GAMEGOD powered by MTS in partnership with Nodwin Gaming, is India’s first online, multiplayer, video gaming platform which enables video gamers to play on ranked servers for the first time in the country.Till now, Indian gamers relied on servers in other countries to play against other players from around the world. GAMEGOD now addresses the issue of low latency to ensure high quality internet connectivity, thereby providing a superlative enhanced gaming experience.
GAMEGOD, the biggest ever online gaming championship with a cash price of Rs. 20 lakhs was held in the country at CEBIT Plugged IN from the 14th to 16th of November in Bangalore and saw participation from more than 2000 hardcore gamers from India and abroad.
NXL from Indonesia & Oblique Gaming team from Mumbai were announced winners of this competition, which concluded on 16th November. Teams contested against each other in the two internationally successful games – Counter Strike Global Offensive (CS: GO) and DOTA 2. NXL from Indonesia won the CS:GO championship by defeating the team Neckbreak from Mumbai while Oblique Gaming from Mumbai defeated the team TAG from Bangalore to be declared winners for DOTA 2.
According to Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing & Brand Officer – MTS India, “MTS is always looking at avenues to promote and encourage young talent. GAMEGOD – India’s first online, multiplayer, video gaming platform is our latest initiative in this regard. We are happy with the response we have got for GAMEGOD. The video gaming championship which was organised to celebrate the launch of GAMEGOD saw participation from more than 2000 gamers from across India. It is heartening to see the enthusiasm the gamers have and I would like to congratulate the all participants for taking home cash prizes amounting to Rs. 20 lakhs.”
The price of GAMEGOD starts at Rs. 1299; the kit includes a Single Unified License (SUL) of CS:GO along with the key to play the video game and GAMEGOD Premium membership card with a 30 day validity and Steam Wallet Vouchers . For a fully loaded GAMEGOD kit, customers need to pay Rs. 4499 to get an MBlaze Ultra datacard, Single Unified License (SUL) of CS:GO along with the key to play the video game, GAMEGOD Premium membership card with a validity of six months and Steam Wallet Vouchers for in- game purchases.
