Much like the outside world, Bangladesh equally shares a love for gaming and competition.
Gaming, an indispensable part of the lives of many, is chosen by countless young adults around the globe as their primary source of a dopamine rush. To fuel that fire, we have competitive esports gaming, a world abuzz with adrenaline and passion. Something about the word ‘competitive’ always sparks a drive in people to outdo, be it a staring contest or a major sporting event. Sports are not the only medium to pitch one player against another, the virtual gaming world has long made large-scale competition its home. Since Atari’s first-ever major esports tournament back in 1978, a plethora of games has ridden the wave of esports, including classics like Doom and Quake to household names like Counter-Strike and Valorant.
Much like the outside world, Bangladesh equally shares a love for gaming and competition. Since the early 2000s, Counter-Strike 1.6 and DOTA have been taking centre stage in Bangladesh as the lone titles in any e-sporting events, but over the last decade, that catalogue has appended titles like FIFA, Rainbow Six Siege, and Call of Duty. But surprisingly, what has gained an unprecedented level of traction is the mobile gaming scenario. Thanks to the advent of powerful handheld devices, competitive mobile gaming is now a fully-fleshed branch of esports. The last few years have seen the titanic rise of games like PUBG, Free Fire and Call of Duty Mobile.
