Loco announces India’s first officially supported Pokémon Unite Tournament celebrating Hindi support in the game
~ Pokémon Unite City Tournament India 2022, a community tournament for game streamers will be live streamed exclusively on Loco in April ~
National, 22nd March 2022: India’s Leading eSports and game streaming platform LOCO, is the first official col laborator/partner and an exclusive broadcaster of the ‘Pokémon UNITE City Tournament India 2022’. There exis ts an active community for Pokémon UNITE in India, and there is immense potential for it to grow, both within the competitive and entertainment segments in gaming. Loco being a pioneer in the live game streaming and eS ports sector in India along with Pokémon Unite’s shared vision of growing the esports ecosystem at large makes for the perfect region collaborator.
‘Pokémon UNITE’ is a popular smartphone game title that was released in July 2021 and has recorded more than 70 million downloads worldwide; adding Hindi to the supported languages with its recent update on March 14t h, 2022 which made all the game features playable in Hindi. To celebrate the Hindi language support, the ‘Poké mon UNITE City Tournament 2022’ will be held in April, powered by and streamed exclusively on LOCO.
Players for the city tournament will be scouted from major cities across India, and star streamer captains will select the ir respective team players via an auction; a tried and tested format which has worked wonderfully on Loco and is now being scaled further. The goal of this tournament is to recog nize talented Pokémon Unite players at a grassroots level, encourage them to play the game and provide them a platf orm to showcase their gameplay. The platform will also be integrating exciting giveaways to gratify and grow the community further.
The basic gameplay of Pokémon UNITE is available on both Android and iOS at no cost, with some in-game pur chases available. The game involves teaming up to take down the opposition in Pokémon’s first strategic team battle game. Trainers from around the world head for Aeos Island to compete in Unite Battles where they face off in a 5-on-5 team battle, to see which team can score the most poi nts within the allotted time. Teamwork is key to defeating wild Pokémon, leveling up, evolving your own Poké mon, and working together to prevent the opposing team from scoring points.
The game is downloadable from the links below App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1512321575
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemonunite
Commenting on the association, Loco VP, Operations and Partnerships, Firasat
Durrani said, “Pokémon Unite has an ever growing fan base in India and we are very excited to onboard as the o fficial broadcaster for their tournament and accelerate the growth of this community further. The Hindi lang u age support now in Pokémon Unite will definitely serve the Hindi-first users better, allowing more people to en joy the game than ever before. Through this partnership, Loco will not only enable the game publisher to host its first regional tournament but also actively create a community hub on the platform through Loco streamer par tnerships and product integrations to grow the Pokémon UNITE community.”
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About Loco
Dedicated to democratizing gaming entertainment, Loco is India’s leading game streaming platform. Viewers ca n enjoy game streaming and esports content streamed by India’s leading streamers and esports teams on Loco. U sers can also stream various games themselves. Popular game categories on the platform include BGMI, Call of Duty Mobile, Valorant, GTA 5 etc. Having partnered with giants such as Krafton, Activision, Ubisoft, Riot Games, Red Bull and NBA 2K League and Logitech – G, the platform brings unmatched entertainment experiences to the Indian gaming audiences. Loco is currently available on Android, iOS, and the web.
About The Pokemon Company
The Pokémon company is a unique company established by the original copyright holders to specialize in the Po kémon content and develop it into a lasting brand. Through content, product creation, marketing, and all other activities, we focus on bringing out the individuality of Pokémon and spreading its appeal. A group of two comp anies in Japan and four companies overseas, including our own, are working as Pokémon producers in their resp ective markets.
