The 6,600 square foot lifestyle venue will feature a 13-metre-wide high-resolution LED display and stage area for Esports tournaments and events, along with private training rooms and classrooms for Esports development
SINGAPORE, 31 JULY 2019 — Bountie Arena, a subsidiary of Bountie Holdings, today launched Singapore’s premiere Esports and gaming lifestyle venue. Situated at the heart of Singapore’s start-up and innovation community at one-north, the 6,600 square foot venue will feature top-of-the-line equipment and facilities to complement the growing Esports scene in Singapore. At launch, the gaming and Esports facility will charge a promotional price of just one dollar per hour for users to access its facilities – which include an Atari pong machine, a PlayStation 4, two Pandora Box arcade machines and over 100 high specification gaming desktops.
With the launch of the Esports and gaming lifestyle venue, Bountie Arena aims to provide an immersive 360-experience for the gaming and innovation community in Singapore. Aside from its Esports facilities, Bountie Arena will also house an ecosystem of related lifestyle features, including a gaming-themed café, console-gaming room, an adult ball pit, and Singapore’s first flagship store for professional and competitive darts brand, PHOENIXDARTS.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Transport Baey Yam Keng attended the launch as the Guest of Honour. Mr Baey said, “The growth of Esports and the gaming industry have provided youths new opportunities to pursue different pathways of success. I am encouraged that there are now spaces like Bountie Arena which provide youths with a conducive environment and the right tools to pursue their passions in Esports, and fulfil their aspirations.”
Bountie’s Online Platform
The launch of the Esports and gaming lifestyle venue comes off the back of Bountie’s mission to empower gamers to earn a living from gaming. Currently, it does so in three ways; providing a revenue stream for organisers for creating tournaments, rewarding gamers when they win tournaments, and awarding gamers with Bountie Tokens on top of products or services when they complete “Quests” on the platform. The Bountie Tokens in their e-wallet can then be withdrawn and sold for fiat money. With the launch of Bountie Arena, Bountie plans to further extend the utility of Bountie Tokens earned from its platform for use at the venue. In addition, the tournaments organized on Bountie’s Platform can now be held offline at the Bountie Arena.
Lex Na, CEO of Bountie Holdings explained the significance of the launch, saying, “The launch of Bountie Arena is a major milestone for Bountie, as well as the community. It’s an important piece of the puzzle we have in place for our Online to Offline strategy for gamers acquisition, platform and Bountie Tokens adoption. This flagship also serves as a shining example to the many other facilities we will be building throughout Asia in the coming months.”
World-Class Esports Facility and Lifestyle Attractions
As Singapore’s premiere Esports and gaming lifestyle facility, Bountie Arena boasts of several world-class facilities. Thisincludes its crown jewel – a 13–metre-wide, high-resolutionLED display panel running at 144 hertz and stage area optimised for Esports tournaments and events. The main gaming area consists of 60 high specification gaming desktopsand accessories by ASUS Republic of Gamers, along with four VIP gaming rooms optimised for private training. These private training rooms each feature five high-end gaming desktops and accessories, allowing for Esports teams and co-curricular activity clubs to formulate and practice their strategies. In partnership with MyRepublic, gamers and Esports athletes at Bountie Arena will be powered by the local broadband retailer’s high-speed internet – promising for a seamless play experience.
Lifestyle Features, Partnerships and Collaborations
In addition, Bountie Arena’s 20-seater classroom is also equipped with top-of-the-line presentation equipment and high-end desktops. Bountie Arena aims to work withtechnology brands and private educational institutions to utilise its classroom for private courses geared towards value-adding to the knowledge and skillsets of gamers. These include, but are not limited to digital-based courses, gamification and Esports-related courses.
As a gaming lifestyle venue, Bountie Arena aims to provide a holistic 360-experience for innovators and gamers to immerse themselves in their field. Bountie Arena will house several food and beverage options, such as a trendy gourmet instant noodle café, and an in-house bubble tea brand café (Bountea). The arena will also feature a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine – set-up in partnership with Coca-Cola, where guests can enjoy up to 165 different combinations of flavours. Gamers can also access alternative gaming platforms, with a console gaming room featuring a PlayStation 4, two sets of Nintendo Switches and one set of accompanying Nintendo Labo Set, two Pandora box arcade machines, and a retro Atari pong machine.
Guests looking for non-gaming activities can also choose to lounge in the ball pit (to be ready by early August) or play darts at the electronic soft-tip dartboards by PHOENIXDARTS, the first in Singapore to feature an LED-carpet. The competitive darts brand from Korea will also be setting up their local flagship store in the Bountie Arena, where dart enthusiasts can purchase equipment and paraphernalia for the sport.
Check Ho, Chief Gaming Officer of Bountie Arena, said, “While our main goal is to provide the growing Esports, gaming and innovation community with the right infrastructure and facilities to flourish, we are looking at taking a big picture approach. Our collaborations with Esportsand gaming-centric brands such as ASUS Republic of Gamers, NVIDIA, Coca-Cola, as well as local brands like MyRepublic is important in addressing not just the Esportsand gaming aspects, but also the educational and lifestyle factors of the community.”
Bountie Address and Opening Hours
Bountie Arena is located above one-north MRT at OneFusionopolis Way, #B1-06/07/08, and is open from 1100am to 0000am daily. Entry rates will be at a promotional price ofone dollar per hour for each user for the first two months of opening and will be revised after that period.
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https://bountie.cc/
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About Bountie | https://www.bountie.io/bnte/
Established in 2017, Bountie is a platform for gamers in Asia to make a living while playing their favourite games. Players are rewarded through participating in online tournaments and can use these rewards to purchase gaming products. By using the latest technology in blockchain, Bountie will reduce the chances of fraud while increasing transparency. This decentralized platform creates exclusive gamer profiles where rankings, stats and earnings are readily available for public viewing with high data integrity and accuracy.
About Bountie Tokens | https://www.bountie.io/bnte/
200 million Bountie tokens were created during the initial coin offering of which S$1.5mil were raised from the sale. It is now listed on LATOKEN, where it can be traded into Bitcoin or Ethereum before selling that for fiat money. Bountie Token is the currency that runs the whole ecosystem like blood flowing through the veins.
About Bountie Arena | https://bountie.cc/
Located at the heart of the innovation and start-up community in one-north, Bountie Arena is an integrated Esports and gaming facility outfitted with the latest gaming equipment. Spanning over 6,600 square foot, the lifestyle venue is able to host Esports tournaments as well as corporate events, along with designated training rooms and classrooms to train future Esports athletes. The arena also houses lifestyle attractions, such as PHOENIXDARTS’ flagship store in Singapore, a Coca-Cola corner as well as an in-house cafe, bringing Esports closer to the vibrant community at one-north.
Press Contact
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Khairul Sufiyan
Senior Account Manager
Email: khai@dify.sg
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