The PUBG Mobile Campus Championship has finally ended after 12 days of qualifying rounds. At the end, it was team ‘The Terrifying Nightmares’ that won the tournament and took home a cash prize of Rs 15,00,000. The final match was played in KTPO Whitefied, Bengaluru with 20 squads. Further, everyone in the top 15 took home Oppo F9 Pro smartphones. Besides the tournament, Oppo and Tencent also partnered to launch a PUBG Mobile themed store in Church Street, Bengaluru.
Chang Han Kim, CEO, PUBG Corporation stated, “The response to PUBG MOBILE in India has been colossal. The manner in which the game has taken the country by storm is nothing short of overwhelming. The game has transcended the boundaries of being merely a mobile game to becoming India’s game of choice. While the growth of the game itself has been rock solid, the eSports scene in Indian gaming has also been thriving. The PUBG MOBILE Campus Championship stands firm as India’s biggest eSports spectacle, riding on the game’s popularity. The heartwarming response to the tournament validates our focus on India and we look forward to creating localized experiences for PUBG MOBILE fans of India, as the market brims with potential.”
After the final, the organisers also gave away wards based on individual performance during the tournament. The MVP of the PUBG Mobile Campus Championship was awarded to Eleen Raj from ‘Team NSD’ with the maximum number of MVP awards on the final day. Hardeep Singh from team ‘R4W Official’ received ‘The Medic’ award for the most number of revives. Jatin Gupta from from team ‘6ix9ine’ won the Lone Ranger award for the most number of kills in a single game.
To recall, the PUBG Mobile Championship 2018 was unveiled back in September and was open to students from over 1000 colleges across 30 cities. Tencent claims that it received 250,000 registrations over the span of a month.