Asia
Red Bull Mobile Esports Open, the global mobile gaming tournament, returns for season 4!
The multi-game tournament returns for 2021 with PUBG MOBILE and League of Legends: Wild Rift as feature games for the competition, alongside additional titles, such as the hugely popular World Cricket Championship, to be included on a regional basis.
Open to all, won by one. Red Bull M.E.O. gives gamers from across the world the chance to load up their favourite mobile game and compete.
Running from July to December, the fourth iteration will feature both National and Regional competitions across 30 countries.
The tournament follows the success of Red Bull M.E.O. Season 3, which saw over 60,000 registrations and a twelve-day final that took place in a virtual Istanbul.
Red Bull Mobile Esports Open, the multi-game global mobile gaming competition, is officially returning for Season 4. In its fourth year, the tournament includes PUBG MOBILE and League of Legends: Wild Rift as feature games, with other additions made on a regional basis, including World Cricket Championship in India and Sri Lanka. 30 countries are taking part in the competition which will run from July to December, featuring both National and Regional Qualifiers and Finals. Open to all, won by one, Red Bull M.E.O. gives competitive mobile players across the world the chance to compete, win, and build their reputation as the best mobile gamer in their country.
Red Bull M.E.O. is a fully open and free to enter competition, featuring the most popular competitive mobile games in the world. The tournament allows players the opportunity to battle it out with the best competitors in their country, as well as in additional Regional events. Mobile gaming is now enjoyed by millions around the world, and this tournament is designed to bring friends, countries and gamers together in a competitive, worldwide celebration of the best handheld competition.
Every country will feature a dedicated PUBG MOBILE competition, the ultimate test of being the last player standing. Some European and Asian countries will also include the newly released League of Legends: Wild Rift, with the Wild Rift map as the proving ground for strategy and tactics. National competitions will be split into Qualifiers and Finals, with events taking place from July to December.
Alongside national events, Red Bull M.E.O. Season 4 will also feature International Online Qualifiers and Regional Finals, taking place in Europe and the South East Asia and the Middle East region. European competitors will choose their champion and face their foes in League of Legends: Wild Rift. Players in South East Asia and the Middle East will drop into PUBG MOBILE in order to beat the global competition. The International Online Qualifiers and Regional Finals will take place from October to December.
This tournament builds on the success of Red Bull M.E.O. Season 3, which saw more players than ever before competing in national events in 28 countries. Season 3 began in May 2020 and saw more than 60,000 players around the world register to compete. The Finals took place with a twelve-day festival in a virtual Istanbul, featuring tours, interactive mini-games and was attended by the world’s top mobile gamers.
International Online Qualifiers will kick off in October. Keep an eye out for further details on how to register on FACEIT.
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Groove joins SiGMA Asia panel on resilience of Asian iGaming licensing
Groove will take part in a regulation-focused panel at SiGMA Summit Asia, with CEO Yahale Meltzer attending and Business Development Director Giusy Campo speaking on the session titled “Jurisdiction Jungle: Who Rules Asia’s iGaming Empire?”.
According to the company, the panel will examine whether Asian licensing regimes can hold up under enforcement, cross-border scrutiny, banking pressure and rising compliance requirements. Topics slated for discussion include audit readiness, payment disruption, tax enforcement, evolving AML expectations and geopolitical shifts.
Giusy Campo, Business Development Director at Groove, said: “The conversation in Asia has matured significantly. Operators are no longer asking just about content volume or time-to-market. They are asking about structural resilience: how a platform handles a studio API failure without impacting player experience, what the data sovereignty protocols are, and whether the compliance architecture is defensive or reactive|”
Campo added: “In a region where banking pressure and regulatory expectations shift rapidly, the platforms that survive will be the ones that built integrity into their stack from the first line of code, not the ones scrambling to patch it in later.” Meltzer said: “The ‘Jurisdiction Jungle’ is not a metaphor for growth; it is a reality for every operator trying to scale across Asia’s fragmented regulatory landscape.” He added: “The mistake some make is treating compliance as a hurdle to clear. We treat it as a design constraint from day one. If your architecture is not built to generate verifiable, immutable audit trails for every transaction, you are not actually ready for Asia’s top tier. Our presence at SiGMA Summit Asia is about having serious conversations with operators who understand that trade-off.”
Groove said it has published a White Paper on navigating the Asian iGaming market, available on its website, and positioned its SiGMA Summit Asia attendance as part of a broader push in Asia following recent expansion moves into LatAm and Africa.
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Asia
BMM Testlabs to Exhibit at SiGMA Asia Summit 2026
BMM Testlabs announced its participation in the SiGMA Asia Summit May 31-June 3 at the SMX Convention Center Manila.
Attendees can visit BMM Testlabs at Stand No. 2619 to learn how the Company supports suppliers, operators and regulators across regulated gaming markets worldwide through its comprehensive compliance and product certification services.
BMM will highlight its ability to test and certify gaming products to every regulator’s standard, anywhere in the world.
In the Philippines, BMM Testlabs is licensed to provide testing and certification services for slot machines, table games, electronic table games, iGaming, bingo, retail and online sports betting, poker and mobile gaming solutions.
BMM Testlabs’ Vice President, Business Development – Asia Jeffrey Fong said: “SiGMA Asia Summit continues to be an important event for the gaming industry across the Asia-Pacific region. We are proud to support suppliers, operators, and regulators with trusted compliance expertise that helps bring products to market efficiently and responsibly. Our global experience, combined with our strong regional knowledge, allows us to help our customers grow confidently in regulated gaming markets throughout Asia and beyond.”
BMM Testlabs continues to expand its support of regulated gaming markets worldwide through its global network of laboratories and technical experts, helping customers achieve faster market access while maintaining the highest standards of quality, security and regulatory compliance.
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Asia
BetConstruct AI Showcases AI-Powered Solutions at G2E Asia 2026
BetConstruct AI participates in G2E Asia 2026 (May 12–14, The Venetian Macao, Stands A1023 & A1029) — Asia’s most significant gathering for operators, innovators and industry decision-makers, and this year, the event puts AI and other emerging innovations at its centre.
The spotlight at the stands will be on the Best Sportsbook for the World Cup 2026: Special Bets, Powerfull and Bet on League form a ready-to-deploy tournament package that lets operators capture the full commercial weight of the world’s biggest sporting event — zero development cycles, zero platform risk.
For the World Cup activation – all at zero cost. New partners unlock a 50% platform setup discount applied immediately, plus 100% Core Suite Access — meaning the Sportsbook and the rest of BetConstruct AI’s offerings are completely free for the first 3 months (50% off for 4-12 months). Third-party tools come at 51% off for 3 months.
Layered on top at this event, the AI Suite — CRM AI, Umbrella AI, AI Game Recommendation System and Betting Mate — handles everything from churn prediction and risk management to real-time personalisation and conversational betting. Beyond all of this, we’re bringing the full picture: The Sportsbook Platform offers over 140,000 pre-match events and 12,000+ monthly esports live events, while the Casino Platform integrates 350+ providers via a unified aggregation API.
The Affiliate Ecosystem, with its Affigates sub-brand, offers 7000+ vetted affiliates and AI-based scoring, completing the acquisition side of the picture.
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