MANILA - Major Mobile Legends: Bang Bang franchise teams in the Philippines announced key partnerships with global esports organizations over the weekend. 

Reigning world MLBB title-holders AP Bren said they are collaborating with Saudi-based organization Team Falcons. 

"It’s always nice to get support from a major esports team like Team Falcons. Their support will further enhance our team’s development and provide us a different perspective of how esports teams are run in a different region," AP Bren manager Jab Escutin said. 

The partnership seeks to strengthen the team's push for upcoming tournaments, with the collaboration going beyond the upcoming Esports World Cup to be held in Saudi Arabia. 

AP Bren also holds the players who represented the Philippines in the 2023 SEA Games and the International Esports Federation World Esports Championships where national esports team Sibol, which they bannered, struck gold. 

The collaboration will focus on MLBB, but will be open to "other initiatives after EWC." 

A day later, Onic Philippines announced it will be partnering with London-based esports squad FNATIC. 

This is a much needed backing for the Hedgehogs, which struggled to break back into the groove since getting the bridesmaid finish in the M3 World Championship in Singapore almost 3 years ago. 

Onic Philippines are heading into the collaboration amid a reroster that saw them acquire gold lane superstar Grant Duane "Kelra" Pillas and breakout jungler King Cyric "K1ngKong" Perez.

"Welcome to the new era. This is Fnatic ONIC PH!." It's our time, it's ONIC time." 

It's not FNATIC's first time acquiring Philippine esports players. FNATIC's Dota 2 team had Gabbi, Armel, DJ, and Jaunuel. The team withdrea from the Dota 2 competitive scene last year.