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| The Phygital games melds physical sports with esports... |
Esports
in a brand-new format? Sounds intriguing.
On
February 5-11 Kazan will host the Phygital Games, an innovative new
international sports event. CS:GO, Warface, MLBB, Dota 2 and Speedrun
are all on the menu.
To
the surprise of both esports fans and players, the organizers have
decided to utilize a phygital format.
What does it mean? As the name
suggests, “phygital” means a combination of both physical and
digital. All the competitions will follow this formula, combining
popular titles such as Dota 2, CS:GO, MLBB and Warface with laser
tag. In the future, this exciting new format will evolve further with
the physical aspect involving other activities, especially for MOBA.
This
LAN tournament serves as a qualifying event for the Games of Future
that will take place in Kazan next March.
Speedrun
comes on track
Dates:
5-8 February 2023
Four
teams, containing three athletes from the speedrun underground
community, will showcase their skills and how they can hack the video
games. Each run consists of three stages, on three different
platforms – retro console, modern PC and retro PC – with the
fastest overall team emerging as the winners. The competitors are set
to compete in classic adventure games such as "Super Mario
Bros.", "Comix Zone" and "Chip'n'Dale",
horror games "Resident Evil 2 Remake", "Little
Nightmares", "Mirror's Edge", along with "Hitman:
Codename 47", "Quake" and "Serious Sam: The First
Encounter".
- February
5 – group stage
- February
6 – semi-finals
- February
7 – finals
- February
8 – laser tag show match
In
MOBA we trust: Dota 2 vs. MLBB winners compete in laser tag
Dates:
6-8
February 2023
Dota
2 teams:
One Move, Alpha, Keyd Stars, Matreshka
MLBB
teams: FREAK
FIVE, Genius Esports, Team Max, Rose Noire
Several
famous MOBA games are also on the agenda for the Games of Future
disciplines. The event organizers elected the laser tag as the
physical discipline for the first edition, but in the future they are
contemplating to create a competition closer to the games’ own
universes and concepts.
The
teams will compete according to the Olympic system adhering to the
rules of esports. Once the e-competitions are over, much like with
Speedrun, the teams will take on one another in a laser tag show
match.
- February
6 – semifinals
- February
7 – finals
- February
8 – laser tag show match
Tactical
Challenge
Dates:
9-10
February 2023
CS:GO
teams: Websterz,
HOTU, WINDINGO, 9 Pandas
Warface
teams: Repulse,
Awinaw, MementoMori, Winstrike
While
Speedrun and MOBA contestants compete in laser tag in the exhibition
format, those teams vying for the Phygital trophies in tactical
challenge will get an even more authentic phygital experience. These
e-players will battle it out in the cyber arena first, playing CS:GO
and Warface, before carrying their scores over to the laser tag field
for the conclusion of the contest. The team winning a round in CS:GO
or Warface gains 1 point, while the victory in laser tag earns a
further 2 points.
- February
9 – semi-finals
- February
10 – finals
The
series of tournaments will be broadcasted on the Games of Future
channels on YouTube, Twitch, Trovo, as well as on VK Play and VK.
Phygital
Games are held ahead of the international tournament Games of Future,
which will take place in Kazan in 2024. The first Phygital Games were
successfully held in Kazan in September 2022 and included four
disciplines - phygital football (FIFA + futsal), phygital basketball
(NBA + streetball), Beat Saber and drone racing. In November and
December there were Phygital Games including racing (Assetto Corsa +
karting), martial arts (Mortal Kombat 11 + MMA) and hockey (NHL 22 +
3*3 hockey). Teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Turkey,
Bulgaria and Iran have already taken part in the tournaments of the
new format.
Follow
our steams on Twitch, YouTube, VK Play (link)Subscribe:
Instagram @gamesofuture
Official
website: en.gamesofuture.com
Press
service: media@gamesofuture.com
Additional
information:
Games
of Future consists of five challenges: sports, tactical, battle,
speedrun and technically assisted challenge. Disciplines of Games of
Future currently include 16 innovative, carefully selected and sorted
by popularity with youth sports. For example, if you take phygital
football – one team playing against other first in FIFA
cyberfootball, and right after - same team - same athletes - come on
the physical pitch, where they play 5X5 footsal. It is important to
note that both traditional sport and cybersport parts are played by
the same athletes - these are the modern type of sportsmen that have
both physical and digital skills.
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