"This edition brings many novelties, starting from the World eFootball Cup, through the Mediterranean e-sports games in e-football and Tekken, where over 40 countries will participate, there is also the PASTECHL conference, the Blockchain & Crypto conference, the European Gaming Summit, the NASEF academy, the Five Group Expo & Gaming zone. In the expo zone we also have a competition section where we will have e-sports tournaments in Clash Royal, PUBG Mobile, EA FC 26, NBA 2K. I am sure that whoever comes to Bar during those days will manage to find something interesting for themselves," emphasized the president of the Electronic Sports Association of Montenegro and director of MFF Filip Šoć.
With such a rich and diverse program, this year's festival will bring together industry professionals, esports teams, investors, universities, technology companies, as well as gaming enthusiasts from all over the world.
"The value of companies coming to Bar exceeds one trillion. We will host some of the largest global companies - Alibaba, Tencent, Moonton, ESL, Blast, International Esports Federation, European Esports Federation, NASEF and many other organizations. We have guests from over 60 countries around the world, we have over 120 speakers at the moment, over 500 international guests. We expect around 5,000 people to visit the festival over the three days. It is interesting that over 40 media outlets from Montenegro and the region will report on the events, and the broadcast and livestream of the entire event will be in English and Arabic," said Šoć.
By attracting such a large number of visitors from different parts of the world, MFF contributes to tourism and the economy of both Bar and the entire Montenegro.
"We have positioned not only Bar, but the whole of Montenegro as a center of gaming and IT in the region and Europe. I think it is very important that we organize the festival before the season. When you do a festival before or after the season, you can get real numbers of how many people actually came," added Šoć.
Šoć notes that it is demanding to organize an event of this caliber, but that they are receiving significant support from traditional partners – the Municipality and the Tourist Organization of Bar.
"We have managed to hold such large events in Montenegro for the fifth year in a row, but the state system is still failing and does not recognize the potential of all these industries and our events, but we hope that this will change," said the president of the Electronic Sports Association of Montenegro and director of MFF.
