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LOCO and Glance Live acquire the streaming rights to NODWIN Gaming’s BGMI Master Series tournament
NODWIN Gaming’s upcoming mega BGMI Master Series Tournament is set to go live from June 24, 2022. NODWIN Gaming, among the world’s leading esports companies, has onboarded India’s leading game streaming and esports platform, Loco and the android lock-screen platform Glance as its digital streaming partner for the mega event that is set to change the way esports is perceived in India.
A pioneer in the live game streaming and esports sector in India, Loco is paving the way for gaming to go from a niche hobby to mainstream national interest. The platform has organized over 32 BGMI tournaments since its launch, witnessing a steady rise in its live viewership numbers.
Commenting on the association, Ashwin Suresh, Founder, Loco said, “We are very excited to partner with NODWIN Gaming once again after our landmark NODWIN Loco All Stars Invitational in April which saw the highest concurrent viewership for any esports tournament on an Indian game streaming platform. NODWIN is looking to take things to the next level with the BGMI Master Series and there’s no better home for it than India’s largest game streaming platform, Loco. Being the Indian gaming community’s town square, we expect a majority of viewership for this tournament to occur on Loco and we look forward to delighting our users with yet another high quality event experience.”
“We are very excited about this never-before-attempted televised esports event. We’re making sure the tournament can be accessed across platforms be it television or the digital medium. You can watch it on Star Sports 2, and we’ve also tied up with Loco and Glance Live for further digital access. Through these partnerships, we want to amplify the biggest event in the esports calendar this year! Both these brands will give access to advertisers associated with the tournament an extended consumer base while letting us promote a 360-degree outreach to both the digital and linear television audience,” said Akshat Rathee, Co-Founder and Managing Director, NODWIN Gaming
The biggest esports event of the year – BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA Masters Series will be held from June 24 to July 17, 2022, at the NODWIN studios in Delhi. The tournament will award a mega price pool of ₹1.5 Cr. The winning team will be awarded ₹2,500,000 and ₹100,000 for the tournament Most Valuable Player.
The tournament will see the participation of the top 24 teams which will play in three groups of eight members each. These three groups will battle each other over a period of 3 weeks, and the top team on the leaderboard at the end of the 4th or final week will win the tournament. The finale of the tournament will be held from July 13-17, 2022.
BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA Masters Series tournament India Participating teams-
| Team SoloMid | Team 8Bit |
Orangutan |
| Hyderabad Hydras | OR Esports | SOUL |
| Revenant esports | 7Sea Esports | Chemin Esports |
| Skylightz Gaming | Team Enigma Forever | Nigma Galaxy |
| Team Insane Esports | Global esports | R esports |
| Enigma Gaming | GodLike Esports | Marcos Gaming |
| Rivalry Esports | Blind Esports | Hydra official |
| Team XO | Team Xspark | FS Esports |
Catch all the action from the BGMI Masters Series 2022 on Star Sports 2, Loco and Glance Live from June 24th, 2022, between 8.00 pm to 11.30 pm. The broadcast will be in Hindi, Tamil & English.
Official TV promo to go live on NODWIN Gaming socials & YouTube at 8:30 PM on June 20, 2022.
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Zenni Optical, the world’s leading online eyewear retailer, announced a partnership with ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), the leading esports and video game entertainment company. Designed to integrate eye health education with innovative eyewear solutions for the esports community, the partnership will officially launch at DreamHack festival in Dallas, taking place from May 31 to June 2.
This collaboration will showcase a co-branded collection of lifestyle and competitive eyewear and accessories, highlighting Zenni Optical’s commitment to promoting overall eye health, particularly in addressing issues like eye fatigue and strain. Additionally, the initiative will incorporate essential eye health education across various DreamHack Festivals, in alignment with EFG’s broader mission to foster inclusive gaming worlds and engaged, supported communities.
“DreamHack and ESL represent some of the most community-centric and prestigious competitive events in the world. In their own unique ways, they embody esports for everyone. By partnering with these incredible brands across the gaming and esports spaces, we aim to create engaging experiences that combine eye-health education with innovative eyewear solutions for players and fans at all levels,” said Robb Chiarini, Head of Gaming, Sports, & Events at Zenni Optical.
“We are thrilled to partner with Zenni Optical as the Official Eyewear Partner of DreamHack and ESL. The genuine passion that Zenni has for the esports industry is a refreshing sight to see, and a major driving factor for the decision behind our partnership. Zenni’s ongoing commitment to provide eyewear for everyone mirrors our own drive to create worlds beyond gameplay for gamers everywhere,” Craig Levine, Co-CEO at EFG, said.
Bucks Gaming’s Cream City Convergence Esports Tournament has been selected as a Capcom Pro Tour event, becoming one of just three tournaments in North America chosen to be a qualifier for the prestigious Capcom Cup.
The Capcom Cup is an annual Street Fighter 6 competition, hosted by video game developer and esports organizer Capcom, with a $1 million first place prize. Each year, Capcom selects a small number of tournaments worldwide to serve as Capcom Pro Tour events, with the winning players from each event qualifying for the Capcom Cup. As one of the tournaments selected by Capcom for the honor this year, Cream City Convergence will become the first esports event run by an NBA team to work with a major esports organizer.
Top-ranked Street Fighter 6 players will compete at Cream City Convergence when it returns for its second year on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Baird Center. In addition to Street Fighter 6, this year’s tournament will also have brackets for Tekken 8; Super Smash Bros Ultimate; Super Smash Bros Melee; and Guilty Gear: Strive.
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has announced Kambi and Abios, its esports data subsidiary, as new ESIC Anti-Corruption Supporters. This partnership signals the alignment of Kambi’s longstanding commitment to corporate probity and sports integrity with ESIC’s ongoing battle against match-fixing and corruption in esports.
Kambi and Abios join a distinguished class of other Anti-Corruption Supporter stakeholders who have historically worked with ESIC to ensure that attacks against the competitive integrity of esports competition are appropriately reported and dealt with. Anti-Corruption Supporters assist ESIC in investigating suspicious betting activity, supporting ESIC’s broader mission to combat cheating and betting fraud in the esports industry. Kambi and Abios’ entrance into the Anti-Corruption Supporter class will see the entities actively work with ESIC to assist in ESIC’s mission to disrupt, prevent, investigate and prosecute all attempts to compromise competitive integrity in esport competition.
Abios’ Managing Director and Founder, Anton Janér, commented: “Our mission at Abios has always been to enable the sustainable growth of esports. As such, we’re incredibly excited to join ESIC in their mission to future-proof esports through combatting match-fixing and other integrity-related malpractices. Fair play is a crucial component in ensuring the viability of esports as a long-term community and investment and we hope to be able to support the industry together with ESIC going forward.”
Stephen Hanna, ESIC’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are pleased to welcome Kambi and Abios as Anti-Corruption Supporters. Kambi and Abios are well trusted and recognised operators in their respective industries, and their entrance into the Anti-Corruption Supporter class of ESIC membership emphasises their shared commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and fair play within the esports industry.”
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