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  • MTV to broadcast UCypher eSports tournament in April

    MUMBAI: 2017 looks to be promising for the Indian eSports scenario. We recently saw one of India’s biggest names in game publishing delve into the eSports sector, as Nazara Games announced their very own eSports league. However, before that, another league of a large scale was announced by USports. Titled ‘UCypher’, the league is the brain child of businessman, Ronnie Screwvala and promises the Indian players with a formidable platform to showcase their talent.

    Now, the first set of operational details has been revealed by the company in a meet with the players where USports, CEO, Supratik Sen and Screwvala addressed the gathering.

    The tournament is set to kick off next month, which is April. As revealed earlier, the event will have two seasons per year, at least for the initial years. Around 66 gamers from around the country have been shortlisted for the tournament which will sport a prize pool of Rs 50 lakh.

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  • Nazara Games to invest $20 million in eSports, league planned

    Nazara Games to invest $20 million in eSports, league planned

    With the advent of higher internet speeds coming into play and India making a digital push, industry biggies are betting that 2017 will be the game changer for eSports and are making large investments. What’s luring them is the fast expanding $892 million eSports global market and the fact that 2016 saw over Rs 75 lakh being plonked down in prize money in India.

    Amongst the first to announce its intentions was serial media investor Ronnie Screwval’s Usports which rolled out UCypher, a Rs. 100 crore eSports tournament. Now another mega player in the game publishing space, the Rs 220 crore Nazara Games, has unveiled a plan to invest around $20 million over the next few years. Included in this is its own eSports league.

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  • Nazara Games ropes in Times Internet’s Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as business head

    Nazara Games ropes in Times Internet’s Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as business head

    MUMBAI: Nazara Games has appointed Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as their new business head – Brand Solutions. He will be heading ad sales nationally across all the games published by Nazara.

    Prior to Nazara, Mishra was the Regional Sales Manager at TIL (Times Internet Limited) where he was looking after Mobile/Digital Ad Sales and Solutions for West and South India. Rashmi has over 10 years of experience in Mobile/Digital domain with expertise in Sales and Business Development.

    Mishra started his career with Mumbai based Mobile Marketing start up called Cellent Tech where he was heading the domestic business. Rashmi has, in his past work experience, led revenue growth for companies like; Times Internet, Start Corp and Cellent. He comes with deep industry relationships and flair for offering pertinent brand solutions to brands. He has successfully demonstrated abilities in customer relationship management with his expertise in key account management and ensured an increase in revenues through cross selling.

    Nazara Games CEO Manish Agarwal said, “We at Nazara Games welcome Rashmi to the super exciting world of gaming and we are confident that he will soon carve a niche for himself in mobile gaming”.

    Mishra said, “The excitement of brands around mobile gaming, in my numerous meetings with agencies and brand marketers, reinforces my belief that gaming is the new frontier for innovative work to happen in space of brand solutions. I am confident that with the large bouquet of high quality local IP based games in the Nazara portfolio, the Indian market will see many innovative solutions via partnerships between brands and Nazara in the coming months.”

  • Nazara Games ropes in Times Internet’s Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as business head

    Nazara Games ropes in Times Internet’s Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as business head

    MUMBAI: Nazara Games has appointed Rashmi Ranjan Mishra as their new business head – Brand Solutions. He will be heading ad sales nationally across all the games published by Nazara.

    Prior to Nazara, Mishra was the Regional Sales Manager at TIL (Times Internet Limited) where he was looking after Mobile/Digital Ad Sales and Solutions for West and South India. Rashmi has over 10 years of experience in Mobile/Digital domain with expertise in Sales and Business Development.

    Mishra started his career with Mumbai based Mobile Marketing start up called Cellent Tech where he was heading the domestic business. Rashmi has, in his past work experience, led revenue growth for companies like; Times Internet, Start Corp and Cellent. He comes with deep industry relationships and flair for offering pertinent brand solutions to brands. He has successfully demonstrated abilities in customer relationship management with his expertise in key account management and ensured an increase in revenues through cross selling.

    Nazara Games CEO Manish Agarwal said, “We at Nazara Games welcome Rashmi to the super exciting world of gaming and we are confident that he will soon carve a niche for himself in mobile gaming”.

    Mishra said, “The excitement of brands around mobile gaming, in my numerous meetings with agencies and brand marketers, reinforces my belief that gaming is the new frontier for innovative work to happen in space of brand solutions. I am confident that with the large bouquet of high quality local IP based games in the Nazara portfolio, the Indian market will see many innovative solutions via partnerships between brands and Nazara in the coming months.”