Zapak Corporate Gamer Winners Announced

As most of you already (so did not) know, Zapak’s been hosting a Corporate Gaming Championship since the past couple of weeks and today were the finals held at Hard Rock Café, Mumbai. Unlike most tournaments that concentrate solely on shooters and racers, casual games such as Zuma, Bejeweled 2 and Heavy Weapon were present here as well.

Unfortunately for Zapak the turnout definitely wasn’t what they expected and for some reason, the comperes felt the need to compensate for the lack of crowd (and not to mention enthusiasm) by screaming their lungs out every few seconds giving both Nik and me a severe headache (which is a feat in itself since both of us have a high tolerance for pain). Source

Either way, here’s the list of winners in case anyone’s interested:

• Zuma: Deenu Abhishek, Bangalore
• Bejeweled Deluxe: Deenu Abhishek, Bangalore
• Heavy Weapon: Anshul Maheshwary, Delhi
• FIFA ‘07: Surendra Singh, Bangalore
• NFS – Most Wanted: Jimmy, Mumbai
• Counter Strike: Live2Own, Mumbai

Zapak Launches a Gaming Tournament

Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited, is organizing 'Zapak Gameplex Battlefield' - a National Gaming Tournament, to be held in 11 cities across India at Zapak Gameplex from the 7th of March to 30th March 2008 on weekends. The tournament is sponsored by Logitech, the co-sponsored by Wipro Morpheus and Mahindra Renault LOGAN and the media partner for the tournament is AXN.The tournament will be played in a knock-out game format and has games like Counter Strike 1.6, Flatout 2 and FIFA07. Participation is open for all.Rohit Sharma, COO, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd., said "Gaming thrives on competitions and what better way to nurture competitions than through Championships. This has been the key reason behind creating and hosting 'Zapak Gameplex Battlefield'. However unlike other gaming championships, 'Zapak Gameplex Battlefield' will be National Championship operating from regional grounds rather than focusing only on metros; after which we will escalate this to a national level. Our aim is to give equal opportunity to all gamers across India."Zapak is offering prizes worth above Rs. 11 lakh. Prizes worth Rs. 19,000 are up for grabs every week in cash and game time, with the winning team in Counterstrike bagging Rs. 7,000 and the FIFA 07 winner pocketing Rs. 3,500. The winner in Flat Out takes home Rs. 3,500 too.Source