French football club PSG launches an Indonesian professional Mobile Legends : Bang Bang team.

The team is formed in partnership with Rex Regum Qeon, an Indonesian-based esports organization.

This is PSG Esports’ first team in Southeast Asia after previously partnering with Chinese team LGD Gaming in Dota 2 and FIFA Online .

The esports arm of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (PSG) has announced an expansion into Southeast Asia with the launch of a Mobile Legends squad in partnership with Indonesian-based esports organization Rex Regum Qeon.

Founded in October 2013, Rex Regum Qeon started its journey in Dota 2 but now competes in eight different titles. Despite the popularity of Dota 2 in Southeast Asia, Mobile Legends has become a force to be reckoned with.

“With 43M Mobile Legends players, half of them in Indonesia, getting into this game was obvious for us,” said Yassine Jaada, PSG Esports Chief Gaming Officer. “PSG Esports is striving for the best and we are glad to make an association with leading Team RRQ.”

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PSG Esports has already tasted success during their partnership with Chinese esports organization LGD.Gaming. After joining forces in April 2018, the Chinese Dota 2 squad was branded as PSG.LDG and went on to finish runner up at The International 2018. The team has earned just over $5M in prize money since the partnership was formed.

“Team Rex Regum Qeon is very proud and honored with this collaboration, PSG is a very prestigious brand in the world. It’s good for Esports scene in Indonesia, and I hope we can bring good results for PSG fans and also RRQ,” said Andrian Pauline, Team RRQ CEO. “PSG always find and choose the best talent, they prove it with bring the best talent in football such as Neymar Jr and Kylian Mbappé in their squad. They will only work with the best.”

The squad will immediately set its focus on winning the ML: BB Professional League Indonesia Season 3, an annual national competition with a prize pool of $100K that serves as the qualifier for the ML Southeast Asia Cup.

How the players manage the pressure of playing under an international brand name will be an interesting point for those in the Mobile Legends scene as the average professional player is quite young compared to longer running titles like Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive .

AirAsia Saiyan mutually parted ways with their Mobile Legends roster after a series of mixed results. The team’s General Manager, Jeffery Chan, explained the players felt too much pressure playing under a big brand name, while also experiencing burn out and wanting to focus on streaming.