Qatar hosts the first metaverse FIFA gaming tournament

Qatar is hosting the Middle East’s archetypal metaverse FIFA gaming tourney to fto fans crossed the globe spot the apical FIFA players vie for the EA Sports FIFA 22 Champions Cup.

The competition volition hap astatine the Aspire Ladies Sports Hall successful Doha and volition spot 16 players conflict for antithetic prizes. Out of the 16 players, 12 are the apical EA Sports FIFA 22 players, and 4 are from the MENA region. The 4 MENA players made the online qualifiers and got a accidental to acquisition what it feels similar to vie against professionals.

Esports level Ooredoo Nation – Gamers’ Land organized this competition. The victor volition gain $25,000, and the archetypal runner-up volition get $15,000. On the different hand, the 2nd runner-up and the fourth-best players volition get $5,000 each.

Commenting connected this forward-looking development, Nasser bin Hamad bin Nasser Al Thani, the Chief Commercial Officer astatine Ooredoo, said the institution is arrogant and excited to task into web3. According to him, this determination aligns with Ooredoo’s strategical committedness to investing successful innovation.

The metaverse conception comes successful wherever viewers volition get aggregate opportunities to interact with 1 different and the players passim the tournament.

Additionally, Ooredoo Nation – Gamers’ Land volition connection viewers escaped non-fungible tokens (NFTs), redeemable for merchandise, and chances to conscionable players and influencers. Alternatively, they tin clasp the NFTs arsenic investments.

Fans that would similar to ticker the EA Sports FIFA 22 Champions Cup tin caput implicit to the competition’s website. Alternatively, they tin ticker the tourney astatine immoderate clip connected YouTube.

The metaverse becomes the adjacent measurement for the Esports industry

The Esports satellite continues warming up to the metaverse. Earlier this month, the Global Esports Federation formed a metaverse assembly to signifier tangible metaverse improvement initiatives for the planetary Esports community.

At the time, the organization, which comprises blockchain experts, NFT developers, and societal media influencers, said,

“We’ve established the GEF Metaverse Council to cultivate ideas, voice, and signifier to our metaverse reality; and to entree the limitless opportunities for our full #worldconnected community.”

Explaining wherefore the assembly is keen connected embracing the metaverse, Hugo Philion, the CEO of Flare Network and the council’s Chair, said Esports presents boundless imaginable and aggregate opportunities for blockchain applications.