Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League – Philippines (MPL-PH) is back with its 13th iteration starting 15 March 2024. This season, all matches start at 4 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until 5 May 2024, and will be held in Shooting Gallery Studios, Makati City.
Eight franchise teams will be challenged to fight for victory and vie for spots in the upcoming MSC 2024, the biggest MLBB mid-season cup yet to be hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“MPL Philippines Season 13 will serve as the arena for the Philippine teams to once again prove their dominance in the world of MLBB esports. This season, we are challenged to recognize what winning is truly all about and uncover the various versions of victory for each member of the MLBB community,” says Bai Zhou Ning, MOONTON Games Philippines Esports Head.
Starting 4 March 2024, fans can purchase their Regular Season tickets from ticketing partner Slash through slashevent.com. Ticket price starts at PHP 200, giving fans access to all the matches of the day. The schedules are found at https://www.facebook.com/mplph.official/posts/pfbid05WS8uKtzsFLMtvXAzUFk34sLZJ8yHEoyhbsEFSYcZGfbznf1Zd8ZaaQjZffTy7yTl.
The league will implement a new point system as follows:
During the playoff season, the league will implement the Gauntlet Format to further level up the competition. The rules are as follows:
Meanwhile, the league will launch various online and on-ground activities for this season, including WINSTREAK, a thematic five-part video series that aims to share MPL-PH-approved tips and tricks for casual MLBB players to achieve their victories in-game. The league will also announce the Super Star Match for the upcoming MPL week every Wednesday.
To express gratitude to its viewers, MPL Philippines will present in-game codes on the screen multiple times during the Super Star Match for fans to redeem and get hero skins and other in-game items.
This season, Smart Communications, Inc. continues its partnership with MPL Philippines as the league’s official telco partner. On the other hand, Infinix has signed a long-term deal with MPL-PH covering four consecutive seasons starting season 13. The league will carry the Infinix GT10 Pro as the official tournament phone for Season 13.
Revamped MDL-PH arena, bigger challenges
MDL Philippines, the country’s proving ground for amateur MLBB esports athletes will begin its third season on 12 March 2024. All Regular Season matches start from 3 pm on Tuesday, Thursday, and Wednesday, and will run until 25 April 2024.
Ten participating teams will be dared to showcase how they level up their strength in-game and compete to take home the biggest share of the prize pool worth 20,000 USD.
This season’s participating teams are Blacklist Academy Rough Era (BLRW), ECHO Proud (ECHO), RSG El Ganador (RELG), AP.Bren Xia (APBX), ONIC Arsenals (ONIC), Smart Omega Neos (OMGN), TNC Z4 (TNZ4), Minana Archives (MNNA), GameLab x Desolators (GLAD), and RRQ Kaito (RRQ).
Among the major upgrades that fans will witness is the implementation of the Global Ban System.
The Global Ban System allows the team to use a particular hero only once during the series. This means that the hero, once used by a player in the team, cannot be used again in the same series by the same team. However, the opposing team can still choose to pick and use that hero, provided they haven’t used it.
Moreover, the league will hold its Playoffs Season offline, for the first time, to bring the tournament to the big stage.
