BLAST and AD Gaming committed to help grow esports landscape in Abu Dhabi and Middle East

BLAST and AD Gaming committed to help grow esports landscape in Abu Dhabi and Middle East

Abu Dhabi: BLAST and AD Gaming – a pioneering gaming and esports initiative, have reaffirmed the importance of their partnership and how the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 in Abu Dhabi will help support the growth of the gaming and esports landscape in Abu Dhabi and the Middle East.

Yas Island’s Etihad Arena will open its doors to the public this weekend on 17th and 18th December for the most high-profile global esports tournament to be staged in the UAE capital following a three-year partnership between BLAST and AD Gaming.

The event which began on Wednesday features eight of the world’s best esports organisations in action in the Counter-Strike tournament, which will have a prize pool of USD $1 million.

In a video ahead of this weekend’s action, Sultan Al Riyami, Head of Esports and Gaming at AD Gaming and Charlotte Kenny, Managing Director of BLAST Premier spoke about the popularity of gaming and esports and their shared ambition to help the industry grow in the UAE and Middle East region.

Sultan Al Riyami, said: “One of the things that we have recognised here in Abu Dhabi was to partner with the right stakeholder to help make the gaming development part and the esports