Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2021 eSports Tournament with Rs 1,00,00,000 Prize Pool Announced, Registrations to Start from July 19th

Update: BGIS tournament registration link goes live on the official website on 19th July, 2021.

BGIS Registrations Live: How to Register for BGMI’s First-ever Esports Tournament, Format, Requirements, More

It would be underselling quite massively if one were to suggest that PUBG Mobile, now Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) helped revitalize the esports scene in India – as each year, it continues to blossom and grow with blistering pace. KRAFTON has just announced the first esports tournament hosted by the South Korean studio – Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2021.

This will be the first time KRAFTON will have hosted an esports tournament – which is pretty massive for Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) fans across the country. The launch of the game in India was met with overwhelming response – with over 15 million daily active users, of which 2.4 milllion were concurrent users (peak) just a week after launch.

Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2021 to be the first esports tournament hosted by Krafton

The prize pool for the tournament is a whopping Rs. 1,00,00,000 for this inaugural series, that will span across 3 months. Krafton will be looking to provide the biggest platform for competitive gaming iin the country, and the tournament is shaping up to be just that.

Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2021 will be open to residents of India only. This is an especially exciting time for competitive gaming in India and a massively positive sign for things to come – and this tournament only marks the beginning of a series of new content, collaborations, and esports tournaments by Krafton in the country.

The total prize pool will be Rs 1,00,00,000, broken up as follows:

First Place – Rs 50,00,000

Second Place – Rs. 25,00,000

Third Place – Rs. 10,00,000

Fourth Place – Rs. 3,00,000

Fifth Place – Rs. 2,00,000

Other prizes such as MVP, the Lone Ranger, and the Rampage Freakk will have additional cash prizes of their own.

The registrations for the tournament begins July 19th, and will have 5 stages spanning across three months.

The in-game qualitifiers start on August 2nd and end on August 8th, and players living in India with a Platinum account and above is eligible to register and play the in-game qualifiers.