Tech Shout!

Animax, in collaboration with Sify Gamedrome, has announced the first annual ‘Animax Grand Gaming Challenge 2007’ to be conducted across 66 cities in India.

The ‘Animax Grand Gaming Challenge 2007’ will have Indian gamers locking horns in a number of online game genres, such as Sports, Racing, Strategy, and FPS. Games like Counter Strike, FIFA, NFS UG2, Defense of the Ancients, and Gunz Online will feature in the competition.

Animax Gaming Challenge 2007 registrations have kicked off from January, 10, 2007. Interested gamers can register at any of the Sify Gamedromes or Sify iWays outlets across the 66 Indian cities. And the registration process is extremely simple. All you need to do is enter “password of the day”, which would be flashed on air on Animax, and can also be accessed online or through short messaging service on 2525.

The preliminary rounds of the ‘Animax Grand Gaming Challenge 2007’ are slated to end on February 2, following which, four zonal semi-finals will be conducted in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore, from February 8, 2007 onwards. The mega event will round-off with a final showdown at the Atria Mall in Mumbai on Feb 28, 2007.

There are trophies and other exciting prizes to be won, including calendars, hiking bags, sippers, posters, and DVDs from Animax, along with a job as ‘game jockey’ helping the development process.

“Through the Animax Grand Gaming Challenge, Animax proudly supports a very important and growing activity for the wired generation: gaming. While the core mission of Animax is to entertain youth, we also want to reflect and support the developing interests and passions of India’s Wired Generation. Working with Sify on the AGGC will truly boost the competition as they are the nationwide leader in online gaming,” said Sunder Aaron, Country Head of Animax.

“We are delighted to partner with the Animax Grand Gaming Challenge 2007, the largest online gaming tournament across 220 Sify Gamedromes in 66 cities,” said Pijush Kanti Das, President of Access Media, Sify. “Our successful association with Animax in the past has encouraged us to back this tournament with aggressive promotional activities across the country. This year, apart from the multiplayer games, we have added single player games to the portfolio of the Animax tournament to increase the number of gamers.”