MANILA, Philippines – May 29, 2026 – Call of Duty®: Mobile – Garena has officially concluded its Summer Festival 2026, marking a milestone weekend for the local and regional Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) scenes. Held at the SMX Aura Convention Center in Manila from May 23-24, the two-day event staged the Grand Finals of the Garena Elite Philippines (GEP) and the regional Garena Summer Invitational (GSI), welcoming close to 4,000 attendees and reaching nearly 50,000 peak concurrent viewers across official broadcast channels.
The tournament weekend featured a combined prize pool of over $100,000 USD across GEP and GSI competitions. The weekend’s defining narrative was the Philippines’ dominant performance on the regional stage. GSI 2026 brought together top teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the Philippines, culminating in an impressive all-Philippine podium finish. Defending home soil, ELEVATE claimed the Championship title and secured its third consecutive GSI crown, with Alula SC in second and Team Star Magic in third, reinforcing the Philippines’ position as one of the leading forces in the regional CODM competitive landscape.
With their Top 2 finishes, ELEVATE and Alula SC also secured direct qualification to the Group Stage of the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2026 Garena Qualifiers.
Simultaneously, Summer Festival 2026 marked a major milestone for the domestic competitive scene through GEP 2026, which featured the first-ever official offline LAN Battle Royale (BR) tournament for CODM in the Philippines. LEAP UNBOUND emerged victorious to claim the inaugural LAN BR championship, while SKAERI showcased dominant tactical execution to secure the Multiplayer (MP) title.
Beyond the competition, the festival brought together the wider CODM community through live performances, creator appearances, fan meet-and-greets, merchandise giveaways, and interactive on-ground activities across the two-day event. Fans also gathered to meet popular CODM personalities and creators including Myrtle, Patsy, Sharlene, and Doc Z, who performed “In the Zone” during the opening ceremony.
Summer Festival 2026 was made possible through the strong support of key brand partners Shopee and Infinix, the tournament’s official gaming phone partner featuring the NOTE 60 Series. Throughout the weekend, fans enjoyed interactive booth activities, community games, exclusive Shopee vouchers, merchandise giveaways, and on-ground experiences, while members of the championship-winning GEP and GSI teams were awarded brand new Infinix smartphones as part of the celebration.
With the curtains closing on a successful Summer Festival 2026, Filipino players and fans can look forward to a diverse lineup of competitive, community, and creator-focused CODM initiatives in the months ahead as Garena continues investing in the growth of the local ecosystem. Upcoming initiatives include the return of Garena Masters 11 in July, the Philippines Collegiate Championship beginning in August, and the BR major Garena Survivors in September, alongside an all-new series of Community Gladiators rolling out across the third quarter.
Players can also expect new in-game content, with the highly anticipated Persona 5 Royal collaboration recently teased across official Call of Duty: Mobile – Garena channels. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks.
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
Pinoy squads heavily represented the tournament, with Elevate completing a lower bracket run to win the Garena Summer Invitational after defeating Al-Ula Club 4-3 in the grand finals. Team StarMagic also secured a Top 3 finish, while SKAERI and Leap Unbound made their mark during the local GEP competition.
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
Here are some moments from CODM Summer Fest 2026: Bakunawa Arises.
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
In photos from Gaming Pinas Official Facebook Page
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Call of Duty: Mobile – Garena can be downloaded on both the App Store and Google Play.
About Call of Duty®: Mobile – Garena
Call of Duty®: Mobile – Garena is the definitive, first-person action experience where there are two teams of 5 members fighting each other to win objectives in each game mode. The game, which is the result of a collaboration between Activision and Tencent TiMi Studio, was released by Garena for the Southeast Asia region including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan.
About Garena
Garena is a leading global online games developer and publisher. Free Fire, its self-developed mobile battle royale title, is the most downloaded mobile game in its genre for seven consecutive years, according to Sensor Tower App Performance Insights. The title has also ranked as the world’s most downloaded mobile game across multiple years since 2019.
Garena is run by passionate gamers and has a unique understanding of what gamers want. It exclusively licenses and publishes hit titles from global partners – such as Arena of Valor and Call of Duty: Mobile – in selected markets globally. Garena champions social and entertainment experiences through games, enabling its communities to engage and interact. Garena is also a leading esports organiser and hosts some of the world’s biggest esports events.
Garena is a part of Sea Limited (NYSE:SE), a global technology company. In addition to Garena, Sea’s other core businesses include its e-commerce arm, Shopee, and digital financial services arm, Monee. Sea’s mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology.
