Garena Free Fire Wins Esports Mobile Game of the Year 2020 Award

The Esports Awards 2020 named Free Fire as the “Esports Mobile Game of the Year” at their annual awards ceremony held virtually yesterday.

In his acceptance speech, Harold Teo, Free Fire Producer at Garena, shared that the team was “humbled and honoured” to have won the award, and dedicated the win to Free Fire’s community all around the world – its fans, players, and partners. Harold acknowledged the great work that the team has done to make this win possible, and said that they will be working hard to “help more people around the world love Free Fire.”

The Esports Awards 2020 included a mobile category for the first time, where Free Fire was nominated alongside titles like Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG Mobile, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Clash of Clans, and Mobile Legends. The win builds on the success of Garena’s self-developed and published game, which was the most downloaded mobile game worldwide in 2019, according to App Annie, and the most downloaded mobile game worldwide in the first nine months of 2020 with more than 220 million installs, according to Sensor Tower.

Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS) Play-ins Results

Asia Series Play-ins concluded yesterday evening – the top five teams have qualified for the Asia Series Grand Finals, joining the seven teams who earlier earned direct qualification by winning their local level tournament.

The 12 grand finalists will now compete in the Asia Series’ Grand Finals on 29 November for a slice of the US$300,000 prize pool and the title of the region’s strongest team.

The Asia Series Play-in featured Team CRX Elite and XTZ Esports in action, who were respectively the first- and second-runners up at the Free Fire India Championship (FFIC) 2020 Fall. However, the competition in the Play-ins proved too hot for Team CRX Elite and XTZ Esports, with both teams to miss out on the FFCS Asia Series Grand Finals after placing eleventh and eighth respectively. That said, Team CRX Elite and XTZ Esports will take heart in their strong performance and never-say-die attitude – a reflection of the brimming potential of India’s competitive esports scene.

India will be represented at the Asia Series Grand Finals by Total Gaming Esports, who earned direct entry after being crowned the champions of the FFIC 2020 Fall. Total Gaming Esports will be looking to make their fans proud by replicating the teamwork and consistency that led them to the FFIC 2020 Fall title. They will also be counting on their massive fanbase to cheer them to victory.

The full list of Asia Series grand finalists are:

• Total Gaming Esports (India)
• TEAM KNIGHTS (Chinese Taipei)
• EVOS Esports (Indonesia)
• Geek Fam (Malaysia)
• EV THAILAND (Thailand)
• House of Blood (Pakistan)
• Heavy (Vietnam)
• King of Gamers Club (Thailand)
• EXP Esports (Thailand)
• Burst the Sky (Vietnam)
• RRQ Hades (Indonesia)
• V-Gaming (Vietnam)

The FFCS’ other two series – the Americas Series and EMEA Series – also held the Play-ins over the weekend to determine the 12 grand finalists from each series. They will now battle in their respective Grand Finals on 28 November to be the best Free Fire team in the region. The Americas Series and EMEA Series will each have US$300,000 in prize money, bringing the combined prize pool for the FFCS to US$900,000.