With an incredible two days of the S8UL Gaming Festival at Manpho Convention Centre in Bangalore, a new wave of excitement has entered the Indian Gaming Community. It was India's biggest Gaming and Esports event, where all the prominent gaming creators and personalities were present.  The festival hosted a series of events like Valorant and FIFA show matches, community tournaments, meet-and-greet, and many more community events. 

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S8UL Gaming Festival: Reliving India's Biggest Gaming and Esports Event

The first day of the S8UL Gaming Festival kicked off on a high note, where all the creators and thousands of their fans were at the venue. All the creators gathered on the stage to open the event with a cake-cutting session. Afterwards, the creators interacted with their fans throughout the day. 

Valorant Show matches Between the S8UL Creators 

The festival's first event was two Valorant show matches, where the first matchup was between Snax's Team Eagle and Payal's Team Delta. Creators from both teams entertained the audience with their showmanship. The fans couldn't hold their roar when Ketan made a surprising entry at the caster desk, returning the nostalgic PUBG Mobile memories. 

Team Eagle won the first map in a dominating style with a 13-1 scoreline, followed by the matchup between Sc0ut's Team Bravo and Mamba's Team Charlie. At the end of 15 rounds, Team Bravo won the game with a score of 13-2. 

On Day Two, Mortal's Team Alpha went against Snax's Team Eagle in a best-of-one matchup. After the three matches, Team Alpha and Team Bravo went on to play the final best-of-three Valorant showdown match. Team Bravo gave no chance to their opponents and was crowned champions after a 2-0 victory. 

The event's highlight was the Valorant faceoff between the beloved JOD Gang and Team S8UL. JOD Gang comprised VLT Sentinel, Binks, Goldy, fa2, and TbOne Gaming. The teams played two matches on the first day, where JOD Gang won the first map of Bind, while Team S8UL won the second map of Pearl. As the scores were tied, JOD Gang and Team S8UL were meant to meet again on the second day. 

On the second day, JOD Gang showed no mercy and went on the win the third map of Split with a 13-10, crowning them as the winners of the Valorant show match. 

Intense FIFA 1v1 between Sc0ut and Mortal, Meet-and-Greet, and Community Events

After some intense Valorant matches, Mortal and Sc0ut took over the stage for a one-on-one FIFA match. Sc0ut went on the virtual field with Paris Saint Germain (PSG), while Mortal played alongside Manchester City. The fans were going wild with every goal the players were scoring, and in the end, Mortal won the match with a 5-3 scoreline in his favour. 

While all the matches were going on, fans clicked pictures and signed autographs with their favourite creators at the meet-and-greet session. Back at home, boys from Team Soul were playing their round one matches of BGIS, and after three games, they made it to the second round. Thug himself came to give this news, followed by an exclusive Team Soul roster reveal at the festival. 

S8UL Gaming Festival hosted community events for Valorant, FIFA and Mortal Kombat 11. Additionally, fans could hang around to try on the latest Lenovo Legion laptops and play some Virtual Reality and F1 sims. A cosplay competition was also present, where the winner from each day received the latest Lenovo Legion laptops. Thug also made a surprise entry with his Pharoah cosplay from BGMI. 

On the second day, a special S8UL merch reveal was hosted, where all the creators showcased the merchandise inventory S8UL has built. 

Sc0ut's Birthday Celebration and Esports and YouTube Panel and a special reveal at S8UL Gaming Festival

On 30 July 2023, Sc0ut celebrated his birthday alongside the S8UL family and all his fans. He cut the cake with the team and thanked the fans and his fellow creators. 

The festival hosted several discussion panels, like the YouTube panel. In these sessions, creators like Mortal, Sc0ut, Thug, Payal and the founder of Trinity Gaming, Abhishek Aggarwal, sat together to enlighten their fans with their insights. 

At the S8UL Gaming Festival, the upcoming Lenovo LOQ Gaming Laptops were exclusively revealed during the Lenovo panel with Mortal and Sid. 

S8UL Gaming Festival is coming to Mumbai in 2024

After the massive success of the S8UL Gaming Festival 2023 in Bangalore, The Esports Club and S8UL announced that Mumbai will host the 2024 S8UL Gaming Festival.

Krafton has announced its second official event of the year. Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series (BMPS 2024), will begin on August 20, 2024. The finals of the coveted event will take place in Kochi, Kerala from September 26-29 and will have a prize pool of Rs 2,00,00,000. The more than a month-long event will see top BGMI teams compete against each other and battle it out for the prize pool and the title. 

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BMPS 2024 To Start On August 20

In a trailer released on multiple social media platforms, Krafton announced the BGMI pro tournament and released a few details about the same. The iQOO-sponsored tournament will begin on August 20, 2024. Here is what the announcement read: 

The stage is set, and the stakes are high! Dive into the iQOO BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA PRO SERIES 2024!!! Gear up for the tournament starting AUGUST 20th, where the PROs battle it out. Ready to see who rises to the top?

Fans will get to see a lot of reputed teams at the tournament, which includes BGIS 2024 champions, Team Xspark, BGMS Season 3 winners, iQOO Soul, Vasista and MOGO Esports. A lot of other teams have been invited for the event and a lot of new teams, which are also likely to include girls' lineups will be added to the teams who play in the event. 

Before the tournament kicks off, a lot of new announcements are expected from the teams that have been invited. In the run up to the tournament, Team Z has announced the addition of Vexe and Carnival Gaming, who came fourth in BGMS Season 3, bid farewell to SPower. 

More details about the tournament are yet to be announced. These include the BMPS 2024 format, schedule and the teams. However, considering what a great hit the last iteration of the tournament was, fans can expect the same kind of action this year also. 

Nodwin Gaming's BGMS Season 3 has come to an end and Team iQOO Soul has been crowned as the winner of the tournament. The team that consists of Nakul, Manya, Rony, Joker and Saumay won the competition with a total of 123 points. Entity Gaming and Team Tamilas were placed second and third respectively. 

The team won a total of Rs 55 lakh as the prize money and lifted the coveted trophy. The team's manager, Ayogi and coach, Mayavi were also at the backend cheering on for the team. 

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iQOO Soul Wins BGMS Season 3

Team iQOO Soul started the day out with a lot of confidence as they were placed in the top five. With that momentum set, the team took on one match at a time. When the team dropped into Sanhok, they eliminated Global Esports in a quick drop fight, but unfortunately, the match got re-hosted due to technical difficulties. 

The match restarted and the team wasn't able to replicate the drop clash performance but finished in a decent place in the match. This match was the changing point in the game and the final match, which was played in Erangel was the one where they proved themselves and survived long enough with enough finishes to be crowned as the champions. 

The last match of the day was won by BGIS champions, Team XSpark, who eventually finished ninth on the overall points table and had an average run compared to their BGIS 2024 performance. 

Three other awards were given out during the awards ceremony. The MVP of the event was Orangutan's AKop. He also won the TVS Wicked Raider award. The third prize of the night was given to Global Esports' Beast. He was given the fan-favourite award. 

BGMS Season 3 Survival Week Day 2 came to an astonishing end as Vasista Esports continued their impeccable run. The team is still at the top of the points table with 65 points. Second on the points table is Raven Esports with 47 points. The next on the points table is Global Esports with 40 points. 
 

The 20 teams played two matches on Sanhok and Erangel. In the Survival Week, these 20 teams will play all the matches in a pre-determined schedule and after that, the teams will move to Domination Week. 

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BGMS Season 3 Survival Week Day 2 Results and Points Table

The first match of the day was played on Sanhok. WSB Gaming won the match and got a total of 26-point Chicken Dinner. In the same match, Global Esports gained a total of 10 points. Here is the points table for the day: 

1. Vasista Esports - 65 points
2. Raven Esports - 47 points
3. Global Esports - 40 points
4. CarpeDiem - 36 points
5. Team Tamilas - 35 points
6. Reckoning Esports - 33 points
7. Team Soul - 31 points
8. Entity Gaming - 27 points
9. WSB Gaming - 27 points
10. Carnival Gaming - 20 points
11. Orangutan Gaming - 20 points
12. Team 8Bit - 20 points
13. Team GodLike - 19 points
14. Team Forever - 18 points
15. Team Z - 18 points
16. Gods Reign - 17 points
17. OneBlade - 12 points
18. Revenant Esports - 10 points
19. MOGO Esports - 9 points
20. Team XSpark - 5 points

The second match of the day was played on Erangel and was won by Raven Esports who got 16 points from the game. In the same match, Orangutan, Team Tamilas, and 8Bit scored 15, 14, and 14 points, respectively. 

BGMS Season 3 Survival Week Day 1 came to an end with Vasista Esports topping the points table with 53 points. The team managed to achieve this remarkable feat in just two matches. The team capitalised on the changed format of the game and got two bounties in one game. 

Team Soul also took a bounty and got a total of 31 points from the two matches and Carpe Diem got 28 points after two matches. 

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BGMS Season 3 Survival Week Day 1 Results and Points Table

The first match of the day was won by Vasista Espirts and they got 43 points from the first match itself. They eliminated two of the bounty teams and got 13 finishes. Carpediem, Soul, and Forever managed to get 14, 13, and 10 points each. Here is the overall points table from Day 1:

1. Vasista Esports - 53 points
2. Team Soul - 31 points
3. CarpeDiem - 28 points
4. Reckoning Esports - 27 points
5. Global Esports - 22 points
6. Raven Esports - 20 points
7. Team GodLike - 19 points
8. Team Tamilas - 19 points
9. Entity Gaming - 17 points
10. Carnival Gaming - 17 points
11. Team Forever - 14 points
12. Team 8Bit - 6 points
13. OneBlade - 5 points
14. Team Z - 4 points
15. MOGO Esports - 4 points
16. Team XSpark - 2 points
17. Revenant Esports - 2 points
18. WSB Gaming - 1 point
19. Team Orangutan - 0 points
20. Gods Reign - 0 points

Entity Gaming won the second match and got 17 points from it. However, it was Global Esports that got the highest points from the day: 22. Team Soul and Reckoning Gaming got a total of 18 points each and Carpe Diem got 14 points.

The matches will continue on the remaining days and then the teams will play Domination Week. Four of the 20 teams will move directly to the finals after Domination Week and the rest will go to the Playoffs. 

BGMS season 3 has entered Survival Week. Starting on July 22, the Week will see 20 teams or five groups take part in the competition to make it to the finals or the playoffs, depending on the position they finish on. Only four teams from the League Stage, which consists of Survival Week and Domination Week will move to the finals. The rest of the teams will play in the Playoffs to find a place for themselves in the finals. Here is everything we know about the Survival Week, including its team, live stream details and dates. 

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BGMS Season 3 Survival Week Teams and Dates

After the Opening Week, four teams have been eliminated from the competition and 20 teams will play in the Survival Week. Here is a list of all the team participating in the competition: 

Group A

1. Team 8Bit
2. Carnival Gaming
3. Raven Esports
4. Team Z

Group B

1. OneBlade
2. Reckoning Esports
3. WSB Gaming
4. GodLike Esports

Group C

1. Team Soul
2. Team Forever
3. Vasista Esports
4. CarpeDiem

Group D

1. Team Xspark
2. Gods Reign
3. Orangutan Gaming
4. Team Tamilas

Group E

1. Revenant Esports
2. Entity Gaming
3. Global Esports
4. MOGO Esports

Just two matches will be played on weekdays, and three will be played on Sundays. Here is the match order for the weekdays: 

• Game 1 - Erangel - 7:15 pm IST - (Group A, B, C, D)
• Game 2 - Miramar - 8 pm IST - (Group A, B, C, E)

As usual, the matches will be streamed live on Nowdin Gaming's YouTube channel and Star Sports. The live stream for the same will begin from 7 PM onwards, and on the Sunday, the live stream will start from 6:30 PM onwards,