eSport
After a first edition, the 24 Hours Esports Marathon 2021 is back, a tournament created in collaboration with 'Esport Palace', 'AK Esports' and 'Lega Esport' to promote competitive gaming with a renewed format that, starting at 20:00 on Saturday 11 September, 8 teams will compete in the gaming room of the Esport Palace in Bergamo on the most played titles of the moment: Fortnite, League of Legends, Call of Duty Warzone and Assetto Corsa.Unlike the first edition , to access the roster of players who will take part in the 24 Hours Esports Marathon 2021, players must register on the official website, register with The Gaming Boss Asd and later they will have to gain access to the event by participating in the qualifiers to be held in two different locations: at the Esport Palace in Bergamo and for the first time ever and at laFeltrinelli in Piazza Piemonte in Milan where, in collaboration with Lucca Crea and Ak Informatica, an entire room dedicated to Gaming and eSports was created.
The event aims to promote eSports, disciplines that are growing exponentially in Italy, without forgetting the spirit of team; in fact, the qualified players will be drawn to form the 8 teams that will participate in the event, selecting only one player per video game and for each team. The 8 teams, once formed, will start their long marathon and, at the end of the 24 hours of play, the team with the most points will be elected winner of the second edition of the 24 Hours Esports Marathon.
Dates , the times and locations of the qualifiers are as follows:
Fortnite: 10 July laFeltrinelli - 11 July at the Esport Palace from 14:00 to 20:00 Assetto Corsa: 11 July - 18 July - 25 July at the Esport Palace from 14:00 to 20:00 20:00 League of Legends: 17 July laFeltrinelli - 18 July at the Esport Palace from 14:00 to 20:00 Call of Duty Warzone: 24 July laFeltrinelli - 25 July at the Esport Palace from 14:00 to 20:00 : 00 During the 24 Hours Esports Marathon there will be special guests from the videogame universe, including Pro gamers, streamers and cosplayers, but also prominent personalities from the world of TV and entertainment. All the guest stars of the event will be announced through the social channels of Esport Palace and its partners.
PUBG Mobile Is the Most Popular Mobile Esports Game: Report
PUBG Mobile is the world's most popular mobile esport in terms of hours watched in 2020. According to a recent report from Esports Charts, the Tencent-developed battle royale shooter had 134.5 million hours watched. PUBG Mobile is followed by Garena's Free Fire with 132.2 million watched hours. Bringing up the rear are MOBAs Arena of Valor and Mobile Legends Bang Bang with Clash Royale rounding off the list.
This is interesting to see when you consider that PUBG Mobile was banned in one of its biggest markets, India in September 2020.
Earlier, Esports Charts claimed that while PUBG Mobile is watched the most by Indonesian viewers, India's ban on the game definitely affected it. Despite the ban, India's viewership still contributed 29.2 percent of the hours watched for PUBG Mobile in 2020. This made Hindi viewership for PUBG Mobile the second-largest last year.
Previously IGN India had reported that when PUBG Mobile was available in the country, revenue peaked at about $3 million per month largely on the back of its royale pass and vanity items. According to a recent episode of noted esports podcast FTWImad, Free Fire India revenue is about $1 million a month as per industry estimates.
With PUBG Mobile returning as Battlegrounds Mobile India and surpassing 40 million pre-registrations amidst a slew of planned tournaments, it will be interesting to see if the Krafton-owned IPs are able to maintain their dominance in 2021 as well.
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