Riot announces the Wild Rift SEA ‘Pentaboom Showdown’ charity showmatch
It will feature 40 creators from 8 countries in Southeast Asia!
Following the release of Wild Rift’s Open Beta last month, Riot has been pulling out all the stops to promote its new mobile title. Not only did Riot release an ad featuring gaming personalities from SEA, they even put up a massive mural in Quezon City (in the Philippines) to drum up even more hype for the game.
Now, Riot has announced an upcoming event that SEA Wild Rift fans should definitely look forward to, and it is the Wild Rift SEA Pentaboom Showdown! This event is a charity showmatch featuring 40 gaming creators from the following Southeast Asian countries:
- Myanmar
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- Cambodia
The Pentaboom Showdown is scheduled on December 12-13, 2020, and will have a USD 66,500 prize pool. Aside from this prize pool, Riot Games Southeast Asia is donating USD 60,000 to five organizations in SEA that provide aid to education and living to underprivileged children.
The participants of the Pentaboom Showdown include:
- Chea Gaming, Henaa Gaming, Prom Official ML, and T26.haha from Cambodia
- Cindy Gullla, Dylan PROS, GOGOGOY, Jess No Limit, and VY Gaming from Indonesia
- Fredo Sameon, Harris Annuar, Ismail Izzani, Soloz, and XK Penjahat from Malaysia
- Ace Gaming, GuGu, I C E I C E, Original Matt Channel, and NX Live from Myanmar
- Alodia Gosiengfiao, Ashley Gosiengfiao, Dexie Diaz, James Reid, and Megan Young from the Philippines
- Danial Ron (TITAN GAMERS), Nathan Hartono, Ryan Tan (Night Owl Cinematics), Sezairi, and Vincent Sin (TITAN GAMERS) from Singapore
- Dx Channel, Frozenkiss, JAI RAW, and May Pitchanart from Thailand (A final participant will be announced in December)
- ADN Đấng YM, Bé Chanh Gaming, Milona, Misthy, and Msuong from Vietnam
In related news, Riot recently blocked VPNs from select countries outside the Wild Rift beta regions to help lessen lag spikes for players.