MMGN writes: Professional gaming on the competitive eSports circuit is going from strength to strength. For Wargaming and its range of war-based multiplayer games, team-based leagues are leading a new approach to innovation and evolution in competitive gaming, with the company anticipating to spend almost USD$10 million on eSports next year.
Wargaming eSports director of North America and Europe, Mohamed Fadl, is a mastermind of the eSports circuit, and he knows a thing or two about its growth south of equator in Asia, too.
MMGN put some questions to Fadl about the eGames phenomenon, its rising culture, and the evolving professionalism on the competitive circuit.
From Babel UA: "With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the aggressor also affected the video game industry. The largest game publishers — Ubisoft, EA Games, Rockstar — have limited sales of their products in Russia and Belarus. And Steam, GOG and Epic Games stores have stopped accepting payments in rubles. But Russian players have already learned to circumvent the bans of publishers and shops — there are many instructions about how to do this on the Internet. The situation with the game developers of the aggressor countries is even more complicated. Many of them are not officially Russian or Belarusian, but have long opened offices in Europe and work from Britain, Hungary, and other countries. Russian developers usually donʼt comment on Russiaʼs aggression against Ukraine, continue to cooperate with Western companies and sell their games to Western players. Babel tells about the games Escape from Tarkov, World of Tanks, and War Thunder, which are popular in Europe and the United States, and about the behavior of their developers, who deliberately do not publicly state their position on the war or order advertising from outspoken supporters of the Putin regime."
This is an interesting update to the game. World of Tanks is more than just pure steel and firepower; it’s about tactics and strategy, and the latest event takes this up a gear! Players can master the Art of Strategy from today until early May.
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