Riot Games wants to take advantage of the game’s popularity in Southeast Asia
The creator of popular online game League of Legends, Riot Games has plans to open up chapters in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Vietnam by the end of 2017, according to a report by Straits Times. Each of them will be run by at least 15 – 20 employees.
The US-based game developer is already on the hunt for Vietnam-based employees. On its recruitment page, it lists three Ho Chi Minh City-based positions — Esports Coordinator, Esports Manager and Esports Player Relations Coordinator.
Benjamin Pommeraud, Country Manager of Singapore and Malaysia for Riot Games, said that Vietnam ranks among the top five largest player base globally for League of Legends.
He also claimed that the number of Indonesian players are also increasing by twofold every half year.
For now, Riot Games only Southeast Asia-based office is in Singapore (which covers both Singapore and Malaysia markets).
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It currently operates out a temporary office in Cantonment Road, but there are plans to move to a bigger office next year, and increase staff count to at least 15.
Riot Games is also hiring four new employees to be based out of its Singapore office.
The four positions are:
1. Esports Business Development (Singapore and Malaysia)
2. Technical Site Manager
3. Community Coordinator
4. Associate Marketing Manager (Singapore and Malaysia)
Riot Games was first established in 2006 in California. It was fully acquired by major Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings in 2011. In 2015, Riot Games logged a total revenue of over US$1.6 billion.
Its most popular product League of Legends was first brought to Southeast Asia by Singapore-based Internet giant Garena in 2010. The game currently clocks over a 100 million players monthly.
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