First edition of Airtel India Esports Tour to conclude with award ceremony

Esports company Nodwin Gaming has announced the Airtel India Esports Tour Awards that will be broadcast live on Airtel Xstream and Nodwin Gaming Facebook and YouTube channels from 7 pm onwards today. The virtual awards ceremony will conclude the first edition of the Airtel India Esports Tour.

The ceremony will felicitate the top esports athletes who’ve won championships in multiple titles such as Clash of Clans, CS:GO, FIFA21, Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros, Call of Duty Mobile and Free Fire(Northeast region only) in tournaments under the Airtel India Esports Tour banner held throughout the year.

Nodwin Gaming has organised four tournaments under Airtel India Esports Tour in 2020 — ESL India Premiership: India’s longest-running esports tournament, KO Fight Night: India’s biggest fighting games tournament, CODM India Challenge and Northeast Esports Summit: the biggest esports tournament exclusively for Northeast India.

“The award show is a deserving closure to the first edition of the Airtel India Esports Tour. Airtel and Nodwin Gaming’s combined effort to fabricate a national leaderboard of gamers paid off well. The awards will standardize the performance of every athlete and on the other hand the leaderboard will set a benchmark in the Indian competitive ecosystem. We’re putting up a spectacle never seen before in the country,” said Akshat Rathee, Co-Founder and MD, Nodwin Gaming.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be a part of this exciting esports tour that brought together the best gamers from India and are confident that it will further accelerate the development of esports ecosystem in India. As an enabler of digital experiences, we look forward to deepening our presence in this space,” said Adarsh Nair, Chief Product Officer, Bharti Airtel.

The winners of all the leaderboard rating awards as per the Airtel India Esports Tour leaderboard will be felicitated across 9 categories. The one of its kind award show is aimed at bringing the gaming masterminds to the limelight on a national platform.