Geek Corner

NODWIN Gaming, Asia’s leading esports company, announces the launch of its first-ever Valorant tournament – NODWIN Valorant Agni Series 2020. Registrations for the tournament opened on August 4. As a run-up to the tournament, NODWIN successfully hosted a one-day Valorant Invitational on August 4 with a star-studded line-up of some of India’s most popular gamers, streamers and influencers. Valorant is a free-to-play, multiplayer, tactical first-person shooter game developed and published by Riot Games. The sixty-four days long Agni Series will have a total of four online qualifiers with each round having a separate finale. The first qualifier will be held on August 21. The winners of each of the four qualifiers will battle it out to claim the whopping prize pool of INR 4.25 lakhs in the gra...

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today officially revealed eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE, the latest title in the eFootball PES franchise. The new game will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Steam) from September 15th starting at RRP €29.99 / £24.99, with pre-orders open from today1. 1 PS4, Xbox One and Steam pre-orders will go live from 14:00 UTC, July 16th. Launch Trailer eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE (PES 2021) delivers all the critically acclaimed features and gameplay from eFootball PES 2020 that was awarded “Best Sports Game” at E3 2019, plus more. Boasting the latest player and club data for the new season, the game also includes the exclusive UEFA EURO 2020™ mode and content in advance of the rescheduled real-life tournament. As the eFootball PES franchise...

The fifth edition of the summer season of NODWIN Gaming’s front-running event, ESL India Premiership, that went live on June 1st, 2020 concluded with a bang on July 19. Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull, Western Digital, Disney + Hotstar, and Airtel India esports Tour, the flagship tournament experienced an exponential rise in participation and steep rise in viewership. Player registrations were up by 1866% as and the viewership by three times in comparison to the last year’s summer season. The winners of all the four games played — CS: GO, PUBG MOBILE, Clash of Clans and FIFA20 — collectively took home the pool prize of a whopping INR 38 lakh this season. \ NODWIN Gaming kick started the summer season of the tournament with an exciting new format that had the players on the edge of the...

Today HP unveiled new OMEN Laptops and accessories, updates to OMEN Command Center, and introduced the first 16” Pavilion Gaming laptop – all designed for today’s gamer to play their best while pushing the limits of what their devices can do. It offers “First of its kind” hardware technologies in the industry enabling Gameplay experience to next level and offer unmatched power without any compromise. Gaming benefits are being unlocked as people are spending more time at home, uncovering new avenues for both entertainment and general well-being. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vickram Bedi, Senior Director, Personal Systems, HP India Market said, “HP continues to push progression in gaming by growing and evolving the ecosystem with enhanced experiences through broad gaming portfolio. We under...

The fifth edition of the summer season of NODWIN Gaming’s front-running event, ESL India Premiership, that went live on June 1st, 2020 is finally in its last leg. The grand finale of the mega esports event is live on Disney+Hotstar from July 16-19, 2020, giving fans across India the opportunity to watch their favourite players and teams battle it out one last time in popular games like CS:GO, Clash of Clans, PUBG MOBILE, and FIFA 20. The winner/winning team will be awarded a grand prize of a whopping INR 38 lakhs.    The ESL premiership has been a much-loved event for the esports community right since its inception in 2016. This year, however, to add more thrill to the chase and up the level of competition, NODWIN Gaming has tweaked the format to introduce the concept of Grand Final Playof...

BlitzkriegXPIndia’s first experiential esports organization excited to announce that Vedang Chavan A.K.A Vedzzwill be joining as head coach of the PUBG mobile team.Vedang has previously played a crucial role as the coach at Marcos gaming and is currently involved with the rising PUBG squad, Megastars, as a performance analyst.With the in-game PUBG experience of 6000+ hours, to being a winner of Nvidiaicafe attack 2020, and eventually being titled as‘The Ultimate Gamer in the house’ by Intel, as a coach Vedang will be responsible to refine the gaming tactics and mentor each BlitzkriegXP PUBG roster player. “We are thrilled to have Vedzzjoin the BlitzkriegXP family. Based on his accomplishments as a player, coach and analyst, Vedzz will, without a doubt, motivate, challenge, and inspire our ...

  Nextwave Multimedia, India’s leading game developer launches the third installment of the World Cricket Championship (WCC 3) with its first full-fledged career mode in a mobile cricket game. Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic cancellation of live sports, the career mode’s unique features promise to keep the cricket fever alive among fans around the world. The new career mode will have a cricket season sprawling across 3 brackets, 25 series, and 400+ matches with a built-in challenging performance decision system which determines your rise in ranks starting from a local club to the national or international level. You can install this game on Android from the link below : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextwave.wcc3&hl=en_IN WCC 3’s career mode stands apart with a 3D...

Imagine the picture of a typical video-gamer! Were you dreaming about someone wearing jeans and boots, slipping on a pair of new, high-quality headphones, and confidently rocking a t-shirt with a game? Now, be honest: Did you picture a guy when you conjured up this image and if you did, you’re not alone. Although gender ratio in gaming has become more equal in recent years, the lingering stereotype remains that gaming is a ‘guy thing’.  Well, even that is so, NODWIN Gaming believes otherwise. We believe that skillsets regardless of gender bias outweigh all other parameters that determine the performance of a gamer. NODWIN Gaming salutes the women that have broken the glass ceiling in the ecosystem of esports and dared to make a mark for themselves. Esports emphasizes problem-so...

NACON is pleased to reveal more details on Hunting Simulator 2, the new hunting simulation developed by Neopica, releasing on June 30 on PS4™ and Xbox One, and from July 16 on PC. In this brand-new video, the Hunting Simulator 2 team invites you to look through the numerous equipments from official brands that are included in the game. Weapons, accessories and hunting outfits: the greatest brands have played the game to provide the most realistic experience and meet the community’ expectations! Watch the equipment presentation video for Hunting Simulator 2: xxx In Hunting Simulator 2, you will access various options of customization to create and improve your hunting equipment as you progress in the game and fulfill your objectives. From the beginning of the game, you must choose with prec...

NODWIN Gaming, India’s leading esports company, has kickstarted the 5th edition of its marquee property – ESL India Premiership 2020. The Registration for this went live on May 21, 2020, and has since, seen an unprecedented response among the gaming community. There have been more than 12,000 entries in less than a fortnight, which is a phenomenal rise of 4X from the registrations that came in for the same event in 2019. The last date to register is June 14, 2020. The ESL India Premiership 2020 comes at a time when India has been in lockdown for the past couple of months, making it the ideal getaway for gamers. While all other forms of live sports events and competitions for the rest of the year stand either cancelled or postponed, esports has emerged as the perfect recipe for mass c...

Mystery thriller puzzle adventure game Evan’s Remains will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on June 11, publisher Whitethorn Digital and developer maitan69 announced.  Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page: Evan’s Remains is a mystery thriller puzzle adventure about finding a missing boy: Evan. The game combines logic-based platform puzzles with narrative inspired by Japanese graphic adventure games. Gameplay Every time the player solves from two to three puzzles, the story goes forward and new mechanics are introduced. The challenge of the puzzles lies in the player’s ability to figure out what do rather than solve challenges based on skill. As the difficulty curve increases, the puzzles become more complex by combining two or more previously intr...