PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Southeast Asia Championship

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), the internationally acclaimed 100-man battle royale esport developed by PUBG Corporation, has set the challenge for aspiring Southeast Asian PUBG players. MET is on the search for the absolute best PUBG squads as they announce the PUBG Southeast Asia Championship presented by ROG. The competition is officially sanctioned by PUBG Corporation, and is part of the lead up to the recently announced PUBG Global Invitational (PGI 2018), to be held in Berlin on July.

PUBG’s appeal has captured the attention of many players across the globe. The 100-man scavenging and survival battle royale game has players forming squads of up to four members in an attempt to eliminate the rest of the competition to come out on top and claim the top spot of each game. The naturally competitive nature of PUBG has spawned multiple games with similar mechanics and helps form the game itself into a fully-fledged esport.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), the world’s #1 gaming brand, is choosing PUBG as their newest grounds for competitive gaming. With its full squad of professional gaming products, ranging from motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, notebooks, peripherals, and routers, ASUS ROG is set to deliver the best gaming experience in this year’s biggest competition in the region.

The PUBG Southeast Asia Championship is MET’s latest regional tournament, a true testament to MET’s claim as the top esports organizer in Asia. MET continuously delivers optimal esports tournaments for both aspiring and professional gamers across the entirety of Asia. The PUBG tournament will run concurrently across five venues with six nationalities on the road to the SEA regional final.

The grand PUBG tournament will seek the best squads across six different countries in five different qualifiers before advancing for the national qualifiers of each country. The best squads from each country's national qualifier will head on to the SEA Finals in Thailand on June 23-24, 2018 to crown the best SEA squad.

Tournament Schedule

National Qualifiers

PH: May 5 – June 3

ID: April 28 – May 13

MY/SG: May 5 – May 27

TH: May 7 – June 10

VN: May 12 – June 3

National Finals

PH: June 9 – 10

ID: May 19 – 20

MY/SG: TBA

TH: June 22

VN: June 16

Regional Finals

June 23-24, in Thailand

Pride and glory are all on the line, as both the Thai National Champions, as well as the overall Regional Champions will be moving on to the PUBG Global Invitational in Berlin on July.

The PUBG Southeast Asia Championship qualifiers will officially kick off on April 28, 2018 and is open to all PUBG squads who are willing to accept the challenge of becoming SEA’s top PUBG squad.

For more updates and information, make sure to follow facebook.com/asusrogph, facebook.com/PUBG.PHIL and facebook.com/organizedbyMET

ROG Zephyrus GX501 - The Powerful and Ultra-slim Gaming Notebook yet by ASUS Republic of Gamers

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the launch of Zephyrus, the world’s slimmest gaming laptop powered by a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 (Kaby Lake) processor and the latest NVIDIA^® GeForce^® GTX 1080 graphics. Zephyrus features the Windows 10 Creators Update, which improves the performance of PC games via the all-new Windows Game Mode, and makes it easier to perform native game-streaming with Beam, Microsoft’s streaming service.

The 15.6-inch Zephyrus features an ultraslim profile and incorporates the ROG-exclusive Active Aerodynamic System (AAS) — a specially designed cooling system. It also features customizable ASUS Aura RGB lighting effects and a super-fast 120Hz panel with wide-view technology, 100 percent sRGB color gamut and NVIDIA G-SYNC^™ for breathtaking gaming visuals.

The world’s slimmest gaming laptop with unparalleled performance and features

ROG Zephyrus is the result of persistent dedication to gaming innovation. ROG aims to create laptops that are slimmer, cooler, quieter and more powerful than ever before — to fully address the needs of today's highly mobile gamers. Zephyrus has a blade-inspired design, resulting in an ultraslim and sleek profile that tapers from 17.9mm down to just 16.9mm at its thinnest point. Its compact dimensions make it the world’s thinnest gaming laptop powered by the 7th Generation Intel Core i7 processor and the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics, delivering unstoppable gaming performance. The incredible CPU and GPU combination allows Zephyrus to compete successfully with larger devices and desktops

ROG-exclusive design and cooling system

ROG Zephyrus is cooled by an exclusive Active Aerodynamic System (AAS) that runs cooler and quieter without sacrificing performance. AAS incorporates the unique AeroAccelerator (AA) technology that increases the speed and efficiency of airflow through the laptop. The fan’s 3D-curved surface cover and accelerator guides enhance airflow and move heat away from the components more efficiently. When Zephyrus is opened, a portion of the bottom of the chassis flexes to increase the airflow volume by 20 percent and further increase air circulation. AAS maximizes system stability as well as gaming and thermal performance, and it allows full utilization of the CPU and GPU, so gamers can engage in marathon sessions without fear of interruption.

Perfected gaming keyboard with Aura RGB lighting, innovative touchpad with 10-key functionality

ROG Zephyrus features a keyboard positioned at the front of the chassis — a design that allows better cooling of internal components while providing a more comfortable and familiar experience for gamers accustomed to desktop keyboards. ASUS Aura RGB lighting technology provides dynamic and customizable lighting effects over the entire keyboard, as well as separately highlighted customizable effects for the WASD and QWER key groups, allowing users to create a gaming ambience that matches the feel of their game. Anti-ghosting keys ensure commands are instantaneously and correctly interpreted — even when up to 30 keys are pressed simultaneously. The keys have been ergonomically designed to provide optimum comfort and typing accuracy. Zephyrus positions the touchpad to the right of the keyboard and also integrates a 10-key function that is easily activated by a hot key. When activated, a red backlight illuminates the 10-key functionality.

Ultra-smooth gaming visuals and versatile connectivity

ROG Zephyrus is equipped with a 120Hz display that enables smooth gaming at a true 120Hz frame rate. NVIDIA G-SYNC display technology synchronizes the display’s refresh rate with the NVIDIA GeForce graphics card’s frame rate, ensuring ultrasmooth visuals. G-SYNC reduces lag, minimizes perceived stutter, and eliminates visual tearing — providing the smoothest, fastest and most breathtaking gaming imaginable, without affecting system performance. Wide viewing angles and a 100 percent sRGB color gamut also allow the panel to produce outstanding, lifelike colors from any angle. The laptop is also equipped with a USB Type-C™ (USB-C™) port with Thunderbolt™ 3, allowing G-SYNC and 4K UHD display output, fast data transfers and power delivery.

“Today we have fulfilled our promise to bring innovative and ground-breaking gaming notebooks in the country in first half of 2017. The ASUS Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Zephyrus GX501 set the bar even higher when it comes to compact, powerful and ultra-slim gaming notebooks available in the country,” said ASUS Philippines Country Product Manager for ROG Gaming Notebooks, Joey Nocom.

“ROG aims to provide gamers and enthusiasts locally and worldwide with the ultimate gaming and computing experience because we believe that showcasing innovation through our products will ensure gaming laptop dominance and preference in the future,” Nocom concludes.

ASUS ROG GX501 Zephyrus will be available by August 2017 and will be available for pre-order starting June via http://rog-masters.ph/. Other configurations to might be announced by different regions in the coming months – please contact your local ASUS representative for further information.

SPECS: 

ASUS ROG GX501 Zephyrus

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ

Operating system: Windows 10 Home

Display

15.6” Full HD (1920 x 1080) wide-view panel with anti-glare

120Hz refresh rate with NVIDIA G-SYNC™

Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 8GB DDR5X or GTX1070 8GB DDR5

Chipset: Intel® HM175

Memory & 

storage

DDR4 2400MHz (up to 24GB)

M.2 PCIe® x4 256/512GB/1TB  SSD

Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®

Connectivity

1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C™ with Thunderbolt™ 3

4 x USB 3.1

1 x HDMI 2.0

1 x 3.5mm headphone and mic combo jack

Camera: Built-in HD camera and array mic

Keyboard: ASUS Aura RGB backlit chiclet keyboard with 30-key rollover; 1.4mm key travel

Battery: 4 cell, 50Wh

Size: 37.9 x 26.2 x 1.69cm (W x D x H)

Weight: 2.2 kg (with battery)

About ROG

Republic of Gamers (ROG) is an ASUS sub-brand dedicated to creating the world’s best gaming hardware and software. Formed in 2006, ROG offers a complete line of innovative products known for performance and quality, including motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktops, monitors, audio equipment, routers, and peripherals. ROG participates in and sponsors major international gaming events. ROG gear has been used to set hundreds of overclocking records and it continues to be the preferred choice of gamers and enthusiasts around the world. Learn more about the choice of champions at http://rog.asus.com.

ASUS Philippines Celebrates 10th Year Anniversary by Opening First ASUS Concept Store in D’ Mall Boracay

From left to right: Mr. Paul Benedict Tinsay (PlayTelecom CEO and President), Mr. George Su (ASUS Philippines Systems Group Country Manager), and Ms. Jacqueline Wong Tinsay (PlayTelecom General Manager), pre-ribbon cutting at the Boracay D’Mall Concept Store ASUS Philippines recently opened its first ASUS concept store in D’ Mall Boracay last 24th of May 2017, bringing its latest products and innovation much closer to the locals of Western Visayas, and to tourists from all across the world alike. The opening of the first ASUS concept store in Boracay was made possible through the collaboration with the renowned dealer, PlayTelecom – a well-trusted partner of ASUS Philippines in ensuring that all business growth set is properly achieved and sustained. “ASUS Philippines is driven by its vision to bring technology closer to people to meet their evolving demands – and opening the first ASUS concept store in Boracay is a testament of our commitment to this promise,” said ASUS Philippines Systems Group Country Manager, George Su. “Our fans can expect more Zenfone and ASUS concept stores will open in the next few months, and this will come with exciting activities so everyone can continue to celebrate these milestones with us.” Su concludes. An incredible effort to bring ASUS closer to fans and end-users People enjoy the latest products of ASUS in the Zenfone Live Experience Area in Boracay In line with the opening of the Concept Store, ASUS also marked Boracay as the 4th pit stop of its year-long Zenfone Caravan, by which making ASUS Philippines the only tech brand present to engage fans during the popular LaBoracay weekend festivities. These Zenfone Caravans were designed to deliver community-specific activities and events wherein fans and end-users can have first-hand interactions with brand and its latest Zenfone models. Beach-goers try to form the BeautyLive App logo as they are being livestreamed by the Zenfone Live Aside from partnering with the Boracay Music Festival (BMF), ASUS Philippines also collaborated with The Red Whistle, an organization whose main thrust is to raise awareness on the rising cases of HIV in the country, and the need to know one’s status through testing. Hand-in-hand with the organization’s advocates, ambassadors and celebrity partners, ASUS Philippines joined the group’s #SaveSexy campaign in Boracay, ultimately showing that one can still have fun in the island while supporting a noble cause.   Representatives from The Red Whistle with Mike Santos (rightmost), Product Marketer of Zenfone "Being part of this advocacy was an amazing experience for everyone in the island, but the partnership between ASUS Philippines and The Red Whistle does not just stop in Boracay. We truly believe that supporting these kinds of activity will definitely empower our fans as well”, shares Mike Santos, Product Marketer for Smartphones. Tune in to ASUS Philippines’ Official Facebook Page for more information about the latest opening of ASUS concept stores, incredible activities and as well as key products available in the market.

About ASUS

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world’s best-selling, most award-winning motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets, smartphones and wearables. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,368 awards in 2015 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than 17,000 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of over 5,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2015 was approximately US$14 billion.

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