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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. ?
