Smart Communications, Inc. has joined forces with Esports event management and production team Dark League Studios (DLS) to help Esports grow and allow aspiring gamers to move up to the pro leagues and become national athletes.
Smart and DLS will also work together to bring more exciting and immersive gaming experiences through the Smart GIGA Arena, the country’s first all-in-one Esports platform that offers tournament experience to amateur players of popular games including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Call of Duty Mobile, Player’s Unknown Battleground, and League of Legends Wild Rift.
With this partnership, Smart will be able to grow GIGA Arena in terms of the number of tournaments, the number of game developers it works with, and the kinds of activities it offers consumers.
Since it opened in 2022, Smart GIGA Arena has had more than 2 million users take part in almost 1,000 tournaments with prizes worth more than PHP 4.2 million.
Through this partnership, Smart and DLS have also agreed to work closely with the Philippine Esports Organization (PeSo) to adopt industry best practices and keep the highest standards of integrity.
Smart and DLS are preparing to bring more Filipino gamers to the GIGA Arena platform with new tournaments and better features.
“Our partnership with DLS is in line with our commitment to provide the best gaming experience to Filipinos. We at Smart have always believed in the ability of Filipinos to dominate sports of all kinds – including Esports. Through our collaboration with DLS, we hope to empower more aspiring Esports athletes to level up their gameplay and compete in a much bigger arena,” said Al S. Panlilio, PLDT Inc and Smart Communications President and CEO.
