27 news items tagged e-sport
More choices for gamers: Q&A with Frank Soqui, GM of Intel Gaming Division
Thursday 3 September 2020With the gaming market expanding quickly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Intel, AMD and Nvidia are all set to release their latest CPUs and GPUs in the second half of 2020...
Mobo and graphics card shipments set to hit record low
Tuesday 17 March 2020Global motherboard and graphics card shipments are set to drop to record-low levels in the first half of 2020, thanks to the quickly spreading coronavirus pandemic sweeping over 130...
Acer expects Asia-Pacific sales growth to restore in 2H19
Wednesday 25 September 2019Acer had below-par results in Asia Pacific in the first half of 2019 due primarily to trade tensions between the US and China, and major political issues in the region, but it is...
Acer debuts new ConceptD lineup and social platform for gaming
Thursday 5 September 2019Acer has unveiled a series of new products and innovations including ConceptD PCs and monitors, ultra-thin notebooks and desktops for CAD and gaming users. The company also announced...
Gaming brands targeting Southeast Asia markets for growth
Monday 15 July 2019Gaming brand vendors have been shifting their focus to promoting products in Southeast Asian markets including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, which have started seeing surging...
Gaming market growing with more players: Q&A with Gigabyte's executive vice president of Aorus Brand Marketing Eddie Lin
Tuesday 28 May 2019As Gigabyte Technology's premium gaming brand, Aorus has come to its fifth year of operation in 2019. Continuing its multi-product lineup strategy, Aorus is offering its latest gaming...
The road to transformation: Q&A with MSI president and CEO Sheng-chang Chiang
Monday 1 April 2019After years of operation in the PC market, Micro-Star International (MSI) has advanced to the next phase with the company's founders passing on management to a team of professional...
Acer, ESL extend partnership in e-sport sponsorship
Tuesday 5 March 2019Acer has signed contracts with e-sport tournament organizer ESL to extend their partnerships for three years with Acer to support all four annual Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) events...
PC vendors eyeing Southeast Asia gaming market
Wednesday 20 February 2019PC and peripherals vendors have been aggressively expanding into the gaming markets of some Southeast Asia countries where e-sport has received much government support, with vendor...
Acer expects gaming and ultrathin notebooks to serve as growth drivers in Thailand
Friday 15 February 2019Gaming and ultrathin notebooks are expected to become the growth driver of Acer's operation in Thailand, particularly gaming models, as e-sports has been gaining popularity among...
Acer partners with Taiwan sport retail chain to promote products
Friday 24 August 2018Acer has begun selling e-sport and sport-related electronics products such as gaming peripherals, smart wearable devices and mixed-reality (MR) cycling machines, at a major sports...
Gigabyte, MSI see on-month increases in July revenues
Monday 13 August 2018Gigabyte Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.63 billion (US$149.04 million) for July, increasing 21.09% on month, but down 20.96% on year with combined consolidated...
Acer Day campaign expands to more countries in PAP region
Monday 23 July 2018Acer began its Acer Day campaign on July 20 and has expanded the promotion to another 20 countries in Pan Asia including Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Brunei, Mongolia and Cambodia,...
CHT to invest in digital gaming startup 4Gamers
Monday 21 May 2018Chunghwa Telecom has announced that it plans to participate in the B-round fund-raising of Taiwan-based digital gaming startup 4Gamers as part of its efforts to help promote the local...
Gaming to surpass notebook in production value in 2020, says TH Tung
Monday 29 January 2018Taipei Computer Association (TCA) chairman TH Tung has pointed out that the production value of the gaming industry will have a good chance of reaching US$143.5 billion by 2020, an...
MSI donates e-sports hardware to ESL One Genting 2018
Thursday 25 January 2018Micro-Star International (MSI) has cooperated with Electronic Sports League (ESL) by sponsoring gaming hardware for use in ESL One Genting 2018 e-sport event in Malaysia during January...
Acer eyeing e-sport hardware market in Indonesia
Tuesday 23 January 2018Acer will launch promotional campaigns to boost gaming PC sales in Indoneisa, the host country of the Asian Games 2018 whose e-sport demonstration event is expected to prompt more...
China gaming monitor shipments to rise to over 1 million units in 2018
Tuesday 23 January 2018Gaming monitor shipments in China are expected to reach 1.07 million units in 2018, buoyed by increasing popularity of e-sports events, according to marketing consulting firm Sigma...
Acer hosting e-sport event in Indonesia
Friday 19 January 2018Acer is hosting the APAC Predator League 2018 e-sport event in Jakarta, Indonesia from January 19-21, in a bid to strengthen its brand image in the Asia Pacific region.
Asustek to create gaming company in China
Wednesday 3 January 2018Asustek Computer's board of directors has approved a plan to invest a maximum of US$16 million to establish a subsidiary in China to focus on the e-sport business.
WirForce 2017: Gaming product vendors to unveil innovations
Friday 24 November 2017WirForce 2017, one of the major e-sport events in Asia, is taking place in Taipei November 23-26 and gaming product vendors including Gigabyte Technology, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star...
IFA 2017: Asustek pushing new gaming notebooks and devices
Thursday 31 August 2017Asustek Computer at its pre-show conference before IFA 2017 unveiled its new gaming products under its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand.
Samsung forms e-sport team for Taiwan gaming market
Thursday 27 July 2017Samsung Electronics has established a professional e-sport team, Samsung TTP Esports, to compete in Taiwan's e-sport market.
Acer gaming notebook shipments double on year in 1H17
Thursday 13 July 2017Acer saw shipments of its gaming notebooks more than double in the first half of 2017 compared to a year earlier, and the company expects sales to be even better in the second half...
Acer pushing gaming, enterprise products in Asia Pacific region
Tuesday 2 May 2017President of Acer Pan Asia Andrew Hou has noted that Acer’s operation directions for 2017 will focus on youth, technology and fashion and mainly target the gaming and enterprise...