It was a second straight stellar day for the local gaming community as ESGS, the biggest e-sports competition and gaming convention of the year got to showcase all that is fun and exciting about games, putting on a great event for Filipino enthusiasts to enjoy. After a successful inaugural event last year with over 6,000 attendees, this year’s E-Sports and Gaming Summit is even bigger, occupying Function Rooms 1 to 4 of the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, and inside could be found an amazing lineup of exhibitors and attractions from all over the world, like industry giants Sony Playstation and Ubisoft. ESGS was organized by Gariath Concepts and co-presented by PLDT Home and GameX.
arkadymac.com has been a media partner since last year’s event, so we’re glad to be able to bring you the action again as we did this year’s coverage. With us on our coverage of ESGS were our Cosplay Models Mina Kim and Irene as we bring the highlights of ESGS Day 2.
ESGS is all about video games. Filipinos are known to be some of the most passionate, devoted, and enthusiastic gamers in the world, and whether it be for consoles, PC or mobile, there were great games for attendees to enjoy by themselves or with others at ESGS, along with the many new gaming innovations and gadgets from companies such as MSI, Razer and Samsung.
With e-sports becoming an steadily growing phenomenon in the Philippines, ESGS put the spotlight on these engrossing games, holding a bewildering variety of tournaments like the Mineski Pro Gaming League Grand Finals of the DotA 2, Dragon Nest and Hearthstone and Crossfire titles.
This year, ESGS bridged game developers to hardcore gamers by exhibiting the finest independent games through the PLDT Home / GameX Indie Game Showcase. The Indie Arena was an area that was specifically made for independent games from various developers to feature their games to the public at ESGS.
Cosplay was a part of the festivities too, with Day 2 seeing some of the best cosplayers at the event winning some great prizes.
At the end of the program, awards were handed out to the various winners of the various gaming tournaments that concluded that day. They got to take home huge prizes from the organizers
Our team took time to take shots of the wonderful cosplayers there who were enjoying themselves at the event.
All in all, ESGS became the Mecca for games and gamers this year, with exciting and creative tournaments, the most interesting exhibits and attractions that kept attendees happily preoccupied for two straight days. We commend the organizers and their partners for putting such a massive but engaging event that had the local gaming community come together to enjoy and appreciate passion they all have for games. Thank you for accommodating our team as we look for another awesome event next year.
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