like to thank all the players in Vietnam for always showing their best performance, imbued with the spirit of VCS.” – Laura Li, Director of eSports, Asia-Pacific, Riot Games.
With meticulous investment in organization and operation, the VCS Summer 2024 tournament has also contributed to helping the VCS tournament continue to be one of the leading models for eSports activities in Vietnam, while contributing to raising the level and spreading the image of eSports to the public, thereby helping the community gradually have a more open view and correct perception of Esports.
For Riot Games, the priority goal for the Asia-Pacific region is to continue developing Vietnam's eSports market, bringing the best Vietnamese eSports athletes and teams to international arenas, while also seeking opportunities to bring the most attractive eSports tournaments to Vietnam.
“We hope that the 2024 VCS Summer Finals will mark a new beginning for Vietnamese eSports. Next year, we can witness VCS representative teams competing with the best teams from the entire Asia-Pacific region in a new playground. We also hope that in a few years, eSports will become the number one sport and entertainment in Vietnam. Our players will have a large fan base around the world and the young generation of Vietnam will find a new career path that makes their parents and themselves proud.” – Laura Li, Director of eSports for Asia-Pacific at Riot Games shared more.
VCS will soon be merged into APAC and have new tournaments.
Through the cooperation to implement the League of Legends Esports plan in 2025, VNGGames and Riot Games aim to bring a League of Legends tournament across Asia – Pacific, gathering top teams from the region, including Vietnam. The goal of the tournament is to introduce a new inter-regional arena, a place for the most talented players, bringing diverse, eye-catching matches and creating new competitions. This will be one of the five highest-level tournaments in the near future. The tournament will have a total of 8 teams, applying the Promotion – Relegation competition model.
There will be 4 Partner teams participating in the tournament, helping the Organizing Committee set standards for competitiveness and sustainable development. In addition, there will be 4 Guest spots, of which 2 will be based on performance after the Summer tournaments, the remaining 2 will be reserved for Special Guests, with the aim of ensuring diverse representation from all regions while maintaining a competitive environment.
“VNGGames has been our long-term partner in publishing products and organizing eSports activities for Riot Games titles since 2020. Accordingly, we are also proud to continue our close cooperation with VNGGames from 2025. VNGGames will continue to bring eSports experiences of League of Legends imbued with Vietnamese cultural identity to fans, including promoting the new APAC tournament to the community. VNGGames will also be the leading unit in bringing unique content to serve the information and entertainment needs of the audience.” – Ban Chee, Director of VCS said the reason for continuing to cooperate with VNGGames.
For more details on broadcast schedules and other information about VCS, please visit the VCS LMHT Fanpage.
About VNGGames
VNGGames is a leading game publisher and developer with hundreds of millions of users in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. With the goal of bringing the most engaging experiences to the gaming community, VNGGames has cooperated with major global partners such as Kingsoft, Riot Games, etc. Video game products released by VNGGames in recent times have continuously achieved high rankings on application markets in many markets in the region and around the world.
In 2022-2023, VNGGames is the main partner of the Vietnam E-Sports Association at the 31st and 32nd SEA Games, responsible for operating 3 E-Sports competitions and supporting Vietnamese athletes to participate in the competition, contributing to raising the position of the country's E-Sports in the eyes of international friends.
About Riot Games
Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, and is headed by CEO Nicolo Laurent and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. With a mission to develop, publish, and support the world’s most player-centric games, the company launched League of Legends in 2009 to global acclaim. Since then, League has become the most played PC game in the world and a major driver of the explosive growth of eSports.
Now, League of Legends has entered its second decade of life and Riot Games is continuing to develop the game, bringing new experiences to players with products such as Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, League of Legends: Wild Rift and a series of other games in development.
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