New KBS agency to drive Malaysia’s National eSports Roadmap

Ahmed Faris reiterated that ESI would help drive forward the National eSports Roadmap but was itself not a regulator. — QISHIN TARIQ/The Star

The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) has introduced another agency, Esports Integrated (ESI), to push forward the National eSports Roadmap.

Its minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican said ESI would be a catalyst to drive eSports development, just as the National Sports Council drove traditional sports.