For the fifth consecutive year, Gamer.LK has announced it’s annual Inter-University Esports Championship which will be played completely online. Considered the largest university-level sports event in the country, last year’s event drew 50 universities and higher education institutes from across the island with Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) emerging as the overall champions. The 2018 trophy was secured by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), 2017 by International College of Business & Technology (ICBT) and 2016 by Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT).

Esports has been recognised as the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka and has been officially recognised as a sport by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports last year.

Registrations have opened across 12 titles for students of any university or higher education institute to participate and compete from home.

Team Games:
Call of Duty 4
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends
Rainbow Six Siege
Valorant

PUBG Mobile will be held as a separate event – PUBG Mobile Inter-University Cup

Individual Games:
Call of Duty Mobile (Solo Battle-royale)
Clash Royale
Fortnite (Solo Battle-royale)
Free Fire (Solo Battle-royale)
Real Cricket

Women’s League:
Mario Kart Tour
Call of Duty 4 (Free For All)

The Inter-University Esports Championship is sponsored by Red Bull.

For more information and registration, visit https://university.gamer.lk.

Stay tuned with Gamer.LK for more news from the Inter-University Esports Championship.

Perera & Sons, Sri Lanka’s foremost baker and caterer, has announced their first foray into Esports with 2 events for mobile gamers. The “P&S PUBG Mobile Series” will feature PUBG Mobile as it’s stand-alone event with Rs. 100,000 in prize money going out to the top 8 placements of the event. In addition, the “P&S Mobile Contenders” event will feature Free Fire (squad based battle-royale) and Call of Duty Mobile (Multiplayer) with a prize pool of Rs. 50,000 split between the two.

Perera & Sons, founded in 1902, celebrated their 118th year providing meals for Sri Lankans across the island. P&S has modernised their offerings recently with their web-store for online purchasing, partnering with food delivery networks such as Pickme & Uber Eats and catering to a younger consumer with their product offerings.

Perera & Sons has partnered with Gamer.LK to take their brand to todays youth and young adults who are engaged heavily in Esports.

Register for the events at the links below:
P&S PUBG Mobile Series: https://gamer.lk/go/pnspubgm
P&S Mobile Contenders: https://gamer.lk/go/pnscontenders

Stay tuned to Gamer.LK for more news from the P&S Esports tournament series.

The Women’s Cyber Games Championship ’20: Online marked its conclusion after a month-long battle across 15 gaming titles. The Championship was most talked about thanks to the exciting matches and close finishes, showcasing the talents and skill of the female Esports athletes in Sri Lanka.

Noob Alliance eventually secured the Championship while Phoenix Gaming placed 2nd and Tech Morph placed 3rd. Noob Alliance continues their winning streak in the Sri Lankan Esports scene as they were also the Champions of the Online Esports Showdown organised by Gamer.LK in May 2020. Wolfgang Esports placed 4th while Maximum Esports came in 5th.

Mobile Legends Team
1st place: FireFlies (Tech Morph)
Dileesha ‘Hyoli’ Ruwanthi, Shanaz ‘Midnight’ Dilum, Sevwandi ‘Alana9’ Pramodya, Ruvini ‘RuuMaa’ Nisansala, Prabhani ‘Prabzi’ Nanayakkara
2nd place: Lost Girls (Noob Alliance)
Kleopatra ‘KLEOPXTRX’ LePorcher, Rashmi ‘noory’ Alwis, Yasara ‘YASARA’ Samarathunga, Methmie ‘Fawkes’ Jayasuriya, Niyomali ‘duckling ‘ Nipunika
3rd place: The Tempest (Noob Alliance)
Thashmila ‘TIANA’ Fernando, Chamoda ‘Angle’ Hansani, Gayathri ‘Yuki’ Koshila, Shashi ‘Rashneas’ Amanda, Sapna ‘Rougueone’ Pinnapola

PUBG Mobile Squad
1st place: INVICTUS (Noob Alliance)
Shamen ‘SﾑTANIC’ Edward, Madushi ‘WHISKY’ Perera, Nadeesha ‘NOORA’ Kaushalya, Mareen ‘SHﾑMEN’ Perera, Tharushi ‘BābySTAR’ Prabodha
2nd place: BLAZ (Phoenix Gaming)
Uthpala ‘SHUGGYッ’ Anthony, Sandali ‘爪卂丂卄卂’ Warnakulasooriya, Sanduni ‘SÃDUÑIxALPHA’ Kaushalya, Senadi ‘£SENADI£’ Medis
3rd place: WiTchers (Wolfgang Esports)
Piumi Dilhani, Vihara ‘JADE’ Liyanage, Shalindra ‘Frozen’ Dulmini, Thashyana ‘Tashi’ Kulendra, Sapna ‘Rogue’ Pinnapola

Call of Duty 4 Solo
1st place: Piyumi ‘FROZEN’ Madhushani (Maximum eSports)
2nd place: Tharushi ‘MD’ Liyanage (Noob Alliance)
3rd place: Kasuni ‘tee-hee’ Lokuarachchi (Noob Alliance)

Clash Royale Solo
1st place: Imara ‘imi’ Isbeen (Phoenix GaminG)
2nd place: Abiramy ‘NyteShade’ Ganeshwaran (Standalone)
3rd place: Harshani ‘Valerie’ Liyanage (Tech Morph)

Counter Strike:GO Solo
1st place: Aishwarya ‘Tyche’ Ariyaratne (Tech Morph)
2nd place: Sumuduni ‘MeduZa’ Sashikala (Noob Alliance)
3rd place: Kaumini ‘PiK4CHU’ Gunasinghe (Phoenix GaminG)

Dota 2 Solo
1st place: Nardhya ‘Prince$$’ Grero (Standalone)
2nd place: Navini ‘Fl@ke$’ Premalal (Maximum eSports)
3rd place: Zahra ‘Nerd’ Thajudeen (Phoenix GaminG)

League of Legends Solo
1st place: Selena ‘NoobOneesan’ Wrigge (Standalone)
2nd place: Nuwangi ‘EasterBunny’ Randombage (Noob Alliance)
3rd place: Chathurka ‘Havi 165cm 60Kg’ Chinthani (Phoenix GaminG)

Mario Kart Tour Solo
1st place: Shenelle ‘Savage_Girl’ Moses (Noob Alliance)
2nd place: Imanthi ‘Tressy’ Jayakody (Noob Alliance)
3rd place: Dilki ‘queendee’ Punchihewa (Standalone)

Mobile Legends Solo
1st place: Rashini ‘Kalesterine’ Perera (Alpha Esports Club)
2nd place: Shanaz ‘Midnight’ Naushad (Tech Morph)
3rd place: Rashmi ‘noory’ Alwis (Noob Alliance)

PUBG Mobile Solo
1st place: Shamen ‘SﾑTANIC’ Edward (Noob Alliance)
2nd place: Thanuvi ‘ThaNu’ Manage (Wolfgang Esports)
3rd place: Himasha ‘HiMA’ Perera (Noob Alliance)

Real Cricket Solo
1st place: Kaumini ‘PiK4CHU’ Gunasinghe (Phoenix GaminG)
2nd place: Himasha ‘HiMA’ Perera (Noob Alliance)
3rd place: Nadeeshani ‘FoXy’ Jayasinghe (Standalone)

Titles that were not considered for the overall championship due to verification and other issues:
– Call of Duty 4 Team
– Call of Duty Mobile Solo
– Counter Strike: GO Team
– Free Fire Solo

For a full list of the standings please visit this link.

The Women’s Cyber Games Championship ’20: Online is sponsored by Red Bull. The preferred Snack Partner is Perera & Sons.

Stay tuned with Gamer.LK for information on the next tournament.