“Unlike other parts of the world, gaming in India does not enjoy recognition as serious sport. Vixture will provide give a platform for budding Indian talent to showcase their skills. The largest ever prize money offered by Vixture indicates the commitment of Zero Friction to gaming in India,” said Charu Sabale, director, India subsidiary, Zero Friction.
Vixture will feature five of EA’s top games –- Crysis, Need For Speed ProStreet, EA SPORTSTM Cricket 07, EA SPORTSTM FIFA 08 and EA SPORTSTM Fight Night Round 3. While Crysis will involve all five players from the teams, other games will be single person shootouts. Gamers in India will now get the opportunity to play Crysis -- a science fiction shoot game created worldwide, in a professional multi-gaming competition.
Teams of five gamers each will play five games in a winner-takes-all competition that will have preliminaries in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune between 15 May and 30 May 2008. In addition to the single prize of Rs 20 lakhs to the top team and Rs 10 lakhs to the runners-up team, top gamers in each of the five games on offer will win Rs 4 lakhs each.
“This is a very unique opportunity to play five of EA’s top games in one of the largest gaming competition we’ve seen till now. Gaming in India is growing in leaps and bounds, and we expect a great response from gamers from across the country and across genres,” said Ajay Khanna, general manager, EA Games India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Electronic Arts Inc.
Vixture 2008 is also supported by EA Sports and MTV. |
