Viper Secures US$100K Parallel Showdown Win at YGG Summit

German trading card game veteran Torben “Viper” Wahl claimed the US$100,000 Parallel Showdown title at the YGG Summit in Manila. Facing 15 qualifiers in a double-elimination, best-of-three format requiring three unique decks, Wahl defeated Devmon’s Jobsad in the finals to secure the US$20,000 top prize. This victory adds to Wahl’s resume, having earned over US$270,000 from competitive Hearthstone between 2016 and 2022. The Parallel Showdown was the centerpiece of the YGG Summit’s esports lineup. Parallel Studios announced that Parallel TCG is now available on the Apple App Store, following its Android rollout in March 2025. Co-founder Kohji Nagata highlighted the game’s live events as key to the studio’s growth. Beyond competition, the YGG Summit featured Ubisoft’s Might & Magic: Fates debut invitational, won by YGG Esports’ Tyler, and a major infrastructure announcement by Ronin Network. In partnership with Coins.ph, Ronin will integrate the PHPC stablecoin with the QRPH system, enabling payments at over 600,000 Philippine merchants by 2026. The summit also hosted the annual GAM3 Awards, where Off The Grid won Game of the Year and Cagy was named Best Content Creator. Upcoming highlights include the Vibes Asian Championship finals and the Base-powered Metaversity “Prompt to Prototype” workshop for AI-based game development.