Look, if you blinked this week, you missed absolute chaos across every single mobile esports title we cover. MPL playoffs are taking shape, Free Fire just sent six teams to the Grand Finals in Vietnam, and PUBG Mobile’s road to Bangkok is getting shorter by the day. I’m Rafa, and this is your weekly download. Let’s get into it.
🔥 MLBB: RRQ Hoshi Can’t Stop the Bleeding
MPL Indonesia Season 17 hit Week 7, and the storyline everyone kept talking about was the same one from Week 6, and Week 5, and… you get the picture. RRQ Hoshi lost again. Twice, actually.
EVOS Legends took them apart 2-0 on Saturday, and Geek Fam ID followed up with another clean 2-0 sweep on Sunday. RRQ only recently snapped an eight-game losing streak with a win over Bigetron by Vitality earlier in the season, and now they’re right back in freefall. The drafts look shaky, the team synergy is nowhere to be found, and the King of Kings is running out of weeks to figure things out before the regular season wraps on May 24.
Meanwhile, the teams that actually look good kept doing their thing. ONIC Esports rolled over NAVI with a 2-0, Alter Ego beat Dewa United 2-1, and EVOS are climbing the table with confidence. Dewa United opened the week strong with a 2-1 over Geek Fam, and Team Liquid ID bulldozed Bigetron 2-0 to stay right in the mix.
The playoff picture in MPL ID is getting clearer. Six teams advance, and with two weeks left, the bottom of the table is getting real uncomfortable for certain rosters.
🇵🇭 MPL Philippines: Aurora’s Freefall Continues
Over in Manila, MPL PH Season 17 Week 7 delivered drama that the standings didn’t see coming a month ago.
Friday kicked off with ONIC Philippines shutting down AP.Bren in a 2-0. Then Team Liquid PH handled Smart Omega with the same scoreline, keeping their grip on first place. TL PH has looked like the most consistent team all season. After Team Falcons PH handed them their only loss back in Week 6, the Cavalry bounced right back.
But the real story? Aurora Gaming PH. The defending M7 World Champions are on a five-game losing streak now. On Sunday, ONIC completed a 2-1 reverse sweep against Aurora to push their own record to 8-4. K1NGKONG went off in Game 3 on Suyou with seven kills and seven assists. Aurora’s playoff hopes are fading fast with only one week of regular season left.
Team Falcons PH already locked their playoff spot and are fighting for a top-two finish. The race for seeds 3 through 6 is packed. Smart Omega, Twisted Minds, AP.Bren, TNC Pro Team, and Aurora are all in the conversation, and some of them won’t make it.
One more week. That’s all they’ve got.
🎯 Free Fire: Six Teams Punch Their Tickets to Vietnam
The FFWS SEA 2026 Spring Knockout Stage entered its third week, and this was the elimination phase where things got serious. Six Grand Finals spots were on the line across three matchdays (May 8–10), and the results reshaped the entire tournament.
Bigetron by Vitality topped the standings on Day 1 and became the first Indonesian team to secure a Grand Finals spot. RRQ Kazu followed them through on Day 2, and those two Indonesian squads earned every single point. After a rough Week 1 where Thai teams dominated the top of the table, Bigetron and RRQ Kazu clawed their way back with consistent fragging and smart rotations through Weeks 2 and 3.
Joining them in the Grand Finals: All Gamers Global and Team Falcons from Thailand, Twisted Minds (also Thailand), and GOW from Vietnam.
Here’s where it gets painful for Indonesian fans. EVOS Divine, the reigning EWC champions, finished fifth on Day 3 with 84 points but couldn’t crack the top two. ONIC landed sixth with 60 points, and Shadow Esports sat at tenth with just 43. All three Indonesian teams now have one last chance in Week 4 (May 15–17) to grab one of the remaining six Grand Finals slots.
The Grand Finals go down May 30–31 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a $300,000 prize pool and, more importantly, eight EWC qualification slots at stake.
📱 PUBG Mobile: The Road to Bangkok Gets Real
PUBG Mobile’s competitive season is building toward a massive week. The PMGO Season 1 SEA Finals take place May 15–17 at BCC Hall in Bangkok, with 16 teams from across Southeast Asia fighting for five spots in the PMGO Main Event.
The final qualification pieces fell into place this past week. PMPL Malaysia Spring 2026 crowned Maqna Esports Club as champions. Rookie FEXCRY took both League MVP and Finals MVP in his very first professional tournament, which is the kind of debut you tell your grandkids about. Team 52 and AZ Slumber finished second and third, and all three Malaysian squads secured their Bangkok tickets.
The 16-team field in Bangkok will feature five teams from PMPL Indonesia (where Team Pandum won the Spring title back in March), three from PMPL Malaysia, three from PMPL Thailand, two from PMPL Vietnam, and three from the PMCL SEA circuit.
This SEA Finals event feeds directly into the PMGO Season 1 Main Event in Jakarta, which then connects to the PUBG Mobile World Cup at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh this July. The stakes keep climbing, and for SEA teams, Bangkok is the first big filter.
👀 What to Watch Next Week
| Event | Dates | Why It Matters |
| MPL PH S17 Week 8 | May 15–17 | Final regular season week. Playoff spots decided. |
| MPL ID S17 Week 8 | May 15–17 | Playoff race heats up. Can RRQ survive? |
| FFWS SEA Knockout Week 4 | May 15–17 | Last six Grand Finals spots. EVOS Divine’s last chance. |
| PMGO SEA Finals | May 15–17 | 16 teams. Bangkok. Five spots to the Main Event. |
| FF MAX Asia Invitational | May 14–17 | 18-team invitational, $50K prize pool. |
Next week is stacked. Three different titles running elimination-level events at the same time. If you’re a mobile esports fan, block your calendar now.
