With the biggest ESports gaming tournament is about to take place on Malaysian soil come next week converging top teams across the globe settling down in Genting for ESL One. The second year running Dota 2 tournament will see prize money of RM1.5 million up for grabs.

For the second time running, Red Bull Product of Europe is the official energy drink of the tournament and ESL One globally. The collaboration follows after previous success at events such as ESL One Frankfurt and ESL One Cologne, with initial cooperation extending as far back to 2012.

The event, which is the first stop of the 2018 ESL One circuit will be held at the Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting from 26th to 28th January and will see sixteen teams of the best Dota2 teams in the world to compete for a prize pool of up to USD 400,000 (RM 1.5mil). In this year’s edition, the world’s top eight teams will cross swords together with an additional eight teams from the qualifying rounds. Defending world champions, Team Liquid, still fresh from winning The International 7 tournament which bagged them a cash prize of USD10.8 million, will have their work cut out as other top teams like NewBee, Virtus Pro and Fnatic are chomping at the bit to dethrone them.

Let’s not forgetting the qualifying teams who are eager to prove themselves and not just make up the numbers. With the high quality of the competition, Esports fans, new and old, are in for a real treat. In addition, our own local boys Ah Fu (LFY), Nana (Fnatic), MidOne (Secret) and Mushi (Mineski) will have homeground support as they battle their way to glory on an international level!

There will also be a virtual reality experience and a huge screen for live viewing of the main tournament outside the arena and many other activities with limited edition Red Bull and Acer Predator merchandise up for grabs. The main event of the tournament took place at Arena of Stars, a musical amphitheater with capacity around 6,000 seats, located at Genting Highlands. Due to the massive support of Dota2 in Southeast Asia, ESL One chose to host the tournament in Malaysia for the second time running.