After the Largest Mobile eSport Festival, the GoPay Arena Championship (GAC) was inaugurated and opened directly by Zainudin Amali, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia on June 15, 2022.
And on June 16 – July 3, 2022 is the registration period, this largest online esports festival has achieved a fantastic total registration of 7,631 teams or 31,931 gamers from all over Indonesia for the Open Qualifier category which is open to the public.
As for the Invitation Qualifier category, which is intended for professional esports teams, 64 pro teams or 264 pro players will participate. GAC itself competes in the three most popular games in Indonesia, namely Free Fire, Mobile Legends and PUBG Mobile with total prizes of up to IDR 1 billion and tens of millions of GoPay balances.
Timothius Martin as Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, GoPay explained the potential of the current game, “The pandemic period until the new normal makes us spend more time at home, one of which is filling our time with games. GoPay recorded a growth in game transactions during the March-May 2022 period, which increased 3x compared to the data in the January-February 2022 period. From the number of registrations we received, we did not expect the enthusiasm of the #SeriusMain community to be so great for gaming that continues to grow rapidly. ”
“Since 2022, GoPay has collaborated with Google Play to present payment innovations with GoPay. Through GoPay innovation on Google Play, gamers can easily top up diamonds, skins, or game credits with just 1-tap-buy without having to leave the application or additional fees,” added Timothius.
The three games that are currently popular, namely Free Fire, Mobile Legends and PUBG Mobile, are the games with the highest top up games transactions based on sales of GoPay game vouchers. The GAC tournament will take place from July 6 to the Grand Final on August 1 and 2, 2022. In addition to the tournament, GAC is also enlivened with various activities and attractive prizes that gamers can participate in during the festival, such as:
- All Star Celebrity Fun Match, in the grand final week with names familiar in the eSports world such as Captain Liong, Elhayaminbooy, Listy Chan, Larissa Rochefort, Pevita Pearce as GoPay Gaming & Entertainment Brand Ambassador and Aldi Haryopratomo, CEO of GoPay who is also a true gamers.
- JKT 48 special appearance to enliven the Grand Final.
- Top Up skipper, the more frequent the top-up games during the GAC, the chance to get 9 (nine) Android smartphones which will be announced in the grand final.
- Apada Quiz, guess the score or the result of the match through the website www.gopayarena.id with a prize of GoPay balance worth IDR 250,000,- every day for 3 winners from 10 July – 2 August.
The entire series of events and tournaments at GAC can be watched live on YouTube GoPay Indonesia and live stream partners Nimo, Vidio and GoGames. All activities are carried out online to continue to support physical distancing restrictions during the new normal. To get more information and developments about GAC, you can visit the website www.gopayarena.id or follow the Instagram account @gopayindonesia for attractive promos and offers during GAC.
