WinZO, the vernacular e-sports platform recently announced it has entered into a partnership with Tencent Games India to host free-to-enter PUBG Mobile tournaments on the platform. The tournaments come with prizes over Rs 1 crore every month, and you can play PUBG Mobile in 10 Indian regional languages!
WinZO co-founder Paavan Nanda has ambitions to make WinZO the Netflix of Gaming in India: "This is one more step towards our endeavor to be all and end all destinations for a holistic entertainment experience. Tencent India’s trust in WinZO is a testament to our unique vision and our distinctive strategy to develop a Netix of Gaming".
"Together, we aspire to bring the best gaming experience to the mobile-first audience of Bharat,” said Paavan Nanda.
What is WinZO and why does it have PUBG Mobile?
WinZO is a gaming platform that has more than 70 games including PUBG Mobile, Carrom, Cricket, etc. It has different modes and formats such as 24x7 Tournaments, real-time multiplayer and versus mode. To enter you would need tickets that range from free to Rs 25 per entry.
WinZO said the platform has widespread penetration even in rural regions in tier-3 and tier-4 cities and towns. 80 percent of the players use the app in their own regional tongues, which are Hindi, Bangla, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Bhojpuri. It crossed the 20-million installations mark in less than a year.
The company said that they "will be now conducting PUBG mobile’s free-to-enter e-sports tournaments with prizes over Rs 1 crore per month”. So far, the business from based in Delhi has more than 2 million user bank accounts linked to the platform, as well as 200 million microtransactions every month.
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