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  • Penta Esports partners with Loco to announce pan-India esports league for colleges and universities

    Penta Esports partners with Loco to announce pan-India esports league for colleges and universities

    Mumbai: A gaming and esports company Penta Esports has announced the launch of its latest IP, the ‘Penta Collegiate League’ presented by Loco, for colleges and universities throughout India. This league’s tournaments will stream exclusively on Loco’s app and website. This league’s other partners include ‘Leverage Edu’ as a study abroad partner and ‘GOQii’ as a healthcare partner.

    With Rs 30,00,000 as an annual scholarship award, the first year of the ‘Penta Collegiate League’ will feature two esports titles — Valorant on PC and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) on mobile — and will have two qualifiers each for both games. The registration for the first qualifiers has already begun and will continue until 19 June 2022. The matches of the first qualifiers will start on 21 June 2022. The dates for the second qualifier will be announced soon.

    Both the playoff matches of the qualifiers and the final match of the first season will be broadcast live exclusively on Penta Esports. Students can complete the registration process for the tournament by visiting ‘www.pentaesports.com’. The league’s complete information, including match schedules, match results, VODs of tournaments and leagues, content, news, announcements, and much more, can be found at the company’s official website.

    Speaking about the idea behind this new esports league, Penta Esports founder and CEO Anurag Khurana said, “Our major focus is to provide opportunities to the budding esports athletes at the grass-root level. Esports is rapidly gaining popularity as a viable path for many and we want to provide a platform similar to conventional sports to aspiring esports athletes. The scholarship aims to help esports athletes in their endeavours.”

    Commenting on the partnership, Loco founder Ashwin Suresh, said, “Game streaming is no longer looked upon as just a casual hobby. As more gamers become creators and start streaming, and new tournament organisers create more events, newer audiences are drawn to watch this content. The increased viewership will eventually lead to an increase in revenue for the overall ecosystem. As a pioneer of this industry, we’re excited to see it expand and we’re playing an active role in helping it grow. With our association with the ‘Penta Collegiate League’, we aim to support budding streamers and kickstart their esports careers.”

  • Battlegrounds Mobile India partners with Flux@TheGlitch to elevate brand presence

    Battlegrounds Mobile India partners with Flux@TheGlitch to elevate brand presence

    Mumbai: Popular mobile video game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), developed and published by South Korean video game developer Krafton Inc has onboarded Flux@The Glitch, the content wing of The Glitch, a VMLY&R agency to create engaging video content for users.

    The partnership will focus on disruption driven and industry-first ideas to unleash the full potential of the BGMI brand in the Indian market, by bringing new players from various demographics across India, into the BGMI ecosystem. “The goal is to provide information and inspiration driven content based on awareness and engagement, that will help pull the community of both – the advanced gamers as well as the casual gamers into the game,” said the brand in a statement.

    With the increasing availability of smartphones and cheaper data plans, mobile gaming has become one of the fastest growing industries in India.

    “The gaming universe is growing exponentially in India, rallied by a majority of mobile gaming players like Battlegrounds Mobile India. As an avid gamer myself, I am super elated with an opportunity to grow the Battlegrounds community in India. The industry is yet untapped in India, and the promise is that of category first innovation and content,” said Flux creative director and the creative lead on the account Tathagata Ray.

    “More than a game, BGMI is a part of pop culture and we are more than happy to have it as part of our portfolio. We have put together a team of mobile gaming enthusiasts who’d like nothing more than to work on a brand like this,” stated Flux@The Glitch associate VP- strategy & business Varun Anchan. “What makes this even more exciting, is where we are at as a country when it comes to gaming. The Y-O-Y growth of the gaming industry as a whole and of mobile gaming, in particular, is just tremendous.”

    BGMI is a premier, free to play, multiplayer, battle royale game that aims to change the gaming landscape in the country. The mobile gaming industry in India is expected to treble in size over the next four years. Within the first week of the   launch of   Battlegrounds Mobile India in August   this year, Krafton saw nearly 40 million downloads and 16 million Daily Active Users, stated the gaming company.

  • Krafton launches PUBG successor Battlegrounds Mobile India

    Krafton launches PUBG successor Battlegrounds Mobile India

    Mumbai: South Korean video game company Krafton has officially launched Battlegrounds Mobile India in the country, a successor to the popular mobile game PUBG that was blocked by the government last year. Battlegrounds Mobile India is meant to be a replacement for PUBG Mobile.

    Krafton announced the launch via an official post on Facebook. “Fasten your seatbelts and get your squads ready, we welcome one and all to the official launch of BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA!,” the post reads. “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the fans in India who have been waiting for the official launch of Krafton’s BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA. As of July 2, 2021, thanks to your support, BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA has been officially released.”

    The new mobile game, developed exclusively for gaming enthusiasts and fans in India, had received 40 million pre-registrations that went live on May 18, 2021, the company said in a statement.

    PUBG Mobile was one of the more than 200 Chinese apps banned in India last October following the Galwan Valley clash with China. Battlegrounds Mobile India had recently also stirred controversy over the alleged misuse of Indian players’ data by sending it to servers in China. The company, at that time, had said it will continue to closely monitor and protect any data being transferred to “unexpected and restricted IP addresses”. The company had also said it is working to fully comply with the Indian laws and regulations.

    “We at Krafton are delighted to introduce Battlegrounds Mobile India for our fans in India today. Designed exclusively for our Indian fans and gamers, Battlegrounds Mobile India will provide a superlative gaming experience,” Krafton Inc CEO CH Kim said speaking on the launch of its new game, as mentioned by PTI.

    “This is just the beginning of a series of new content, collaborations, and esports tournaments coming users’ way and the company will strive to ensure that fans and community in India can fully enjoy the battlegrounds experiences”, he added.

    Krafton recently also made its first India investment in Mumbai-based game live-streaming startup Loco. The company was among the multiple investors in the startup’s first-ever fundraising.

  • Game on: PUBG returns as Battlegrounds Mobile India

    Game on: PUBG returns as Battlegrounds Mobile India

    NEW DELHI: It’s ‘winner winner, chicken dinner’ time again as popular mobile gaming phenomenon PUBG is all set to make a comeback in India, in a new avatar. The game’s South Korea-based developer Krafton has officially announced the relaunch of the game, now rebranded as Battlegrounds Mobile India.

    While Krafton has not revealed the exact date of the launch, it has assured that the multi-player game will be available to play soon. The official website of Battlegrounds Mobile India has already gone live and the company has also released an official teaser of the game.

    Ever since the government imposed ban last year, PUBG fans have been playing a game of Schrödinger’s cat, as the game developers teased a relaunch every now and then without any concrete details to offer.

    Battlegrounds Mobile India, a battle royale experience, will have a period of pre-registration before the launch. The game will be available to play only in India. Krafton will collaborate with partners to build an esports ecosystem while bringing in-game content regularly, starting with a series of India specific in-game events at launch, to be announced later.

    With privacy and data security being a top priority, Krafton will be working with partners to ensure data protection and security at each stage, the company said in a statement. “This will ensure privacy rights are respected, and all data collection and storage will be in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in India,” it added.

    Even though gameplay and other related details are yet to be revealed, the privacy policy and terms of service for the game, published under its new website by Krafton, detail at great length how Battlegrounds Mobile India is approaching its widest base of to-be users – minors, or any gamer under 18 years of age. These details include limitations in terms of duration of gaming, maximum daily spending limit and parental consent.

    According to the Battlegrounds Mobile India privacy policy, gamers under the age of 18 will only be able to play the game for a maximum of three hours per day. Krafton has also restricted the maximum spending limit in the game down to Rs 7,000 per day. The two limits likely seek to address controversies that had surrounded PUBG Mobile prior to its ban, in terms of the levels of addiction that it stirred among gamers playing the title in the country.

    With this, Battlegrounds Mobile India looks set to begin its journey in the country again. The title will be up for pre-registrations soon, and open access will follow soon.