THE Collegiate Center for Esports (CCE) could expand to a bigger cast as early as next edition after the roaring success of its first two seasons.
CCE, the country’s fastest-growing collegiate Esports league, said it has received a slew of inquiries and interests from more colleges and universities on the possibility of joining Season 3, which will fire off midway through this year.
“We’re grateful, thrilled, and honored to have gained traction from more schools which are seeing the noble cause of helping us advance the Esports movement especially in the collegiate ranks. That’s a welcome development and definitely, a possibility moving forward,” said CCE president Stanley Lao.
CCE introduced itself in September 2021 featuring 10 pioneer member schools in Lyceum, Letran, San Sebastian College, Mapua University, San Beda University, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of St. Benilde and Perpetual Help.
For now, the founding members have been slugging it out in the prominent Mobile Legends: Bang Bang game with Lyceum of the Philippines University reigning supreme as the back-to-back champions.
Lyceum also won the Varsity Cup that featured basketball players from respective squads while Perpetual’s Jasper Cuevas won the 1v1 Exhibition that served as the launching events of CCE with Galaxy Racer and Smart, with SM Mall of Asia, Cyberzone, Legion by Lenovo, Mountain Dew, Hawk Bags, Fantech, Huawei AppGallery as sponsors, and MPL-Philippines serving as an official partner.
Moreover, the CCE also helped the Commission of Higher Education (CHED) in organizing the Friendship Games that had Esports for the first time ever on top of an overseas event by staging the MPS SEA Campus Invitational that included teams from Vietnam.
Approaching Season 3, the CCE might open gates for more competition as it eyes to leave no stone unturned in promoting the sport and developing student-athletes who desire to push through professionally with the discipline way beyond the virtual arenas.
