GXR: Gamers Galaxy

Gamers Galaxy: Pakistan’s first ever e-sports festival was held at Pak-China Expo Center, Islamabad on 9th and 10th January 2022. The two-day fest included activities, tournaments, meet n’ greets and panels with the country’s most popular content creators, entertainment and much more. Mooroo and Junaid Akram were spotted at the event, including other content creators and people from the gaming community.

E-sports featured Valorant, HER Galaxy (first ever female dedicated esports tournament), Valorant Spike Rush 2v2, FIFA 22, and Tekken tournament, with the prize money of PKR 2 crores, and we can’t even count the zeroes. Gamers Galaxy was broadcasted live on TenSports. The finals commenced on the second day and Team Exploit Storm took the title of Mountain Dew’s Valorant champion with Rs 2,500,000, while Salman Haider Syed and Arslan Ash were crowned FIFA 22 and Tekken champions. The former won a cash prize of Rs500,000 while the latter walked away with Rs600,000.

As many as 16 teams of PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy were awarded with Rs200,000 each for their participation. The E-sports action was on display in the HER Galaxy Valorant Spike Rush 2v2 tournament. Team Joon-He took home Pakistan’s first-ever female Esports tournament champion title with a cash prize of Rs250,000.