| MUMBAI:
Mumbai witnessed the grand finale of ‘Parle-G Zapak Super Gamer III’
on 6th February 2010 where 16 kids from across the country battled it out to be
the next Super Gamer. After having received an over-whelming response continuously
for the past 3 years, ‘Parle-G Zapak Super Gamer III’, this year, received
fantastic response with over 1 million kids participating from across the country
to be the next Super Gamer. Parle–G and Zapak, together, are trying to boost
the culture of online gaming amongst children in India by conducting this national
event annually. The
preliminary round of the tournament was to be played online through www.supergamer.zapak.com.
Gamers from four zones participated in this battle for a period of 45 days. Based
on leader board, 20 gamers from each zone were shortlisted for the city finals
which took place on 30th January. 4
gamers each from the city finals participated in the grand finale to bag the title
of the next ‘Super Gamer’. Besides having a lot of fun and a lot of
gaming for the kids, the tournament offered an exciting prize of actually creating
a game on the winner of the tournament! The
winners - Rajesh Singh from Delhi was crowned as the Super Gamer III. Dilip Prasad
M from Bangalore and Shah Zaman Pasha from Bangalore were the runner ups. Mr.
Pravin Kulkarni, GM (Marketing), Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. said; “Gaming is
the new age entertainment that kids are really involved in. Kids today believe
in balance in work and play for their healthy development. With Parle-G Zapak
Super Gamer we intend to connect to this ever evolving generation of Genius kids.” Commenting
on this Mr. Arun Mehra, Chief Operating Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd.
says; “Zapak has always been synonymous to online gaming in the country.
Today Zapakkids.com is the fastest growing segment on Zapak.com with 1.6 mn registered
users. Parle-G Zapak Super Gamer is a flagship property that we have created with
Parle-G, the most popular brand in kids’ category. The over whelming response
that Parle-G Zapak Super Gamer III received this year shows the success of the
tournament. We hope to offer children with even more fun and excitement in the
coming years. ” | 