Professional eSports Organization 'Team Vitality' Confirms Their Very First Indian Team

As announced in a post on Team Vitality’s Instagram account, the France-based professional esports team is going to set up its very first Indian team. This somehow reflects the new movement from the compromise about the expansion to India between the team’s Chief Marketing Officer, Florent Gutierrez, and the famous YouTuber of the country, Rawknee, in December 2019. 

The team members haven’t been disclosed yet, but they will be announced soon, according to several reliable sources. Vitality is absolutely not the first international organization to expand its impact on India. Some precedent organizations such as Fnatic, TSM, Noblegg, and Nova Esports have stepped their feet on the country right after the rapid growth of PUBG Mobile. 

The popularity can be easily seen in the viewership on PUBG Mobile World League East’s Hindi stream which reached more than 400,000 viewers. 

However, the game was banned a few weeks ago by the Indian government, based on Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. Predicted by professional players and influencers whose names are respectively Kronten and Scout, the relaunch of the game will be announced in the time frame of December/ January under the expectation of many gamers. 

Founded by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer in August 2013, Team Vitality is the leading esports club in France with enthusiastic participation in CS GO, F1, FIFA, Fortnite Battle Royale, Hearthstone, League of Legends, PUBG, Rainbow Six Seige, Rocket League, and Street Fighter 5. 

Additionally, an article on Business Standard reported that the team received a total investment of approximately 34 million euros from Rewired.GG - an esports venture fund - in 2019. 

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