Thailand and Vietnam take top honours at GeForce eSports Xtreme Tournament in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE — November 27, 2017 — The
GeForce® eSports Xtreme Tournament (GEXT) in Southeast Asia came to a truly exciting ending with teams from
Thailand and Vietnam emerging as champions in their respective categories.

The
tournament kicked off in June in the Philippines and ended with the thrilling
grand finals featuring country champions battling it out at Gloria Activity
Center in Manila on November 25 and 26.

More
than 1,300 teams from six countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam – battled for supremacy in Defense of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2) and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) over
the past six months.

Nine
teams made in to the final held at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati, Manila.
Roared by stirring support from the vociferous audience, Team Signature of
Thailand (above) came out on top in CS:GO and Team Next Gen Aorus of Vietnam
(below) won in Dota 2. Up for grabs were US$10,000 worth of prizes.

Organised by NVIDIA, GEXT took place in GeForce Certified iCafes featuring gaming PCs
driven by NVIDIA GeForce GPUs in the Southeast Asian countries. It was
supported by gold sponsors Colorful, Coolermaster and Palit and silver sponsors
Galax, MSI, Thermaltake, and TTesports.

The
tournament was aimed at growing the gaming community in the region by creating
more accessible opportunities for amateur gamers. It was be streamed live to
allow gamers and eSports enthusiasts around the world to follow the development
online.

“We
are warmed by the enthusiastic response with thousands of teams taking part and
millions more following GEXT either at the event venues or online. NVIDIA and
our partners are thrilled to be able to help fan the growing interest in
eSports across the region. Our award-winning GeForce GTX 10 series GPUs enabled
the gamers to have better gaming experience,” said Simon Tan, director,
consumer business, APAC South, NVIDIA.