CS:GO Re-Ignite tournament by FanClash set to feature top teams
The revival of CS:GO in India is currently underway starting with Skyesports hosting the Championship 4.0 last year. This New Year, FanClash is set to host the first-ever CS:GO tournament of 2023 in India. The Counter-Strike Global Offensive remained one of the popular games. The game lost its legacy as players started to shift as they tried different games. But now it’s official as the game is set to get a revival. FanClash announced this via their Twitter account.
The CS:GO tournament is to commence on the 9th of January with a total of 5 popular Indian teams. The list includes Velocity Gaming, Revenant Esports, Orangutan, Reckoning Esports, and Hyderabad Hydras. Get the full team reveals here. The tournament will go on till 15th January and holds a prize pool of ₹1,00,000.
Velocity Gaming roster announced
Velocity Gaming, one of the popular Indian Esports organisations is set to take part in this CS:GO Re-Ignite tournament. Recently, through an Instagram post, the team announced its roster ahead of the tournament. The roster includes Lordbathura aka Asish Madineni, ayushikaintura aka Ayushi Kaintura, rakazonegaming aka Rishab Karanwal, vlt.sentinel aka Manoj Kashyap, officialeupho aka Adarsh Singh and vlt.phan7omjay aka J. These players will represent Velocity Gaming in the upcoming tournament.
Know about the tournament
The tournament will take place from 9th January. All 5 teams will compete against each other in a round-robin format. The prize pool will split into the top 2 performers. The lion’s share of ₹65,000 will be handed over to the winner while the runner-up will get ₹35,000. Fan Clash’s official YouTube channel will live stream the tournament.
Purpose of the tournament?
FanClash as you all know is the largest esports fantasy platform in Asia, they are now aiming to bring back the popularity of forgotten PC games like CS:GO and Dota 2. The current esports scenario in India revolves around mobile gaming and the inclusion of VALORANT has somehow diminished the popularity of the other PC games.
Like the previous partnership with Skyesports Championship 4.0, FanClash’s main objective was to make these esports titles mainly CS:GO and Dota 2 make a stronghold again in the Indian esports scenario.
View of FanClash’s CEO
According to Richa Singh, Co-Founder and CEO of FanClash, CS;GO is renowned and has a strong base in the esports scenario. Teams across the nation are joining and signing several rosters for various PC Esports titles, this will increase CS:GO’s prominence in the gaming community. Hence, CS:GO will be a major esports title in 2023.
