We’re not going to lie, the start of the year for CAL has been slow. And since it’s been a slow start, we don’t have exciting things to write about.

Our Southeast Asian divisions are continuing to experience a lack of activity. Unfortunately, it appears that the current cash prizes are insufficient to attract participants to show up and grind. As former players, we recognize that putting in the effort is more enjoyable when the returns are larger.

TYLOO, LVG, and Checkmate have booked spots at PGL Major Antwerp APAC RMR following victories over steel helmet, NASR Esports, and Rare Atom, respectively.

TYLOO have announced changes to their coaching staff, with QiFang “Karsa” Su taking over LiKan “ryk” Luo’s place as the team’s coach. 

Registration for the PGL Major Antwerp – APAC RMR Qualifiers is already available.

International Esports Federation (IESF) has confirmed that the 14th IESF World Championship will feature six esports titles, including CS:GO

MESA Nomadic Masters Spring will become the first large-scale international LAN tournament staged in Asia since the pandemic began in early 2020.

Haowen “somebody” Xu (许昊文) has announced the end of his playing career, calling it a career after seven years under the TYLOO banner.

ESEA has introduced the regular bimonthly Cash Cups to the Asia region, with a US$1,000 prize pool up for contention. 

PGL has released the details of the APAC Regional Major Ranking (RMR) event for the upcoming CS:GO Major, PGL Major Antwerp 2022.

TYLOO have officially pulled out of IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In due to COVID-19 regulations, replaced by Sprout from Germany

After hosting the Stockholm Major last year, PGL has been picked once again to host the first CS:GO Major this year, PGL Major Antwerp 2022, in Belgium.

Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand is the final piece of TYLOO’s puzzle for the 2022 season, the Chinese organization revealed on Tuesday.

e 40th season of CAL was relatively quiet, at least in our Southeast Asian divisions, which saw little to no activity during the month. This comes as no surprise to us; after five months of intense competition with more appealing leaderboard prizes, we’ve returned to where we were half a year ago, with cash and FACEIT points for our top achievers.

MESA has announced that it has struck a partnership with BLAST Premier to host the Asian qualifiers for the Spring and Fall edition as well as serve as the circuit’s official Mongolian language broadcast partner in 2022.

ViCi Gaming CS:GO have announced a rebranding, with the team now known as Rare Atom effective immediately.

ESL Challenger League Season 40 APAC is the first Premier event held for the Asia-Pacific region. The victorious team will qualify for ESL Pro League Conference Season 16, taking place in Jönköping, Sweden, in June.

The Mongolz have announced their return to CS:GO headlined by Machinegun, who was part of the previous roster that peaked at #24 in HLTV’s world ranking in 2016.

We saw down with Team NKT’s AWPer after their victory against Checkmate in  eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Festival 2021 to talk about the victory and catching up after a year of playing with the international team.