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The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is set to bring back e-sports tournament in the collegiate sports competition this month – this includes Valorant, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), and NBA 2K.
The e-sports games which will be played August 9-26, 2026, at MVP Studios in Mandaluyong are the same titles which were played in previous UAAP e-sports tournament.
Major change this time is on NBA 2K wherein it moves from one-on-one format to a five-on-five setup aligned with eFIBA competition rules. NBA 2K refers to a simulation of basketball sports tournament through video games.
Valorant, meanwhile, takes inspiration from the Counter-strike series, where a set of players serve as agents and are assigned either by attacking or defending team with each team having five players on it.
Mobile Legends, on one hand, is a popular multiplayer online battle arena game where two teams of five players contest on destroying opposing base while defending their own.
UAAP has said that the e-sports tournament will continue as demonstration event and is not part of the contributing points to winning the general championship title in the event.
E-sports tournament in the UAAP was first introduced in 2024 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has then announced the conduct of the first Olympic Esports Games which will be held 2025 in Saudi Arabia.
In the 2024 e-sports tournament, the Ateneo Blue Eagles has won the championship title in the NBA 2K 0 this was highlighted by player Paolo Medina who has notably brought the Blue Eagles to winning the title.
De La Salle University was then the winner in Valorant, while University of the East made history in Mobile Legends.
Sources: Varsitarian, One Sports, Inquirer
