Gaming
Adda52 unveils its poker series – Adda52 online Poker series (AOPS)
Mumbai: Adda52, India’s leading online poker destination, announced one of its mostanticipated poker series – Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS). AOPS has been instrumental in growing the poker community witnessing participation from all over India in its previous editions. The series is scheduled to take place from 27th January to 18th February 2024. The current edition of the Adda52 Online Poker Series will give the players an opportunity to showcase their talent to win from a prize pool of ₹15 Cr across diverse formats. The series will also have 23 trophy events which will ensure a thrilling experience for poker enthusiasts and professionals alike. The final tables for 4 premier events will be played live in Goa, aboard the luxurious Deltin Royale!
The series’ main attraction is the Main Event which features an astounding prize pool of Rs 3 Cr. To makeit more interesting, the buy-ins for tournaments would start from as low as Rs 550, with daily satellite tournaments running for just Rs 110 for the Rs 3 Cr GTD Main Event. The players will also have the opportunity to unlock winnings of Rs 35 Lakh through the AOPS Leaderboard. The players can enter daily freeroll tournaments and unlock attractive deposit offers to win free tickets for satellites and main events.
Commenting on the occasion, Deltatech Gaming CMO Joydeep Mukherjee said, “AOPS, our flagship poker series is not just another poker series, but a celebration of our love for the game. It’s a commitment to our passion for building a vibrant poker community in India, where anybody can exercise their poker skills to compete with the best in the country; where the online and offline world converges, bringing together champions from all over the country to the iconic Deltin Royale in Goa to play the final table. We are confident that this edition of AOPS will be an amazing experience for all our players.”
Gaming
S8UL to compete across 13 titles at Esports World Cup 2026 in Riyadh
The Mumbai-based outfit’s largest-ever global campaign comes with a $75m prize pool on the line
MUMBAI: India’s biggest esports organisation is going all in. S8UL, the Mumbai-headquartered esports and gaming content group, has announced it will enter qualification pathways across 13 titles at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026, the highest number of titles ever attempted by an Indian organisation at a global esports tournament.
The titles span the full breadth of competitive gaming: Apex Legends, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), Call of Duty: Warzone, Chess, EA Sports FC, Fatal Fury, Fortnite, Honor of Kings, MOBA Legends 5v5, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Trackmania. Together, they cover PC, console, and mobile ecosystems across genres including FPS, battle royale, fighting games, sports simulation, strategy, and racing.
The announcement follows S8UL’s selection as a club partner by the Esports Foundation for the second consecutive year, placing it among an elite cohort of 40 leading esports organisations worldwide.
The EWC 2026 will be held in Riyadh from July 6 to August 23, featuring a record prize pool of $75m (approximately Rs 700 crore). More than 2,000 players and 200 clubs from over 100 countries will compete across 24 titles. At the heart of the competition is the Club Championship, which carries a $30m (approximately Rs 280 crore) prize pool, rewarding consistent performance across multiple games.
Animesh Agarwal, co-founder and chief executive of S8UL, said the scale of this year’s campaign was the product of hard lessons learned. “Our experience in Riyadh last year gave us a clear understanding of what it takes to compete consistently at the global level. Since then, we have been deliberate in refining our approach, strengthening our foundation, investing in the right talent, and expanding into titles with long-term potential. The focus now is on execution: delivering consistent performances and establishing S8UL as a credible contender across every title we enter.”
At EWC 2025, S8UL competed across nine titles, reaching the Grand Finals in Apex Legends and securing top-eight finishes in Chess and EA Sports FC. This year’s campaign adds five new titles: Fortnite, Honor of Kings, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Street Fighter 6, and Trackmania.
The organisation has arrived at EWC 2026 in sharp form. Its BGMI roster won the BGMI India Series 2026, India’s premier mobile esports tournament. Its MOBA Legends 5v5 team claimed the Rai Star x Gyan Gaming Cup. Grandmaster Nihal Sarin won the Menorca Open. The VALORANT roster took the VCSA Split 1. The Honor of Kings team won the Kings Arise India City Tour in Mumbai. And on the global stage, the Apex Legends roster delivered a historic top-five finish at the ALGS 2026 Championship, the best-ever result by an Indian organisation in that title.
For Indian esports, the direction of travel is unmistakable. S8UL is no longer just showing up at the world’s biggest gaming tournament. It is arriving with intent.
