Serving up a recipe for fun, OR Esports announces KFC India as the team’s ‘Winner Winner Chicken Dinner’ (WWCD) sponsor for 2022. As sponsors, KFC would support streaming of gaming events, provide unique jerseys for players to wear their excitement and also perhaps surprise players with a digital avatar of Colonel Sanders! As brands in India battle for Gen Z’s attention, being the ‘Winner Winner Chicken Dinner’ sponsor puts KFC India in the very battleground where all the action is taking place. As makers of the World’s Tastiest Chicken, KFC India will now be inducing some ‘crispiness’ in the gaming arena as well, giving their young netizen consumers an opportunity to enjoy their KFC Bucket and have it too!

 After some nail-biting and thrilling moments, the global final leg of the grand finale of the inaugural edition of South East Asia’s tri-nation esports tournament, World Esports Cup (WEC 2021) is inching towards closure as top teams from India, Pakistan, and Nepal prepare to fight one last time for the top slots in the WEC leaderboard. In a high-voltage competition between the top esports talent from the three countries, Indian teams Chemin Esports, Total Gaming, Orangutan Elite, and Arrow Esports managed to secure the top four spots on the leaderboard coming in the final leg of the Grand Finals.

Streaming and e-sports platform Rooter has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightbox, March Gaming, and Duane Park Ventures. 9Unicorns, ADvantage, Capital-A, and Goal Ventures also took part in the round along with existing investors, including IeAD Sports & Health Tech Partners. 

KRAFTON Inc., South Korean video game developer, makers of BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA, announced that PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is now free-to-play (F2P) on PC and consoles. This F2P transition, which was initially announced last month at The Game Awards (TGA), marks the start of a new era for the globally popular battle royale game. 

AI-powered global platform Triller has announced their partnership with Irony Esports, a community-first esports platform and GamerzArena, India’s leading esports tournament platform. This partnership comes forth as Triller joins the Free Fire Christmas League as the live entertainment partner. The mobile esports tournament that began on 28 December has 1096 teams competing for cash prizes worth Rs one lakh. 

Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), the leading mobile games platform, known for fair and fun competition to players worldwide announced the platform’s recent launch in India, with a live pilot for players, as the company continues scaling its global footprint in the esports sector.

The inaugural edition of the WEC, which has smartphone maker Infinix Smartphones as the title sponsor, also has a whopping prize pool of Rs. 75 lakhs and the tournament is played virtually and will be streamed live on India Today Gaming YouTube channel. 

Starting from today, BGMI players will have the opportunity to get exclusive items such as collaboration skins by completing in-game missions. More details on gameplay and items will be revealed with the launch of the BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA version 1.8 update in mid-January.

ViewSonic continues to develop gaming monitors for everyone ranging from casual gamers to professionals and has a full line of award-winning models that deliver complete immersion and responsiveness for the ultimate gaming experience. Engineered with tournament-grade features, these monitors are designed to give players the edge needed for any gaming environment.

Team Vitality shared that it is taking its CS:GO roster to the next level with the signing of Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Emil “magisk” Reif, and Danny “zonic” Sørensen. The decorated trio join Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, and Kévin “misutaaa” Rabier to complete one of the strongest line-ups in CS:GO history. The new roster comes as part of a €50M investment from Rewired.gg spread over the next three years to create European super teams capable of winning the most coveted trophies in esports. The news follows the reveal of Team Vitality’s League of Legends roster, featuring World Champion finalist Luka “Perkz” Perković and back-to-back European Champion Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság.

NODWIN Gaming, South Asia’s leading esports company, has opened registrations for its much-awaited tournament —VALORANT Conquerors Championship (VCC) 2022 — from today onwards. This mega event will give South Asian VALORANT players the chance to win a prize pool of USD 30,000 which also includes a reward of USD 1,500 for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. VCC also gives the participating players an opportunity to qualify for the Asia Pacific (APAC) Challenger Playoffs Split 1. The winning team from there will then compete at the VCT 2022 Masters Split 1.

A high-octane one-minute rap video, which featured top Free Fire teams such as Total Gaming (30 million subscribers), Desi Gamers (12.4 million), Assassins Army (4.8 million), Helping Gamer (7.7 million), Telugu Gaming (1.5 million) went viral in no time as it became an instant hit among the esports players and community.

Penta Esports, the esports brand of Newgen Gaming, an India based gaming and esports company, has named Anand Rajwanshi as the Chief Creative Officer. He will be heading the company’s creative initiatives and bringing the brand’s ideas to life.

As the World Esports Cup (WEC ’21) gears up for the next level of excitement and thrilling action, Total Gaming and Team SoloMid (TSM FTX) alongside 10 other Indian teams progressed into the next stage as they will fight for a place in the global finals at South East Asia’s premier tri-nation esports tournament. 

What began as an idea in December 2015 is now the driving force behind India’sleading real money mobile game. Co-founders Bobby and Priya had a vision of changing the real money gaming industry by providing players with a safe and secure platform. As a result, Rummy Passion was launched in 2016 and has since grown to become one of the best online rummy gaming platforms for both beginners and experts.

With a shared vision to be the best in technology, quality, and performance, OR Esports, India’s most successful BGMI team is proud to partner with Zebronics, the IT Peripherals market leader for over two decades to their roster as the Peripheral Partner for the coming season.