ESports will make its debut at the Asian Games 2022 with medals being awarded in eight games – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on 8th September 2021.
Esports games in the Asian Games
2 games of Esports were a demonstration event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Now, Esports will make its debut at the Asian Games 2022.
The eight medal games are PUBG Mobile (An Asian game version), FIFA (made by EA SPORTS), Arena of Valor (An Asian game version), Dream Three Kingdoms 2, HearthStone and Street Fighter V, DOTA 2 and League of Legends. Two more games – Robot Masters and VR Sports – will be played as demonstration events (a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of a standard medal competition. In other words, medals won by competitors did not count towards the final medal tally) at the 2022 Asian Games.
The Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) will be responsible for the qualifying competition and management at the Asian Games 2022. In conclusion, they will be the technical delegate for esports games.
Names of all Esports Games which will be part of the Asian Games 2022
Medal events list of Esports Games in Asian Games 2022
PUBG Mobile – Asian Game version
League of Legends
HearthStone
Street Fighter V
Dota 2
Dream Three Kingdoms 2
Arena of Valor – Asian Game version
FIFA branded soccer games – EA Sports
Esports demonstration events at Asian Games 2022
1. AESF Robot Masters – Powered by Migu
2. AESF VR Sports – Powered by Migu
Firstly, Esports was added to the Asian Games sports programme at the OCA General Assembly in Muscat, Oman on December 16, 2020. It was a demonstration sport at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia in 2018, In other words, medals did not count in the official medal rankings.
The Director-General of the OCA, Mr Husain Al-Musallam, said: “We hope that this announcement allows all participating teams ample time to prepare and equip themselves ahead of the qualifying stages. Above all, I believe we have ticked all the right boxes ensuring a high level of competition which promises great viewing for enthusiasts and casuals alike.
“We at the OCA are looking forward to working closely with our friends at the Asian Electronic Sports Federation and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee to ensure the successful execution of the esports event at the 2022 Asian Games.”
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Want to become an Esports Player? Want to represent our country in Esports games at International Level? This list will help you pick a game to become a professional player and play for a country or an organisation. Esports has become the next big thing in the world. But when it comes to India it’s still growing and players often find it difficult to become a Professional. But things are changing as many Esports organisations and Companies are trying to exploit the huge gaming market of India. These are the top games that are featured in Esports of India. Pick a game and try your luck. If you are very good at a game then you may become a Pro player, Just need to find a game and represent yourself in local tournaments to show your skills.
Let’s go ahead and know about Esports games in which you can make your career.
Esports Games in India :-
We will know about the top 5 Esports games in India. In these games, You can make your professional career. Let’s see all games one by one.
1. Battlegrounds Mobile India :
The craze of Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), we all are aware of that. Up to 100 players can play this game at the same time. Players can play solo or with a team of up to four people. And the last people who are alive wins the match. A tournament for Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) will happen in India with a prize pool of ₹1,00,00,000. And It will be Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS). It is believed to be the second biggest Esports tournament that will be held in India. Currently, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is available in India only on android. It will launch on IOS soon. But BGIS will be happening on android phones only.
Battlegrounds Mobile India
2. Free Fire :
Free Fire or Free Fire Battleground, This game got popular in 2019. A maximum of 50 players can play this game at the same time. In 2020, they had cancelled their series due to pandemics. But this year they have announced that the free fire world series is returning and will be held twice a year with play-ins commencing in April 2021. Arena gains popularity after PUBG was banned in India. But Now, Krafton launched Battlegrounds Mobile India, So some players are shifting on BGIM from Free Fire.
Free Fire
3. Call Of Duty Mobile as Esports Games :
It’s also a multiplayer battleground game like BGMI and Free Fire. The most recent version was launched on July 24, 2021, and Its size is now 3.4 Gb, the biggest of all 3 games. This whole series is based on the world war. This game made the Guinness world record also by becoming the best selling first-person shooter game series. Players can compete in ladders or tournaments. They conduct tournaments and these websites provide players with the opportunity to win cash prizes and trophies. And when they win a tournament prize money is deposited into their bank accounts.
COD : Mobile
4. Rainbow six siege as Esports Games :
Rainbow six siege is an online tactical game which is created by Ubisoft. It is a multiplayer game that has had huge popularity since its first release on 21st August 1998 named Rainbow six. The latest version of the game was released on 1 December 2015. The game has over 45 million players according to the survey of 2018. But in 2019 September the count has been reached approx. 50 million. Rainbow six siege is considered the most played online game around the world.
The game is pretty famous in India also. The tactical gameplay makes the game interesting and attracts the gamers toward the game. As another game, There were many unofficial tournaments and many players have participated in those tournaments and earned way more money than we expected. But the official tournament has another craze between the gamers. ESL has also organized an E-sport event for the Rainbow six siege on 22 November 2019 in Hyderabad at Hyderabad international convention centre(HICC) complex, kondapur Telangana.
Rainbow Six Siege
5. Brawl stars as Esports Games :
Brawl Stars is the newest game made by supercell the developers of the famous game clash of clans and clash royale. Globally it became famous in a very short time among mobile gamers. It is a multiplayer shooter game it is an attractive game that is a combination of battle royale, objective-based shooting games, and many others.
In India, Mobile count is much more than the pc gamers which is the reason for the game’s popularity. Indian gamers loved the game which led the gaming companies toward the esports tournament for Brawl stars. There were many tournaments online held in past years after the game was released on 15 June 2017.
Brawl Stars
So, Guys, I hope that You like my blog and know about some Esports games to be professional in the gaming industry. Let’s play hard to make your career in the gaming industry.
In India, Pubg mobile was banned but Esports Industry has a huge potential for the future. But let’s see some ways to look at it.
Pessimistic: No future. Optimistic: There’s potential. Realist: Bleak/extremely niched.
Future of esports industry in India
Currently, as it stands there are 2 major stigmas involved with Video games.
The first one is many people grab your place with cheat and hacks in the esports industry and officials are trying hard to stop it, but only in some games. And the second one is it won’t give you a degree and it’s not like physical sports.
Let’s talk about pubg mobile, in one week (20-27 Aug. 2021), Pubg mobile (BGMI India) banned more than 1.4 million devices and 2.6 million accounts. So, it’s great to see that some Esports are working hard to stop hacks and cheating.
But I’d like to take a positive outlook on it. I believe it’s a matter of time and a matter of the right individuals getting together to form something that is promoted as a niche ground root movement before going into commercial whoring.
Esports today can be a marketing tool to the same audience Snapchat caters to with one crucial difference. The esports audience is not ephemeral and has much higher retention numbers.
Celtz won PMPL SA and suddenly everyone appreciates them because it was an underdog team in this tournament. Then, India and Asia come on the esports map. After it, we have more expectations from our Indian teams that they perform well in PMWL and they did. Team Orange Rocks come 2nd position and we didn’t get a trophy from only 7 points. But this performance of OR gave us new hope that we can be an esports player. and can win a trophy for our country.
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For the future of esports industry in India, we need to require these things:
A mass following:
It comes from acceptance already in place. We require a central place for people to hang out and discuss. Connecting gamers of India together is done across different games but there’s no central medium that caters to them alone. Most of them are just ad-based biased outlets of video games.
A mass sponsorship or infusion of funds: We are going to fast to grab these opportunities for sponsorships. Many communities have foreign sponsorships like Tsm, 8bit, Godlike, celtz, Fnatic, etc.
This requires support by companies that actually believe in the idea that the youth of today have purchasing power and need the right message and medium to be catered to. So think Redbull, think Razer/Steelseries gear, and don’t think about biscuits.
The right governance:
One that doesn’t have criminals like the IGC guys lowballing dealing and cheating Indian audiences. This has to be by gamers, for gamers, and gamers. We can’t have someone who sat in an FMCG for 20 years ever try to understand the mindset of a gamer. And gamers are great guys who might not do well in school and might not be ramp walk models but have the dedication to build their IQ.
and also the Indian govt. notice that they will search for it and talk with gamers and then make a govt. gaming association and which works for the esports Industry.
The right vision:
What does esports stand for? Competition at the highest level where caste, creed, financial status, religion, body type, and physical attributes (height/weight/skin colour) don’t matter. Do you have what it takes mentally and mechanically to compete using your mind? That’s what eSports is about.
It is the purest form of competition. Very akin to Chess btw but Chess is far less mechanically demanding.
So, If you wanna be an esports player, you need to grind yourself and have a good team with good synergies.
Be Pro In Every Situation So you can be felt proud.
Esports are on the rise worldwide and the rise has been exponential over the past few years. Let me start with an example of one particular game that I have been playing so many times now, Pubg Mobile (PlayerUnknown Battlefield). I started playing Pubg Mobile back in 2018 end, right from the last year of college. I have followed many international tournaments and watched all the big teams play.
To name a few, big tournaments like Pubg Mobile Club Open, Pubg Mobile World League, Pubg Mobile PL, and many tournaments of pubg mobile and the prize money used to be around $850K and $1 million/country in a single tournament.
Esport Set-Up
In 2020, Pubg Mobile Officials announced the launch of a new version(New Era) for Pubg Mobile named “PubgMobile 1.0 new era” and it will be the turning point in history. And now it will be decided that all the tournaments will now have Pubg Mobile New Era. In 2020, the number of tournaments and Prize money was on the rise.
Back then participation is good but still, it has some drawbacks like some teams used hacks at the starting level and pubg failed to stop them yet. They wasted many slots of good teams. There were only a few teams from Europe and South Asia. But now the participation has increased drastically with huge participation from North America and South America with European and American teams still occupying the Top 20 positions.
Now let’s have a look at the prize money of the few tournaments held so far in 2020:
PMWL 2020 SEASON ZERO EAST – $850k million PMWL 2020 SEASON ZERO WEST – $850k million PMCO 2020 – $1 million/country PMPL SOUTH ASIA – $ 200k and the list goes on…….
and the tournament arenas now look like this:
PUBG Mobile League Arena
this
Pubg Mobile Arena
and this
Esports Arena
There are several organizations coming up that function just like sporting clubs in any other sports (such as football clubs in football). They have contracts with players, they sign and release players and sometimes they sign and relieve the whole team (it’s a team of 5-6 that plays), they have now coached to form strategies and a group of analysts working behind them to prepare the players for big matches. and mentally motivate them.
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The salaries of these teams are now offering is more than what big firms and MNCs can offer. Last year 5 players of TSM (Team Solo Mid) decided to leave TSM and form their organization. TSM quickly sent out the notice that they needed a new team and the salary offered would be $10,000 per month plus tournament win bonuses. And This happened in the counter strike, but there are other games as well such as DOTA, Pubg, clash of clans, FIFA, LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, counter strike, etc where the prize money is even more massive.
Now let’s have a look at the prize money of the few tournaments held so far :
Counter-Strike- $10.22 Million
Fortnite – approx $7 Million
DOTA2- $ 5.22 Million
Rainbow 6- Approx $4 Millionand so on…….
And now let’s compare the prize pool of esports with traditional sports:
After the ban on Chinese esports games (Pubg Mobile in 2021, Free Fire & BGMI in 2022) the growth of the esports industry in India is increasing slowly. But hopefully, soon we can see a new BGMI game for the Indian market only without any interface from a Chinese company.
The esports industry has grown faster than anyone could have predicted, the future is bright and so my friends –
THE GAME HAS JUST BEGUN.
Be Pro In This Industry and Grab Big Opportunities.
