According to a press release by Ultimate Battle, they have announced India’s first online esports platform for players to connect, interact and compete at competitions to win rewards. The platform will cater to the esports community through an e-commerce portal and a virtual supermarket with the aim to develop esports in the country. Tarun Gupta, gamer and Founder of Ultimate Battle said, “Gaming was mostly recreational all this while but with the absence of Live Sports, people who had a competitive bent of mind got hooked to online esports and the sudden surge is there for everyone to witness. I truly believe this is an opportune moment for homegrown brands like us, who are in the business of Esports and have created a unique value proposition for the gamers. This is a very exciting time for Ultimate Battle; we are a new age Esports online platform with a plug and play option which is innovative, informative and also provides E-commerce facilities for various gaming needs—all embedded into one single platform.” “To bring Esports into the mainstream and engage millions of gamers and fans together, we have multiple popular esports titles on our platform. In the year 2019, India alone amounted to 13% of the total game downloads worldwide with mobile games in the forefront. We are consistently working to develop Esports in India. Since our inception we as a tech brand specializing in esports aim to provide thousands of gamers with a unique online experience to participate in multi-player mobile, console, and PC video game competitive tournaments and win prize money,” added Gupta. India has quickly developed as a hotbed for esports with 365 million Indians gamers across PC, consoles and mobiles and industry estimates expect this figure to rise to 440 million by 2022. Ultimate Battle currently has popular esports titles like Call of Duty, Valorant, Fifa 20, CS:GO, Garena Free Fire, Dota 2, Fortnite and others on its platform with the aim to provide exposure to aspiring esports athletes looking to kickstart their career.