In July, Kazan will host the "Digital Games" in skateboarding and MOBA
From July 14 to 27, the competitions of the "Digital Games" in skateboarding and MOBA will be held in Kazan. 96 athletes and 24 teams are expected to participate in them.
Digital skateboarding
The tournament on digital skateboarding will take place on July 14-15 in the extreme park "Uram". It will feature 8 teams, consisting of 3 athletes each.
In the qualification within the Physical stage, the participants will show their skills according to the rules of the discipline "skateboarding street", and then demonstrate the previously announced tricks in a sports simulator. According to the results of summing up the results of the teams at the end of the two stages, the four finalists will be determined.
In the final, athletes will perform tricks in a skate park, and then try to repeat them in a simulator. The victory will be won by the team that, according to the judges, will cope with the task more successfully than the others.
The prize fund of the competition will be 2 million rubles. The winner will receive 650 thousand.
Schedule of "Digital Games"-8 skateboarding:
· July 13 — qualification
· July 14 - final
MOBA Digital
On July 20, the Digital MOBA competitions will start at the Kazan Expo IEC. 8 teams will take part in the international tournament on the popular MLBB game, which will compete for the "Digital Flame" and a cash prize of 1.25 million rubles. The total prize fund is 3 million. In February 2023, the winner of the first MLBB tournament was the team from Russia Rose Noire.
Schedule of "Digital Games"-9 by MLBB discipline:
· July 20-21 - group stage
· July 22 - quarterfinals and semifinals
· July 23 - third place match and final
The international Dota 2 tournament will be held from July 24 to 27. Its prize fund will amount to 4 million rubles, of which the winner will receive 1.75 million rubles. The world-famous Dota 2 game was previously presented at the "Digital Games"-3, which took place in February 2023. The first place in the tournament was taken by the One Move team.
Schedule of "Digital Games"-9 in the Dota 2 discipline:
· July 24-25 - group stage
· July 26 - quarterfinals and semifinals
· July 27 - third place match and final
The broadcasts will take place on streaming platforms in LIVE mode:
VK Play Live – https://vkplay.live/gof
VK Video – https://vk.com/video/@gamesofuture
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@GoFutureGames
Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/gamesofuture
"Digital Games" is a series of competitions in digital disciplines preceding the "Games of the Future-2024". The first “Digital Games” were held in Kazan from September 21 to 23, 2022 and included four disciplines — digital football (Soccer simulator + futsal), digital basketball (NBA + streetball), Beat Saber and drone racing. In November and December, there were Digital Racing Games (Assetto Corsa + karting), martial arts (Mortal Kombat 11 + MMA) and hockey (NHL 22 + hockey 3*3). In February 2023, Games in the esports disciplines Speedrun, Dota 2, MLBB, CS were held in Kazan:GO and Warface in combination with laser tag, in March there was a tournament on digital racing on ice (Assetto Corsa + winter karting), and in May/June - on digital football and tactical battles Standoff 2+ laser tag, Warface + laser tag, CS:GO+laser tag, digital hockey and digital-martial arts.
"Games of the Future" is an international tournament of a new format. The games include competitions in 16 hybrid disciplines. Each of the disciplines combines the concept of "digital" (physical + digital), combining classical sports and esports or VR/AR technology and testing both the physical fitness of athletes and their digital dexterity. The tournament will be held in Kazan from February 23 to March 2, 2024.