• The opening match between Selangor Red Giants and Homebois set a new record for peak viewership, reflecting the league's continued growth despite already being Malaysia's oldest and most popular esports tournament.
• Fans witnessed one of the longest games in MPL Malaysia history – the match between former MPL Malaysia champions, RSG Malaysia and Team HAQ, ran for a whopping 39 minutes and 33 seconds.
• After Week 1 of the Season 14 Regular Season, Selangor Red Giants tops the table with 5 points, followed by Team Vamos on 3 points, and JP NINERS on 2 points.

Selangor Red Giants Gold Laner John "Innocent" Vincent Banal holds the MPL Malaysia trophy

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 9 September – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) flexed its credentials as Malaysia's leading esports title over the weekend. The MLBB Professional League (MPL) Malaysia set a new viewership record during the opening week of Season 14, which took place on 7 and 8 September.

MPL Malaysia is supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) and Esports Integrated (ESI). As the nation's pioneering esports event, MPL Malaysia offers talented MLBB players the gateway to pursue their esports ambitions on the international stage. This includes the M6 World Championship, MLBB's flagship international event, which will be hosted by Malaysia this year with two teams.

New Season, New Viewership Record

The league set a new Regular Season record for online viewership during the opening match between Selangor Red Giants and Homebois. The battle between last season's champion and first-runner-up had 245,841 Peak Concurrent Viewers (PCV), according to Esports Charts, eclipsing the previous Regular Season record of 228,679 PCV set by Homebois and Team HAQ during Week 2 of Season 13. The highest-ever PCV achieved by MPL Malaysia was last season's Grand Finals, also between Selangor Red Giants and Homebois, which had 631,186 PCV, according to Esports Charts.

Fikri Rizal Mahruddin, Marketing and Business Development Lead at MOONTON Games, said: "The league has experienced steady and significant growth since being established in 2017. Then, we only had 6,544 PCV. Today, we are the most-watched tournament in Malaysia. Much of the league's success is due to our constant innovation and commitment to never stay stagnant, as well as the efforts and investments from our teams and partners. These have all contributed into making a competitive and entertaining league enjoyed by hundreds of thousands across Malaysia each match."

Selangor Red Giants start strong, Team Vamos' commanding debut

Week 1 of the Season 14 Regular Season was one of the league's most competitive ever, with four of the six matches having 2-1 scorelines.

After Week 1, Selangor Red Giants tops the table with 5 points, followed by Team Vamos on 3 points, and JP NINERS on 2 points

Selangor Red Giants completed back-to-back wins in Week 1 to top the Regular Season table on 5 points. While the defending champions will be happy to be top, they will be less pleased at having conceded a game to Homebois in their 2-1 victory. Homebois had fielded a new-look team after losing five of its team members to Team Vamos in the off season; only Mid-Laner Muhammad "Udil" Julian Ardiansyah remains from last season. Udil leads Homebois as Malaysia's most expensive esports athlete; his transfer from Indonesian team, Alter Ego Esports, took place in January and cost MYR 330,000.