The Indian eSports industry has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years due to surge in the content as well as growing eSports infrastructure. The gaming enthusiasts in India have been taking advantage of the growing landscape and continues to take part in the eSports tournament that help them grow. But Year 2020 was really challenging for the gamers community as pandemic affected all major events. As 2021 has brought things under control though physical events are not reality in months to come. Now in order to further boost gaming as a profession in India and keep the momentum going on, Western Digital has launched ‘WD_Black Cup’ eSports tournament. The brand has also partnered with AMD Ryzen for this grand tournament.
WD_BLACK Cup Open event featuring Valorant is a 14 day gaming marathon. This gaming event has started today and will witness an exceptional competition from passionate gamers taking part from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The prize pool for this event is INR 4 Lakh and will be distributed among the top team. Over 128 teams are participating in this gaming marathon to win the title and dominate the esports world. The winning team of this tournament will be reckoned as the best team in South Asia. Therefore, all the teams are putting huge efforts to counter other teams and take the title home.
Commenting on the role of WD_Black Cup tournament in giving a boost to gamers’ community and India’s gaming culture, Jaganathan Chelliah, Director – Marketing, Western Digital, India said, “WD_BLACK Cup Esports Tournament will further empower gamers to push their boundaries and experience competitive and immersive gaming. Not only that, the WD_BLACK Cup provides an exceptional platform for up and coming gamers to test out their capabilities and gain exposure by interacting with some of the best gamers across the country. The lockdown has been long and hard and most of the gamers had missed some stiff competition. So, WD_BLACK Cup provides the perfect opportunity as it is the ultimate networking zone aimed at further strengthening the gamers’ ecosystem in order to learn from each other and thrive.”
Indeed the eSports culture across India has seen some good time so far but if we look at the gaming in China and South Korea, it’s huge. However, India is also steadily progressing in this arena to get noticed at global eSports map. In 2021, there was no big eSports tournament in India but now the commencement of WD_Black Cup will surely make gamers happy.
Western Digital has been a pioneer in gaming storage solutions and with the launch of its recent WD_BLACK extended SSD portfolio, the brand is all geared up to help Esports gamers enhance their gameplay experience and adapt to the evolving gaming landscape led by the next generation of consoles.
To Watch this tournament, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/theesportsclub
