Logitech sponsors local League of Legends team

Gaming legends: Sim (shaking hands, left) and Jeffery Chan, manager of KL Hunters, together with the other members of the team.

Hardware maker Logitech has just announced that they have just entered into a partnership agreement with game distributor Garena to sponsor professional League of Legends team Kuala Lumpur Hunters.

According to K.P. Sim, Logitech country manager of Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei, this is the the first time that the hardware maker is working and partnering with a local team.KL Hunters competes in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game League of Legends and currently sits at 100th in the world esports ranks and 12th on the South-East Asian ladder.

According to KL Hunters member Poon “OzoraVeki” Kok Sing, the team spends up to 12 hours a day practising and refining their skills for the upcoming Garena Premier League Summer Season in August.

The team is currently using some of Logitech’s latest gaming products, including the Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum which is Logitech’s first gaming-capable 2.4GHz wireless mouse.

The team is also using the Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum headphones with built-in microphone and a G810 Orion Spectrum gaming keyboard with customisable backlighting for the keys.