Thailand earlier claimed the Games’ first esports medal by beating Vietnam for the bronze.
HANGZHOU: China won the first gold esports medal in Asian Games history in the Eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Tuesday by beating Malaysia in the smartphone multiplayer battle game “Arena of Valor”, to delight fans in the world’s biggest esports market.
Inside the recently built Esports venue, organisers used lights, ear-splitting loud music and live commentary to create something akin to a gameshow scene in a movie set in a dystopian future world. In the Asian Games version of “Arena of Valor”, a smartphone game developed by a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Tencent , teams of five players first pick characters, called “heroes”, to operate in the virtual world of the game before working with teammates to destroy their opponent’s base.
“I am so touched and very proud, especially when I see the e-sports project being recognised on such a stage,” said final spectator Yvonne Yu who has played the game for about seven years. Elsewhere, authorities in Hangzhou ploughed in 4.586 billion yuan to build the esports venue according to official data.
“It looks like the focus is on limiting play time and spend on actual gaming while being more lenient on esports, a more passive way of enjoying games.”
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