“The inclusion of esports as a medal event in Asian Games 2022 is a historic one”: Shiva Nandy, Founder/CEO, Skyesports
Esports finally being recognized as a medal event in the 19th Asian Games is indeed a monumental step ahead for the South Asian video games scene.
Industry leads have talked about just how historic the inclusion has been, while voicing their hopes for a new generation of esports talents to propel the region forward.
Skyesports Founder/CEO, Shiva Nandy, is one such hopeful who feels that Indian gaming athletes will bring home more than bronze this time around. In a conversation with Abhishek Mallick of Sportskeeda Esports, he talks about Skyesports' 2022 roadmap, multiple events with INR 1 crore prize pool each, the Road to Asian Games program, and his thoughts on the Indian government's proclamation of an AVGC task force.
Here is an expcert of the interaction.
Q. Skyesports’ roadmap for 2022 looks stacked. But before we get on with your plans for the year, tell me a bit about 2021 and all the major highs and lows that Skyesports enjoyed throughout the year. What would you say were some of the biggest highlights for the organisation?
Shiva: Last year was an immensely successful one for us as we hit and exceeded all of our targeted goals. We received over 280,000 registrations across different competitions and Skyesports’ events featured a total prize pool of more than Rs. 1.6 crores.
We can attribute this huge level of engagement to the wide portfolio of games that are included in our IPs. We also entered the much-anticipated Free Fire to close off the year.
Many other highlights such as the launch of Sky Route, investment by JetSynthesys, and the Skyesports Championship 3.0 Award Ceremony in Mumbai, where Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar graced his presence.
In addition to increased participation, we can proudly say that we have
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