Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — what will happen to the discipline in 2021?
Moonton, the developer behind Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, shared the achievements of the discipline’s tournaments, as well as the overall plans of developing the game's esports competitions.
ML:BB is one of the most popular mobile titles in Southeast Asia, and during 2020-2021 we saw many large events in this discipline.
The counterpart of the International, M2 World Championship, took place in January this year. It attracted 3M Peak Viewers, becoming the most-watched event of the discipline.
MLBB Southeast Asia Cup 2021 is a recent event for the Southeast teams. Since we witness the encounters between popular teams from different countries very rarely, the event was interesting to watch and attracted quite a lot of attention. As a result, MSC 2021 was watched by 2.2M Peak Viewers.
Viewership stats of latest Mobile Legends Professional League events
Regional leagues are not lagging behind either, being some of the key events for the discipline. Indonesia has established itself as the most popular region of the Mobile Legends Professional League, and the MPL Season 7 was the best in terms of statistics: 1.8M Peak Viewers and 54M Hours Watched (according to this indicator, MPL ID Season 7 overtook the M2 World Championship).
What's next?
Mobile Legends Professional League expands its influence in other countries, with new leagues being launched in Brazil and Cambodia.
Following Indonesia, the Philippines league acquired franchise status. Now, it shall constantly feature such eight teams as Blacklist International, Bren Esports, Echo, Nexplay EVOS, ONIC, Omega Esports, RSG PH, and TNC Pro Team.
Start schedule of new MPL leagues:
MPL ID Season 8 — August 13th
MPL BR Season 1 — August 14th
MPL KH Season 1 — August 28th
MPL PH Season 8 — September 1st
Moonton also announced the M3 World Championship, which is the discipline's next largest event. It will take place at the end of 2021. The top MPL teams will go straight to the M3, while the teams from countries not covered by MPL will compete for their spots by participating in the regional qualifiers.
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