Start Your Gaming Endeavour At Reality Rift Arena
By Vivian Goh
VIVIAN GOH dives into Esports with Reality Rift Arena, a one-stop gaming cafe that provides you with various gaming facilities and equipment, located on the top floor of Bugis Plus mall.
The inside of Reality Rift Arena consists of PS4 Stations, Racing Stimulators and Rooms PCs.
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Reality Rift Arena was founded in 2019 by llya Vlasov when he came to Singapore from Russia to start this Esports business.
According to Reality Rift Arena, the word “Reality Rift” actually came from the popular game Dota 2, the skill of one of their character, Chaos Knight. This skill pulls a character towards him and Reality Rift Arena aims to bring something that they love, closer to them. Hence the name, Reality Rift Arena!
A table that shows the rates and rules at Reality Rift Arena.
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Ms Snow Wong, 23, a manager at Reality Rift Arena, also known as the Arena Goddess, says, “We aim to provide the best gaming experience gaming experience for our customers and we have rules that are meant to protect our customers and ourselves.”
Some rules include the crew at Reality Rift Arena not allowing outside food and drink unless customers pay a surcharge of $3; and also according to a law implemented by the Government, students are also not allowed to enter the premises wearing their school uniform and are not allowed to enter after 6:30 pm as well.
Mr Justin Chong, a regular customer at Reality Rift Arena, says, “It is such rules that makes customers like me want to come back and visit again.” This is because without the strict rules implemented, the place would be messy and untidy and this might leave customers with a bad impression or gaming experience.
If you ever do want to take a quick snack break, the arena offers drinks, snacks and also instant cup noodles for their customers and their prices range from $3-$5.
Furthermore, Reality Rift Arena is one of the few gaming cafés that actually offer other physical games such as Console and Racing games.
The racing simulators in the reality rift arena.
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“This is what makes Reality Rift Arena stands out from the rest,” says Ms Xanthia Koh, another frequent customer at Reality Rift Arena.
Logitech Pro Rooms specialises in action games at Reality Rift Arena.
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At Reality Rift Arena, the different type of rooms includes Bootcamp Rooms, Logitech Pro Rooms, Private Rooms as well as Stage Rooms. The pricing for these rooms starts from $5/hour for non-members and different rooms specialises and has their own benefits according to the games customers play.
​Hence, if you are playing a First Person Shooter (FPS) game such as Valorant, it is highly recommended to play it at Stage Rooms for easier controls in the game. Nonetheless, if you are not interested in computer games and would rather go for racing simulators and PS4 stations, the prices start from $10/hour and $15/hour respectively.
Ms Wong admits that the pricing is on the “expensive side”. Other cafes such as WanYoo Gaming Cafe costs $2.80/hour and $4.80/hour for open areas and VIP Rooms respectively.
Aside from the rooms mentioned above for Reality Rift Arena, if customers would like to have some privacy, they can book their very own VIP room from $10/hour!