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BGMI Launch Party Gets Record Breaking 25 Million Views

The much-awaited esports title launch of Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) in the Indian market surprised many with its success. The total number of views for the launch party passed the 25 million mark across all platforms. The event had 18 of the country’s prominent gamers, content creators, and known personalities in the world of esports. Each of them attended with their exclusive squad and were a part of this virtual launch party held between 8th and 9th July, 2021.

There were about 97.19 Lakh and 79.14 Lakh total views on the first and second day, respectively, from BGMI’s official YouTube channel which were in Hindi and English languages. The engagement throughout the launch party proved the potential of the game and that it lived up to the hype it created in the whole esports and gaming community.

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Some of India’s prominent content creators featured in the BGMI launch party tournament, led by 18 squad captains which were, Dynamo, Kronten, Mortal, Ghatak, Shreeman Legend, Maxtern, Gaming Guru, Classified YT, Antaryami, Alpha Clasher, K18, Snax, Sangwan, Godnixon, Ronak, Jonathan, Bandookbaaz and Clash Universe. This ultimate stand-off showcased the in-game skills of the country’s finest gamers. Hindi casters Animesh ‘Thug’ Agarwal and Ocean Sharma with their host Varun Thakur, and English casters Icybaby12, Experiment, FYXS with their host Super Jonny, were enthralled to see their favourite streamers back in the action after a gap of several months. The launch party tournament was live-streamed on the BGMI’s Facebook and YouTube channels in Hindi as well as English.

The tournament, which boasted a whopping prize pool of ₹6,00,000, saw Team Snax emerging as the winning team and securing a prize money of ₹3,30,000. While Team Kronten and Team Ronak took home ₹1,50,000 and ₹1,00,000 with their second and third-place finish respectively.

Abhishek Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO at Trinity Gaming, who manages most of these talents, said, “This launch was a huge step in the space of esports as it gave the players a new arcade to explore and compete. We are very proud to be associated with Krafton as their official talent partner and initiated the first-ever Battlegrounds Mobile India launch party in the country and the event received more than 25 million views combining official YouTube, Facebook platforms of BGMI and the streaming channel of the content creators who were invited to this launch party. We have witnessed some of the best content creators and gamers battling it out and displaying their skill set with their exclusive squads.”

“The event was quite good as it ignites the sparks of competition in a good way, to begin with, honestly this is one of the best starts to a game that wraps up around the emotions and understandings of influencers and the audience,” said Ocean Sharma after the conclusion of the launch party.

With the fierce level of competition in this tournament along with sheer amount of fans supporting the launch party, it’s safe to say that the game indeed has a very bright future in India and has the potential to become the country’s favourite game.

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“It was a crazy run for our team in the first-ever BGMI launch party. We are very thrilled to come out as the winner of the inaugural tournament where we outclassed a lot of top teams from across India. It will be a memorable tournament for us as we succeeded in getting four chicken dinners in the game. 

All thanks to Krafton and the whole production team which concluded this first-ever launch party successfully. We are looking forward to the upcoming tournaments of BGMI and our squad is fully prepared for it. Last but not the least, many thanks to viewers for giving us an overwhelming response throughout this launch party” said Snax after winning the first prize with his squad.

“The BGMI launch party was a grand success with the esports community joining the wave of the virtual gaming industry. The main attraction of the launch event was the BGMI tournament and the excitement was over the top I must say. We surely didn’t want to lose this opportunity and my squad took up the challenge, securing the second rank with impressive prize money to celebrate. We are eagerly waiting for the esports roadmap of BGMI where teams across all India can showcase their talent, skills and strategies. A brand new era of gaming has just begun,” said Kronten after coming second in the tournament.

Battlegrounds Mobile India has been receiving an overwhelming response; the game has surpassed 34 million registered users. The game also recorded 16 million daily active users and 2.4 million peak concurrent users and this is just the beginning of the rise of this much-awaited game.

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