Hong Kong eSports and Ballr Join Forces to Deliver Live Contests Across Asia Featuring EPL Football

Live Fantasy Sport App Ballr have announced a partnership with leading eSports player HKES to deliver live contests across Asia featuring international football.

Ballr is a free gaming platform allows fans to connect, compete and communicate during real-time sporting events. Ballr have secured commercial partnerships with some of the largest football clubs in the world.

During a live football match, Ballr captures real-time data related to thousands of micro moments, such as a pass, tackle, shot, foul, assist, or goal. Ballr converts each discreet event into a point value, which forms the basis of a video game that people can play on their smartphone against millions of other fans in real time. During such competitions, game winners receive epic experiences and prizes such as EPL tickets, phones, cars or simply a voucher for a coffee.

Ballr has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Moscow. The company is backed by angel investors from Asia, including the Ho family from Macau.

Ballr Founder and CEO Sam Jones said, “Our ultimate mission at Ballr is to connect people through live sport. We believe there is a huge opportunity to converge the global phenomenon of eSports with live football. Through this partnership, we will deliver live events across Asia that cater to audiences ranging from 500 to 1,000 people, who can play Ballr as they watch live football in a single venue.

Mr. Derek Cheung, CEO of HKES, said, “We were extremely pleased to partner with Ballr to run a series of amazing and high profile events, kicking off in Hong Kong. HKES is the leading eSports company in SEA and combined with the innovative gamification and eSports elements of Ballr, we feel it is a perfect partnership and are very excited about the cooperation.”

About Hong Kong Esports Limited

Founded in 2013, Hong Kong Esports Limited (HKES) is a leader in the hottest global trend of eSports. Currently with offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan, HKES is one of the top companies in Asia focused on eSports Content, eSports Events, eSports Media and our eSports Teams. HKES has organized numerous professional eSports tournaments including the Elite Challenge League (ECS), Campus Cup, and Hong Kong Esports Tournament. With more than 2 million followers on it’s social media platforms.

HKES plans to bring innovation to the gaming industry via a revolutionary upcoming HKES Apps. HKES’ company mission is to bring it’s passion around eSports to the entire Asia Pacific region first, and eventually to a Global scale.

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