Breaking down barriers for mobile esports in the GCC

Breaking down barriers for mobile esports in the GCC

The mobile platform offers the GCC a chance to catch up with more established regions of Asia, Europe and North America in esports development.

Since mobile esports is relatively new, the starting point is more or less even globally. "If the skill level in the region is good enough, regional teams should be able to compete with any other team in the world,“ says Lalit Vase, club director at Nasr eSports, a Dubai-based esports club.

This contrasts with established PC games like Counter-Strike, where European-based esports have been competing at a competitive level for at least 10 years. Nasr eSports only set up a Counter-Strike team three years ago. Teams in Europe therefore would have a clear advantage in terms of coaches available, the number of players, etc, Vase observes.

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