E-sports
Electronic sports (or esports) is a term for organized video game competitions, especially between professionals. The most common video game genres associated with electronic sports are real-time strategy, fighting, first-person shooter, and multiplayer online battle arena. Tournaments such as the World Cyber Games, the Evolution Championship Series, and the Intel Extreme Masters provide both live broadcasts of the competition, and cash prizes to competitors.
GALAX Announces The GOC Worldwide Online Qualifier 2016 On OC-ESPORTS
GALAX, a leading manufacturer and innovator of the award winning Nvidia based Graphic Card announces The GALAX Overclocking Carnival 2016, GALAX’s most highlighted annual event. And just like every year, overclockers from all over the world will be competing giving their best in the 2016 edition of The GALAX Overclocking Carnival filled with passion and excitement. GALAX has confirmed the dates, prizes and stage of the online worldwide qualification phase of the GOC 2016. The online qualification contest is the prelude to the GALAX GOC 2016 Grand Final which will take place in Wuhan, China in mid-December. The qualification phase is open to all overclockers and spans four stages, which include both 2D and 3D challenges. GALAX GOC 2016 WORLDWIDE QUALIFIER: The online qualifier is open to al...
NVIDIA Brings GeForce Cup To India
NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing, will be hosting the inaugural edition of the GeForce Cup in India. The GeForce Cup aims to promote new games in eSports and drive superior gaming experiences for PC gamers in India. Eight selected cafes across India will play host to teams of gamers who will compete against each other in Overwatch™. The gaming cafes selected for the tournament are NVIDIA Certified and use GeForce GTX graphics cards, which deliver the fastest performance and the latest gaming technologies to create exceptional eSports experiences during gameplay. Dell Alienware, has also come on board as a partner to accentuate the gaming experience via its legacy in technology, innovative design & performance. The brand completed 20 years of successful existence in the gami...
BenQ Zowie eXtremesland CS :GO 2016 India Winners All Set For Shanghai
BenQ, the internationally renowned pioneer in entertainment and e-sports technology recently acquired ZOWIE, the world’s premiere brand in gaming accessories. Zowie a brand by BenQ has sponsored this year’s eXTREMESLAND CS:GO 2016 e-sports competition, and the Indian Qualifier Finals were held on August 20th and 21st, 2016 at Bangalore. The event was organized close to over 45 days and spread over online qualifiers and LAN finals. The overall infrastructure & format ensured that the quality of gameplay is at par with international standards and nowhere Indian eSports player should feel inferior to the international gameplay. In qualifiers, a total of 128 teams participated, out of that 4 teams were chosen for finals in Bangalore; namely Team Invictus, Invisible Wings, Team Brutality an...
Get Your #HeroModeOn For The Biggest Online Gaming Championship, Mountain Dew Game Fuel – Dew Arena
Mountain Dew enters the world of gaming with Game Fuel, a bold new variant of Mountain Dew- when we first heard that, we couldn’t wait to try it out. And we’re delighted to say that Mountain Dew is successfully on its way to becoming every gamer’s favourite drink. The launch event for the drink was a blast, and offered a lot of showcases to satisfy the likes of all kinds of gamers. Experience booths included Forza Motorsport, FIFA, Gears of War and Halo, and many more. There was also a tournament for FIFA and Gears of War, which was a pleasant change in taste as these events are mainly dominated by games like Counter Strike and DOTA. Powered by Game Fuel, Mountain Dew is also launching its first ever gaming tournament, the Dew Arena. Battle your friends and foes in multiple games acros...
ASUS ROG Store Opening And CS:GO Tournament In Kolkata
ASUS is opening its first store in Kolkata with a bang! Kicking off the launch will be the first ever ASUS ROG CS:GO Tournament in India – #UpYourGame. Counter Strike enthusiasts will get a chance to compete for a prize pool of more than INR 1 lakh rupees, with the winner bagging the ROG GL552JX laptop worth INR 85000. The tournament will start on 2nd July, 2016 in Kolkata in a live battle ground set up inside ASUS’s first exclusive ROG store. Witness everyone be enthralled by the eSports mania live on Facebook as the players battle it out for fame and goodies. With all registered participants winning vouchers up to INR 3000, everybody goes home a winner. The Playoff schedule is as follows: Schedule Playoffs Timings 11:00am to 11:30am 3:00pm to 3:30pm 11:30am to 12:00pm 4:00pm...
HyperX Signs On As Official Gaming Partner For ESL India Premiership 2016
HyperX™, a division of Kingston® Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, proudly announces its association with ESL India Premiership 2016, as the official Gaming Partner for the entire event. ESL India Premiership 2016 will now be India’s biggest gaming tournament with a prize pool US$64,000. With their expertise and powerful gaming Headsets, Solid State Drives and DDR4 Memory Modules, HyperX adds power to this tournament and continues to extend its support to the Indian gaming community. ESL India Premiership aims to benefit from the partnership under following tournament categories Challenger # 1: 30-31st July, 2016 Challenger # 2: 12-13th November, 2016 Masters: 09-11th December, 2016 For more details on the schedule, visit http://pro.eslgaming.com/ind...
ESL India Premiership Boasts of a prize pool of US$64,000
ESL, the world’s largest esports company announced the ESL India Premiership. The event will host six online cups and three mega LAN events throughout the year, while boasting a monumental prize pool of over US$64,000, which translates to more than INR 4.2 million in cash prizes. The ESL India Premiership is the largest tournament series organized not just in India, but in the entire South Asian region. The tournament series will present gamers the opportunity to participate as a team or an individual in online cups and win cash prizes, whilst qualifying for LAN events classified as “Challengers” and “Masters” that are organized on a world class level. At each of the two Challengers, a total prize pool of over INR 17 Lacs will be up for grabs, with the year-ending Masters finale paying out...
Snail Games Launches King of Wushu for PS4
Developer and publisher Snail Games has announced the launch of its new Free-to-Play MOBA King of Wushu for PlayStation 4 in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Players in these countries or regions are now able to download and play the game for free through the PlayStation Network. Rise to the Top and Rule Wushu! King of Wushu opens up an exciting new era for console MOBAs, blending classic MOBA elements and vivid graphics optimized for console-based gameplay. King of Wushu’s core features include: A roster of 36 unique heroes inspired by classic and modern Kung Fu legends. Dynamic and fluid controls, designed with console gamers in mind. Unique abilities and innovative persistent character customization sys...
HyperX Partners With ESL One To Provide Gaming Hardware
Dedicated to gaming community for over a decade, HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, has been allied with world-known tournaments such as Dreamhack Masters and Intel Extreme Masters for years, and the list just keeps getting longer. HyperX today announced it is the official SSD and memory partner of ESL One throughout the 2016 tournament year, pushing the limits of SSD and memory potential to unlock the performance that players need to reach their own peak abilities during each competition. The official hardware provided for the competitions will be HyperX Savage Memory and HyperX Savage SSD. All systems will be equipped with this hardware to guarantee maximum performance, and the following competitions will benefit from the hardware ...
Aniruddh Joshi: Interview With A Pro Gamer
Mumbai based Aniruddh Joshi is the winner of the PES 2016 – Road To Milan tournament organized by e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt. Ltd, India’s leading video game distributor in association with Games The Shop. Aniruddh overcame tough opponents in the group and knockout stage, including Ritesh Mukherjee in the final. The National Finals were held in Mumbai on 18th and 19th March where 32 winners from offline tournaments across India and PESLeague.com went head-to-head to win the coveted ticket to Milan. We got the chance to have a chat with Aniruddh, and he shared his passion for Video Games and e-Sports. Gaming Central: It’s great to have you here with us today! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Aniruddh Joshi: I am 24, a Digital Marketer by profession. An avid Sports fan and ...
Make A Difference With DOTA 2
To celebrate the start of the new year, we at League of Extraordinary Gamers in association with Make a Difference (a charitable organization), have decided to host and organize a Dota 2 tournament. All the proceeds will go to charity. Make A Difference is a charitable non-governmental organization that focuses on helping under privileged children of the nation by providing them with amenities and resources needed for their education and well-being. The total prize pool of the event is INR 20,000. There is also a registration fee of INR 2000 per team (INR 400 per person) and an early bird registration fee of INR 1250 per team (INR 250 per person). All the proceeds will be given to Make a Difference. There are online and offline registration available. Here is the link to the Online Registr...
RageQuit Cup Season III Recap Video
RageQuit Cup is an ambitious undertaking by passionate gamers, who are deeply invested into the e-Sports in India. The main attraction is the DOTA 2 Tournament which saw saw more than 300+ Indian teams from every corner of country registered for open online qualifiers out of which only 4 Teams were Invited for Lan Finals in Delhi to compete for the cash prize pool of $2500/- . You can watch a quick recap of the previous season in the video below: And for more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.